Chemists devise new way to prepare molecules for drug testing

(Phys.org) —James Bond had his reasons for ordering his martinis "shaken, not stirred." Similarly, drug manufacturers need to make sure the molecules in a new drug are arranged in an exact manner, lest there be dire consequences. ...

Internet storm over William and Kate's #royalbaby

From spoof Twitter accounts to feverish speculation about names, the Internet has gone into a frenzy over the unborn child of Prince William and his wife Catherine as the first royal baby of the online age.

Microbes point to method for isolating harmful forms of drugs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at MIT and Brown University studying how marine bacteria move recently discovered that a sharp variation in water current segregates right-handed bacteria from their left-handed brethren, impelling ...