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Scientists just overturned a 100-year-old rule of chemistry, and the results are “impossible”. UCLA chemists are rewriting the rules of molecular structure—it could reshape how future meds are made (www.sciencedaily.com)
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[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

This is an opening for a huge jump in medicine and other chemistry related discoveries/creations

Yes and no, this is giving more possibilities. There's no strong indication that these will actually be useful in those fields. But yes, it's always cool to have a new class of shapes to play with.