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Researchers have developed intelligent, palladium-based molecular nanostructures that can be selectively opened, disassembled, and reassembled using mechanical forces generated by ultrasound.
#SupramolecularChemistry #MolecularScience #Mechanochemistry #Nanotechnology #ComputationalChemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/07/mols07062601.html

Researchers have developed intelligent, palladium-based molecular nanostructures that can be selectively opened, disassembled, and reassembled using mechanical forces generated by ultrasound.
#SupramolecularChemistry #MolecularScience #Mechanochemistry #Nanotechnology #ComputationalChemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/07/mols07062601.html

Researchers have synthesized a novel manganese-based molecular material that allows for the stable switching of electron spin states using light, functioning as a highly compact data storage device.
#MolecularScience #InorganicChemistry #Photochemistry #MaterialsScience #CondensedMatterPhysics
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/mols06292601.html

Researchers have synthesized a novel manganese-based molecular material that allows for the stable switching of electron spin states using light, functioning as a highly compact data storage device.
#MolecularScience #InorganicChemistry #Photochemistry #MaterialsScience #CondensedMatterPhysics
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/mols06292601.html

China's LineShine Supercomputer: A Sense of Scale ⚡🖥️

China's LineShine 灵晟 supercomputer is the most powerful supercomputer in the world 🌍, delivering a verified 2.198 exaFLOPS on the TOP500 benchmark. That means it can perform more than 2 quintillion (2×10¹⁸) calculations every second 🚀. The system consumes 42.2 megawatts of electricity ⚡ and is powered by more than 13.7 million conventional CPU cores 🧠.

The Scale of Its Computing Power 📊

Compared to Humanity 👥: If every person on Earth performed one mathematical calculation every second, without stopping ⏱️, it would take the entire global population about 4 years 📅 to equal the amount of computation LineShine completes in a single second.

Consumer Hardware 💻: Matching LineShine's sustained performance would require more than 20 million of today's fastest consumer graphics cards 🖥️, such as an RTX 5090, working together in perfect synchronization 🔗.

LineShine demonstrates the extraordinary scale of modern high-performance computing (HPC), enabling scientific calculations that would be practically impossible using conventional computers 🚀.

#Supercomputer #LineShine #Exascale #Exaflop #HPC #HighPerformanceComputing #Technology #Innovation #Science #Engineering #Computing #CPU #ParallelComputing #ClimateScience #WeatherForecasting #Neuroscience #QuantumChemistry #Physics #MolecularScience #DataScience #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Research #STEM #FutureTech #DigitalEarth #ComputerScience #TechFacts #NextGenComputing #TOP500

China's LineShine Supercomputer: A Sense of Scale ⚡🖥️

China's LineShine 灵晟 supercomputer is the most powerful supercomputer in the world 🌍, delivering a verified 2.198 exaFLOPS on the TOP500 benchmark. That means it can perform more than 2 quintillion (2×10¹⁸) calculations every second 🚀. The system consumes 42.2 megawatts of electricity ⚡ and is powered by more than 13.7 million conventional CPU cores 🧠.

The Scale of Its Computing Power 📊

Compared to Humanity 👥: If every person on Earth performed one mathematical calculation every second, without stopping ⏱️, it would take the entire global population about 4 years 📅 to equal the amount of computation LineShine completes in a single second.

Consumer Hardware 💻: Matching LineShine's sustained performance would require more than 20 million of today's fastest consumer graphics cards 🖥️, such as an RTX 5090, working together in perfect synchronization 🔗.

LineShine demonstrates the extraordinary scale of modern high-performance computing (HPC), enabling scientific calculations that would be practically impossible using conventional computers 🚀.

#Supercomputer #LineShine #Exascale #Exaflop #HPC #HighPerformanceComputing #Technology #Innovation #Science #Engineering #Computing #CPU #ParallelComputing #ClimateScience #WeatherForecasting #Neuroscience #QuantumChemistry #Physics #MolecularScience #DataScience #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Research #STEM #FutureTech #DigitalEarth #ComputerScience #TechFacts #NextGenComputing #TOP500

Möbius molecule:
#mobius #topology #molecularscience #interesting #research
⚛️

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/molecule-mobius-strip-carbon-chlorine

Möbius molecule:
#mobius #topology #molecularscience #interesting #research
⚛️

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/molecule-mobius-strip-carbon-chlorine

Scientists synthesized and characterized a single molecule with a half-Möbius electronic topology, representing the first experimental observation of electrons traveling through a structure in a previously unknown corkscrew-like pattern.
#ComputationalChemistry #QuantumScience #SolidStatePhysics #Physics #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/phy03052601.html

