New research challenges the long-standing idea that most fixed genetic mutations are neutral. For many years, scientists studying evolution have believed that most genetic changes influencing how ...

Solvation theory investigates the energetic and structural effects when solutes interact with surrounding solvent molecules, providing a fundamental framework to understand processes as diverse as ...

For a long time, evolutionary biologists have thought that the genetic mutations that drive the evolution of genes and ...

Several compounds do not exhibit linear molecular geometry due to the presence of lone pairs of electrons on the central atom or other structural factors. Here are some examples: ...

According to VSEPR theory, an AX3E molecule has a tetrahedral electronic geometry. This means the four electron pairs (three bonding pairs and one lone pair) are arranged in a tetrahedral shape around ...

For more than half a century, many biologists have leaned on the neutral theory of molecular evolution to explain how DNA and ...

The interstellar space rock dubbed 'Oumuamua remains a mystery, according to a new study from Harvard University, which found that contrary to past findings, this cigar-shaped object is in fact not ...

Researchers at Rice University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have unveiled a physics-based model of magnetic resonance ...

Simulations comparing aluminum oxide models with differing amounts of corrugation demonstrate the significance of hydroxyl ...