Everything we can see and touch, and quite a lot that we can’t as well, is made of tiny particles called atoms. Some substances, like particles of this iron, contain only one kind of atom. Iron is an ...

The classical drug discovery paradigm begins with a known molecular target: a protein whose modulation is expected to reverse ...

Tire rubber contains antioxidant chemicals, most notably 6PPD and DPPD, that are released into the air as tiny particles ...

Medicinal chemistry, also known as pharmaceutical chemistry, is a branch of chemistry focused on the development of new drugs and the improvement of existing ones. It is an interdisciplinary field ...

Researchers have shown how an enzyme triggers cell stress and promotes the advance of Alzheimer’s disease in a self-perpetuating process. The team has developed an active ingredient that breaks this ...

European chemicals regulators are weighing a German proposal to classify trifluoroacetic acid, or TFA, as toxic to ...

Science is frequently a collaborative discipline. But sometimes, one person, working alone, makes a stunning discovery that changes a scientific field forever. Neil Bartlett, while working alone in ...

A new compound containing one of the rarest elements in the world, promethium, has revealed its mysterious properties for the first time. Promethium only exists naturally in minuscule amounts – ...

The process of paper making involves several chemicals that can cause serious injuries if a person is exposed to them.

In 1828, German chemist Friedrich Wöhler synthesized urea from inorganic compounds, a substance previously thought only producible by living organisms. This groundbreaking experiment challenged the ...