The Hargrove lab discusses progress towards the molecular characterization of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), a relatively new class of biomacromolecules implicated in a wide range of biological processes and human diseases.

The Derbyshire Lab reports the discovery of inhibitors that target multiple stages of malaria  parasite growth.

Researchers in the Franz lab have built a peptide that binds one kind of metal ion with greater ease if it binds a different type of metal ion first.

A new review from the McCafferty lab focuses on KDM1 class lysine demethylases. These enzymes are integrally involved in many biological processes and diseases and are therefore promising therapeutic targets.

Researchers in the McCafferty Lab have recently designed a mutant enzyme that shows promise as a molecular probe. This engineered enzyme is a mutant of lysine–specific demethylase 1A (KDM1A/LSD1), an epigenetic target with therapeutic potential.

Duke chemists have used single molecule techniques to induce forbidden reactions and probe the structures of the associated transition states.

Patrick Charbonneau hosts seminar in Paris to relate his experience teaching an introductory-level science class on melding chemistry and cuisine at Duke University. Contemporary chefs such as Ferran Adrià, Joan Roca, and Heston Blumenthal have

A Physics Today article describes new experiments that are testing predictions of Professor David Beratan's group on how infra-red radiation may be used to gate charge flow through molecules.  The recent experiment are testing Beratan's ideas of how vibrational excitation may be used to

A paper by Chetan Rupakheti and Aaron Virship, in collaboration with Professors Yang and Beratan, reports a new approach to develop property-biased molecular libraries that capture the diversity of vast "molecular space."  The paper was selected as an Editors' Choice in the /Journal of Chemic

The Widenhoefer group has  recently reported the synthesis and structure of the first gold carbene complex lacking heteroatom stabilization.  Unstabilzied gold carbene complexes have been