Canadians learned how plants make a rare natural substance—mitraphylline—with its potential for fighting cancer as a ...

Robots are starting to do in a few days what medicinal chemists once needed months to attempt, churning out hundreds of ...

Natural sunscreens shield the skin from harmful radiation, without triggering allergic reactions. In a recently published ...

Cheap, strong, and versatile, plastic seemed like the perfect invention—until its staying power turned into a global headache. Now, Yokohama National University researchers have developed a ...

Matthew Addicoat receives funding from EPSRC and the Royal Society. The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And we’ve only identified 1% of them.

Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that manifests itself mainly with skin symptoms (dryness, itching, scaly skin, abnormal patches and plaques). It affects about 2% of the population and is mediated ...

In the future, medicines made from cannabis could help fight ovarian cancer. A research team studying two natural chemicals ...

Certain bitter plant compounds — the kind found naturally in cocoa, apples, berries and red wine — may temporarily boost memory by activating the brain's internal "alarm system," a new study suggests.