Honeycomb-shaped structures are familiar from beehives. Researchers have now designed molecules that self-assemble into a similar pattern on a scale far too small to see with the naked eye. These molecules are peptides: short chains of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-short-peptides-honeycomb-fibers-tiny.html)

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