Scientists synthesized and characterized a single molecule with a half-Möbius electronic topology, representing the first experimental observation of electrons traveling through a structure in a previously unknown corkscrew-like pattern.
#ComputationalChemistry #QuantumScience #SolidStatePhysics #Physics #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/phy03052601.html

Researchers developed small-molecule drug candidates that mimic a rare, protective variant of the #CARD9 gene to treat #Crohn's disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases.
#MolecularBiology #MolecularScience #Immunology #Genetics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/molb01162601.html

Researchers developed small-molecule drug candidates that mimic a rare, protective variant of the #CARD9 gene to treat #Crohn's disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases.
#MolecularBiology #MolecularScience #Immunology #Genetics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/molb01162601.html

#Epoxy resin is a clear, robust #polymer that is widely used – especially as part of fiber-reinforced materials in aviation, the automotive industry, and more. Until now, however, it has not been possible to recycle it
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/mols01132601.html

#Epoxy resin is a clear, robust #polymer that is widely used – especially as part of fiber-reinforced materials in aviation, the automotive industry, and more. Until now, however, it has not been possible to recycle it
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/mols01132601.html

Using machine learning and a large volume of data on #genes and existing drugs, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a combination of #statins and #phenothiazines that is particularly promising in the treatment of the aggressive form of #neuroblastoma
#MolecularScience #Oncology #MachineLearning #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/ms12292501.html

Using machine learning and a large volume of data on #genes and existing drugs, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a combination of #statins and #phenothiazines that is particularly promising in the treatment of the aggressive form of #neuroblastoma
#MolecularScience #Oncology #MachineLearning #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/ms12292501.html

Conditions can get rough in the micro- and nanoworld. To ensure that e.g. nutrients can still be optimally transported within cells, the #minuscule #transporters involved need to respond to the fluctuating environment.
#Physics #MolecularScience #Microtechnology #Nanotechnology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/phy12152503.html

Conditions can get rough in the micro- and nanoworld. To ensure that e.g. nutrients can still be optimally transported within cells, the #minuscule #transporters involved need to respond to the fluctuating environment.
#Physics #MolecularScience #Microtechnology #Nanotechnology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/phy12152503.html

Researchers created particle-like so-called “vortex knots” inside chiral nematic liquid crystals, a twisted fluid similar to those used in #LCD screens. For the first time, these knots are stable and could be reversibly switched between different knotted forms, using electric pulses to fuse and split them.
#Physics #MaterialScience #Photonics #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/phy12152502.html

Researchers created particle-like so-called “vortex knots” inside chiral nematic liquid crystals, a twisted fluid similar to those used in #LCD screens. For the first time, these knots are stable and could be reversibly switched between different knotted forms, using electric pulses to fuse and split them.
#Physics #MaterialScience #Photonics #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/phy12152502.html

The #copper #isotope #Cu-64 plays an important role in medicine: it is used in imaging processes and also shows potential for #cancer therapy. However, it does not occur naturally and must be produced artificially
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/mols12052501.html

The #copper #isotope #Cu-64 plays an important role in medicine: it is used in imaging processes and also shows potential for #cancer therapy. However, it does not occur naturally and must be produced artificially
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/mols12052501.html

The researchers grew #diamond films through #microwave #plasma #chemical vapor deposition, or MPCVD, a technique that uses gas to create a solid coating: Methane and hydrogen gases were fed into a chamber where microwave radiation energized the atoms into a hot plasma state.
#MaterialScience #Nanotechnology #Engineering #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/ms11212501.html

The researchers grew #diamond films through #microwave #plasma #chemical vapor deposition, or MPCVD, a technique that uses gas to create a solid coating: Methane and hydrogen gases were fed into a chamber where microwave radiation energized the atoms into a hot plasma state.
#MaterialScience #Nanotechnology #Engineering #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/ms11212501.html

Researchers from Hanns-Christoph Nägerl's group have produced the world’s first #ultracold #KCs #molecules in their absolute ground state. Starting by mixing clouds of potassium and caesium atoms cooled almost to absolute zero temperature
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/mols11172501.html

Researchers from Hanns-Christoph Nägerl's group have produced the world’s first #ultracold #KCs #molecules in their absolute ground state. Starting by mixing clouds of potassium and caesium atoms cooled almost to absolute zero temperature
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/mols11172501.html

As global #electric #vehicle adoption accelerates, end-of-life #battery packs are quickly becoming a major waste stream. #Lithium is costly to mine and refine, and most current #recycling methods are energy- and chemical-intensive, often producing lithium carbonate that must be further processed into lithium hydroxide for reuse.
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/mols11102501.html

