molecule

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That causes the molecule to crack into hydrogen and ethylene, the basic building block of plastics such as polyethylene.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

"In Alzheimer's mice treated with the molecule, disease progression was markedly slowed," states Dr. Jing Yan, formerly part of Prof. Bading's team and now with FundaMental Pharma.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

On Friday the patent on semaglutide - the molecule behind Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic - expires in the country.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The researchers discovered that intelectin-2 from both humans and mice can bind to a sugar molecule called galactose.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

There was hardly a molecule that was uniformly represented everywhere.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson