Scientists have developed a new way to help understand what happens in the body when people consume a plant product and the many chemicals it contains. The Journal of Natural Products published the ...

A growing body of research suggests that men in their 50s are aging biologically faster than women the same age — and the ...

Cottrell teacher-scholar award winner Meaghan Deegan balances cutting-edge research in synthetic compound stabilization with ...

The discovery of bright yet stable pigments is vanishingly rare, making them hugely valuable. Now chemist Mas Subramanian is unpicking the atomic code of colour and homing in on our most-wanted hue ...

After nearly 50 years of failed attempts and scientific speculation, chemists at Saarland University have achieved what many ...

Actinides are a group of heavy, radioactive elements that include uranium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium and ...

The history of ‘everyone’s favorite hexagon’ illustrates the resonance of basic science and how discoveries build over time ...

Your toothpaste is a mixture of different chemical compounds, not a single compound. It contains abrasives, fluorides, detergents, sweeteners, flavourings, and water. All of these are combined to ...

In chemistry, the chemical nomenclature of ionic and molecular compounds uses a systematic approach of prefixes to indicate the number of each element present in the compound. This chemical naming of ...

Chemical City Roller Derby — formerly known as the Chemical City Derby Girls — has announced a new chapter in the team’s history. In honor of its 15th anniversary, the team states that it is embracing ...

Researchers at MIT and other institutions have identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a defense pathway inside host cells. These compounds, they believe, could be used ...