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UCLA team breaks chemistry rules to create new path for drug development

University of California, Los Angeles scientists have turned organic chemistry on its head by disproving a rule that’s been around for 100 years. Neil Garg and his team at UCLA showed that some supposedly impossible molecules can actually be made, publishing their work in science. Garg is the Kenneth N. Trueblood Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA.  Bredt’s rule, established in 1924, has long dictated that certain double bonds cannot exist at specific positions on organic molecules due to geometric constraints. This rule has limited chemists’ ability to design and synthesize certain compounds, particularly in drug discovery efforts.

UCLA team breaks chemistry rules to create new path for drug development
News|Science|US|World

3 scientists win Nobel in chemistry for quantum dots research used in electronics, medical imaging

Three scientists in the United States have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on quantum dots

3 scientists win Nobel in chemistry for quantum dots research used in electronics, medical imaging
Technology

Oops! Nobel chemistry winners are announced early in a rare slip-up

The most prestigious and secretive prize in science ran headfirst into the digital era Wednesday

Oops! Nobel chemistry winners are announced early in a rare slip-up
Science

Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for 'quantum dots' that bring coloured light to screens

Scientists Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Aleksey Ekimov won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of tiny clusters of atoms

Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for 'quantum dots' that bring coloured light to screens
Food|Science

Retaining flavor while removing caffeine − a chemist explains the chemistry behind decaf coffee

Even unstimulating coffee has stimulating chemistry.

Retaining flavor while removing caffeine − a chemist explains the chemistry behind decaf coffee
Science

Squid have tiny teeth in their suckers − scientists could use their unique properties to make self-healing materials

Researchers can use powerful microscopes to capture the tiny teeth in squid suckers.

Squid have tiny teeth in their suckers − scientists could use their unique properties to make self-healing materials
Science

Many stable atoms have ‘magic numbers’ of protons and neutrons − 75 years ago, 2 physicists discovered their special properties

All the oxygen in your body is thanks to magic numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.

Many stable atoms have ‘magic numbers’ of protons and neutrons − 75 years ago, 2 physicists discovered their special properties
Science|Technology

Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins — life's building blocks

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper who discovered powerful techniques to predict and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life

Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins — life's building blocks
Science

Nobel chemistry prize 2024 goes to trio of protein pioneers

U.S. scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Briton Demis Hassabis won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for work

Nobel chemistry prize 2024 goes to trio of protein pioneers
Science|Technology

The Nobel committee just entered the AI chat

The Nobel committee just entered the AI chat

Business|Science|Technology

AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?

Hours after the artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won a Nobel Prize in physics, he drove a rented car to Google’s California headquarters to celebrate

AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?

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