A new sensor probes a well-known, but poorly understood, effect in carbohydrate chemistry that controls the conformations of many biologically relevant sugars. The work provides experimental evidence ...

The ubiquitous presence of carbohydrate structures on all cell surfaces and interstitial space has been recognized as playing vital roles in the development and communication of living organisms 1,2.

Eusebio Juaristi stands up in the middle of our conversation and returns with a bag full of colorful plastic sticks. By fitting together the sticks with little joints, he constructs 3D molecular ...