Chirality Group (IMAGE) Rice University Caption A team of Rice University researchers, with collaborators at Stanford University, set out to untangle the interactions in mixtures of proteins and gold nanorods and found that bovine serum albumin triggers multilevel chirality in the complexes. From left: front, Lauren Warning, Qingfeng Zhang and Rashad Baiyasi, and rear, Stephan Link, Seyyed Ali Hosseini Jebeli, Lauren McCarthy and Christy Landes. Credit Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Usage Restrictions Must credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.