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molecule

[mol-uh-kyool] / ˈmɒl əˌkjul /


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The driving force comes directly from electrons traveling through the spiral molecule.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

When the scientists applied an electrical voltage, measurements revealed that the molecule began rotating.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Although researchers could measure the current passing through the molecule, they needed simulations to determine what was happening at such an extraordinarily small scale.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

As the DNA accumulates, it interacts with an RNA molecule that has been preventing the toxin from being made.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

I don’t worry that Brian and I never kiss, not once, no matter how much mind control I exert on him, no matter how much I beg God, the trees, every molecule I come across.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Getting these genetic molecules into the brain presents another major challenge.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

In addition, many of the molecules involved in cancer growth cannot currently be targeted by available medications.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Small molecules are compounds that can sometimes be developed into medicines, while biologics are treatments made from or involving biological materials, such as proteins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

One of Chevron’s key areas of research is in advanced chemicals, which it uses to boost recovery of oil-and-gas molecules from its existing fields in places like the Permian, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

In 1869—four years after Mendel had read his paper to the Brno Society—a Swiss biochemist, Friedrich Miescher, had discovered this new class of molecules in cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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