As global #electric #vehicle adoption accelerates, end-of-life #battery packs are quickly becoming a major waste stream. #Lithium is costly to mine and refine, and most current #recycling methods are energy- and chemical-intensive, often producing lithium carbonate that must be further processed into lithium hydroxide for reuse.
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/mols11102501.html

Years of making molecular visualizations taught me a hard truth: the prettiest images are often the least accurate. Vibrant rainbows, distorted scales, over‑simplified structures, or non‑color‑blind‑friendly palettes can mislead. I now put function first, then form—clarity over flash. What visualization pitfalls have you run into? 🎨🔬

#MolecularScience #ScientificVisualization #OpenScience

https://idees.moleculair.es/molvis-precision-over-polish

Years of making molecular visualizations taught me a hard truth: the prettiest images are often the least accurate. Vibrant rainbows, distorted scales, over‑simplified structures, or non‑color‑blind‑friendly palettes can mislead. I now put function first, then form—clarity over flash. What visualization pitfalls have you run into? 🎨🔬

#MolecularScience #ScientificVisualization #OpenScience

https://idees.moleculair.es/molvis-precision-over-polish

A puzzle in theoretical chemistry has been solved at TU Wien: a new computational method now makes it possible to calculate the forces between large molecules with unprecedented accuracy.
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #MaterialScience #Physics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/mols10282501.html

A puzzle in theoretical chemistry has been solved at TU Wien: a new computational method now makes it possible to calculate the forces between large molecules with unprecedented accuracy.
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #MaterialScience #Physics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/mols10282501.html

Three failed MD runs later, I’m reminded that “failures” are data too. Careful notes, small wins, and a supportive lab turned log gibberish into new directions. How do you stay motivated when experiments derail? Anyone using failure logs to guide hypotheses?

#ResearchLife #MolecularScience #OpenScience #LabCulture 🔬☕️

https://idees.moleculair.es/failed-simulations

Three failed MD runs later, I’m reminded that “failures” are data too. Careful notes, small wins, and a supportive lab turned log gibberish into new directions. How do you stay motivated when experiments derail? Anyone using failure logs to guide hypotheses?

#ResearchLife #MolecularScience #OpenScience #LabCulture 🔬☕️

https://idees.moleculair.es/failed-simulations

Understanding #molecular diversity is fundamental to #biomedical research and diagnostics, but existing analytical tools struggle to distinguish subtle variations in the structure or composition among biomolecules, such as proteins.
#Nanotechnology #MolecularScience #Biochemistry #MachineLearning #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/nt10212501.html

Understanding #molecular diversity is fundamental to #biomedical research and diagnostics, but existing analytical tools struggle to distinguish subtle variations in the structure or composition among biomolecules, such as proteins.
#Nanotechnology #MolecularScience #Biochemistry #MachineLearning #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/nt10212501.html

When machine learning is used to suggest new potential scientific insights or directions, algorithms sometimes offer solutions that are not physically sound. Take for example AlphaFold, the #AI system that predicts the complex ways in which amino acid chains will fold into 3D #protein structures.
#ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #MolecularScience #Chemistry #Pharmaceutical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/mol10202501.html

When machine learning is used to suggest new potential scientific insights or directions, algorithms sometimes offer solutions that are not physically sound. Take for example AlphaFold, the #AI system that predicts the complex ways in which amino acid chains will fold into 3D #protein structures.
#ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #MolecularScience #Chemistry #Pharmaceutical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/mol10202501.html

Les Folies Moléculaires: a creative, accessible way to explore molecular science through storytelling, art, and experiments (in French, though). Making complex ideas approachable without dumbing them down. Anyone else blending science with creativity in outreach or teaching? ✨

#ScienceCommunication #MolecularScience #SciArt #Education #Outreach

https://idees.moleculair.es/folies-moleculaires

Les Folies Moléculaires: a creative, accessible way to explore molecular science through storytelling, art, and experiments (in French, though). Making complex ideas approachable without dumbing them down. Anyone else blending science with creativity in outreach or teaching? ✨

#ScienceCommunication #MolecularScience #SciArt #Education #Outreach

https://idees.moleculair.es/folies-moleculaires

A new strategy based on #stem cell therapy that could enhance neuronal regeneration and #neuroplasticity when this vital organ is damaged. The results reveal that the use of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), combined with stem cell-based cell therapies, could help in the treatment of #neurodegenerative diseases or #brain injuries.
#MolecularScience #Neuroscience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/mols10142501.html

