Canadians learned how plants make a rare natural substance—mitraphylline—with its potential for fighting cancer as a ...

Robots are starting to do in a few days what medicinal chemists once needed months to attempt, churning out hundreds of ...

MIT scientists have achieved the first-ever lab synthesis of verticillin A, a complex fungal compound discovered in 1970. Its delicate structure stalled chemists for decades, despite differing from ...

Cheap, strong, and versatile, plastic seemed like the perfect invention—until its staying power turned into a global headache. Now, Yokohama National University researchers have developed a ...

Natural sunscreens shield the skin from harmful radiation, without triggering allergic reactions. In a recently published ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown natural compound produced by heat-loving cyanobacteria that helps protect against ultraviolet radiation.

In a striking demonstration of automated chemistry, researchers have used a robotic synthesis platform to rapidly generate ...

Matthew Addicoat receives funding from EPSRC and the Royal Society. The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And we’ve only identified 1% of them.

Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that manifests itself mainly with skin symptoms (dryness, itching, scaly skin, abnormal patches and plaques). It affects about 2% of the population and is mediated ...