Such protean molecules, he hoped, might form the basis for a new type of memory storage in computers, with different shapes of the molecule representing different bits of data. (discovermagazine.com)
Through several years of laborious structural biology to figure out the specific shapes of the molecules involved, the research team has mapped out the structure and function of a protein called RepA, which is crucial to the plasmids» ability to copy its DNA and make a new plasmid. (sciencedaily.com)
They have shown that NO oxidises a solution of the compound dihydropyridine, changing the shape of its molecules so that they stack together to form a solid gel — a change that can be seen with the naked eye. (newscientist.com)