Structure of Red Dye Carmine Deciphered

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For millennia, people have been using the red dye carmine obtained from shield lice. But it is only now that researchers have succeeded in deciphering its crystal structure. They have come across a surprise: the molecules form a complex structure together with nanopores. Until now, such materials have been regarded as innovations in modern synthetic chemistry and can help, among other things, [...] The article Structure of the red dye carmine de…