A new strategy based on #stem cell therapy that could enhance neuronal regeneration and #neuroplasticity when this vital organ is damaged. The results reveal that the use of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), combined with stem cell-based cell therapies, could help in the treatment of #neurodegenerative diseases or #brain injuries.
#MolecularScience #Neuroscience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/mols10142501.html

#Water is everywhere – it covers most of the earth, circulates in the human body and can be found in even the smallest #molecular niches. But what happens if water does not flow freely but is trapped in such structures?
#Chemistry #Biomolecular #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/chm10142502.html

#Water is everywhere – it covers most of the earth, circulates in the human body and can be found in even the smallest #molecular niches. But what happens if water does not flow freely but is trapped in such structures?
#Chemistry #Biomolecular #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/chm10142502.html

The precise addition of a single silver (Ag) #atom can dramatically transform the light-emitting properties of high-nuclear Ag #nanoclusters (NCs). The study reports a remarkable 77-fold increase in #photoluminescence (PL) #quantum yield (QY) at room temperature - a milestone that paves the way for practical applications in #optoelectronics and #sensing technologies.
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #Physics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/chm10142501.html

The precise addition of a single silver (Ag) #atom can dramatically transform the light-emitting properties of high-nuclear Ag #nanoclusters (NCs). The study reports a remarkable 77-fold increase in #photoluminescence (PL) #quantum yield (QY) at room temperature - a milestone that paves the way for practical applications in #optoelectronics and #sensing technologies.
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #Physics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/chm10142501.html

🪱🤡 Apparently, it's time to let icky bloodsuckers back into our lives because a molecule or two might be useful. Next up: snake oil for curing everything from baldness to existential dread! 🌿😂
https://www.asimov.press/p/leeches #ickybloodsuckers #snakeoil #cures #molecularscience #humor #HackerNews #ngated

🪱🤡 Apparently, it's time to let icky bloodsuckers back into our lives because a molecule or two might be useful. Next up: snake oil for curing everything from baldness to existential dread! 🌿😂
https://www.asimov.press/p/leeches #ickybloodsuckers #snakeoil #cures #molecularscience #humor #HackerNews #ngated

The Chemistry of Mood: Serotonin, Tryptamine, and Neurotransmitter Regulation

#Neurochemistry #BrainHealth #GutBrainAxis #Tryptophan #Serotonin #Microbiome #Neuroinflammation #Toxins #BloodBrainBarrier #BrainRecovery #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #CellularBiology #BrainProtection #MolecularScience

https://youtube.com/shorts/jwLXmZ9GpZA?feature=share

🧪 Now we’re talking – Episode 5:
Meet the gel permeation chromatograph! This machine helps us understand how big (or small) molecules really are 🧬 — and plays a key role in basic research at Hof University of Applied Sciences.

🔗 https://t1p.de/dz3ut

#dieforschendehochschulehof #hierwirdknallhartgeforscht #ScienceMastodon #LabTalk #MolecularScience #Chromatography #ResearchTools #AppliedScience

In 1865, August Kekule discovered the ring shape of the benzene molecule after having a reverie of a snake seizing its own tail. #ChemHistory #MolecularScience #AiArt
https://invention.cards/benzene-ring

In 1865, August Kekule discovered the ring shape of the benzene molecule after having a reverie of a snake seizing its own tail. #ChemHistory #MolecularScience #AiArt
https://invention.cards/benzene-ring

Complex systems in nature, like their synthetic counterparts in #technology, comprise a large number of small components that assemble of their own accord through #molecular interactions.
#Physics #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/04/phy04032401.html

Complex systems in nature, like their synthetic counterparts in #technology, comprise a large number of small components that assemble of their own accord through #molecular interactions.
#Physics #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/04/phy04032401.html

From micro to macro: a trip from the assembly of #collagen to the formation of bone tissue. This image represents the work of Giulia Giubertoni and colleagues at the University of Amsterdam, revealing the crucial role of water in determining the mechanical properties of collagen. Exciting findings which can significantly improve our understanding of the molecular roots of tissue dysfunction diseases, such as #OsteogenesisImperfecta.

For a deeper look check out:

➡ Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2313162121

➡ Press release: https://hims.uva.nl/content/news/2024/03/how-water-guides-the-assembly-of-collagen-the-building-block-of-all-humans.html?origin=QHAZwjzdTzivRzgW9Q2Rng

#SciArt #SciComm #Biomaterials #Biology #MolecularScience

Individually tailored #RNA or #DNA based #molecules are able to reliably fight off viral infections in #plants
#Biology #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/bio02292401.html

Individually tailored #RNA or #DNA based #molecules are able to reliably fight off viral infections in #plants
#Biology #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/bio02292401.html