University of Chicago scientists are studying two possible ways to easily replace a carbon atom with a nitrogen atom in a molecule. Doing so would mean a huge breakthrough in pharmaceutical ...

A team of chemists at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has succeeded in pulling an oxygen atom from a molecule and replacing it with a nitrogen atom. In their study ...

In chemistry, a single atom can make a huge difference in a molecule. Swap out one carbon atom for a nitrogen atom, and the way the drug molecule interacts with its target can dramatically change.