chemistry

The Department of Justice also released the names of two Chinese researchers who allegedly acted against US interests.

Scientists track the spice from the soil to the market to pinpoint the source of contamination in pregnant women’s blood.

The Henderson State University academics face charges of manufacturing methamphetamine and using drug paraphernalia.

The University of Cambridge scholar’s research on folding proteins advanced scientists’ understanding of illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and type 2 diabetes.

Scientists engineered a new material that could be developed for use in treating tooth decay.

Scientists cultivate sulfate-reducing microbes from some of the oldest-known water on Earth.

The Northwestern University professor developed surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, an invaluable technique for detecting and identifying individual molecules.

A newfound family of metabolites emits green light in response to the blue light of the deep ocean, causing certain sharks to glow.

A new cryoprotectant safeguards frozen cells against degradation.

George Rosenkranz was part of a team in Mexico City that first synthesized norethindrone in 1951.

Researchers develop a washing method that is better at removing drugs that have contaminated hair from the outside than existing protocols.

Originally intended for basic neuroscience research, the drugs were ultimately hijacked for illicit recreational use.

The chemist and biophysicist won a Nobel prize for the development of a technique to probe the structures of nucleotide-protein complexes.

Researchers have outfitted brewer’s yeast with light-harvesting semiconductors to boost chemical productivity.

Liquid-like droplets containing DNA and proteins provide a model for researchers to study membraneless organization in the cell.

Steitz determined the atomic structure of the ribosome, work for which he won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

The 2018 award goes to Frances Arnold, Gregory Winter, and George Smith.

The materials are a previously unaccounted-for source of methane and ethylene, researchers find.

A new species of ant discovered in Borneo fends off invaders with a uniquely suicidal strategy.