Yale chemists have synthesized a complex, potentially cancer-fighting molecule found in sea sponges discovered off the coast of South Korea.

Nearly 30 years ago, scientists discovered a unique class of anticancer molecules in a family of bryozoans, a phylum of marine invertebrates found in tropical waters. The chemical structures of these ...

Since the dawn of science, one of mankind’s most impossible dreams has been the creation of life in a test tube. Last week scientists moved a step closer to making the dream possible. In Palo Alto, ...

Inside every cell, a finely tuned metabolic network determines when to build, recycle, or stop producing essential molecules.

Guest writer Dr Kun-Yu Wang describes how the development of a tunable MOF illustrates chemistry's potential in mechanical ...

Researchers have made a significant advance toward the goal of using bacteria—rather than fossil fuels—to produce ethylene, a key chemical in the production of many plastics.

DURHAM, N.C – A scientific journey decades in the making at Duke University has found a new antibiotic strategy to defeat gram-negative bacteria like Salmonella, Pseudomonas and E. coli, the culprits ...

A newly discovered Zika virus-specific synthetic molecule is capable of differentiating Zika-immune patient samples from samples of patients previously infected with the related dengue virus. The ...