Scientists have demonstrated for the first time the ability to rapidly, reliably and simultaneously identify the 'handedness' of different molecules in a mixture. The research, led by chemists at The ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers have spent more than three decades developing and studying miniature biosensors that can identify single molecules. In five to 10 years, when such devices may become a ...

Chiral molecules occur very frequently in nature. Sugar, for example, consists of chiral molecules, as do many amino acids; our bodies are also made up of these building blocks. Chirality means that ...