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 ...

New research shows how gold helps transform plant-based ethanol into useful industrial chemicals with fewer emissions and ...

Scientists have developed a new technique that doubles the amount of hydrogen produced when splitting water molecules with ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

A team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside biomedical scientists has identified a small, previously overlooked small RNA molecule that plays a major role in controlling the ...

REx reveals asteroid Bennu contains life's building blocks, shedding light on Earth's origins and the potential for extraterrestrial life.

Scientists invent process that converts plastic bottles into paracetamol, which is a common drugstore painkiller used in ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Researchers identified a previously hidden RNA molecule that regulates cholesterol production by activating SREBP2, a key metabolic regulator. Blocking this RNA lowered cholesterol and reduced ...

Inside your cells, mitochondria keep you alive by turning food into usable energy. Researchers from the University of ...

The Jupiter-size planet was discovered by NASA's James WebbSpace Telescope (JWST) and is so strange that it challenges ...

Fluorine is critical for biomedicine. This element can help drug compounds be more potent and last longer in the body, and its radioactive isotope, fluorine-18, powers medical imaging techniques such ...