A small molecule made by gut microbes is rapidly emerging as one of the most intriguing new levers for controlling blood ...

For the first time, MIT chemists have synthesized a fungal compound known as verticillin A, which was discovered more than 50 years ago and has shown potential as an anticancer agent.

A group of young students became bonafide biomedical scientists before they even started high school. Through a partnership with a nearby university, the middle schoolers collected and analyzed ...

Medicinal chemistry, also known as pharmaceutical chemistry, is a branch of chemistry focused on the development of new drugs and the improvement of existing ones. It is an interdisciplinary field ...

The senior has received a fall research award from Bowdoin to dive deeper into her ongoing project looking at whether a substance found in rosemary could reduce cellular damage caused by plastic ...

It's been known for nearly a century that swarms of single-celled organisms thrive by consuming chemicals from their ...

The ultimate goal of materials scientists is to design and create materials with precise structures and tailored properties.

Insilico Medicine has developed a new class of small molecule inhibitors targeting diacylglycerol kinase alpha (DGKα) designed to restore T cell function and overcome resistance to immune checkpoint ...

Scientists have coaxed one of the universe’s most stubborn elements into a new compound. Formed under intense pressures, the newly discovered compound packs helium atoms into crystalline iron, ...

Last year’s chemistry Nobel prize was awarded to researchers using AI to study proteins in entirely new ways, and in 2025 ...

This new cellulose-derived plastic uses FDA-approved ingredients and salt-sensitive chemistry to avoid microplastic pollution ...

An experimental drug developed at Northwestern University has demonstrated further promise as an early intervention for ...