Robots are starting to do in a few days what medicinal chemists once needed months to attempt, churning out hundreds of potential antibiotic molecules and testing them against dangerous bacteria at ...

A collaborative research team has discovered a new process for making anhydrides that promises improvements in costs and sustainability. UNC-Chapel Hill chemist Alex Miller and Eastman scientist ...

UBC Okanagan researchers have uncovered how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural compound linked to anti-cancer ...

Most chemical compouds are still unknown to science. How many new ones can we make by combining elements from the periodic table? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The process by which fungi synthesize some of their most potent compounds has remained unclear for many years. This is especially true of cyclopentachromone, a key building block in fungal products ...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have earned the nickname of forever chemicals from their extraordinary ability to stick around in the environment long after they’ve been used.

When Devin Peterson bit into a Scotch bonnet pepper, he expected fire. What he got instead was something much tamer. The chili was rated at 800 Scoville units — supposed to deliver a good sting — but ...