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.

The chemist examined the role of activated oxygen molecules in biological processes.