A new review of recent studies shows the great apes rely on medicinal plants to heal infections, but the plants’ chemistry ...

During cognitive decline, lithium is sequestered into amyloid plaques; treatment with the metal reverses symptoms ...

Companies that broker and facilitate scientific fraud are large, resilient, and growing rapidly, according to a new study.

We may be on the cusp of a new era of biochemical discovery, but turning these advancements into drugs isn’t so easy ...

As modern warfare weaponizes the very air we breathe, chemists should leverage their skills and knowledge to detect, neutralize, and reclaim toxic atmospheres in the world’s most devastated conflict z ...

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Microplastic pollution has likely been traveling in the atmosphere for decades. Researchers want better tools to study its effects on climate, ecology, and human health.

The lab of the future is now Recent demonstrations of AI-directed automation may herald a new world for drug and materials discovery ...

Most of the world’s polysilicon is made in China, and the US solar industry is encouraging suppliers to increase production elsewhere. Solar companies argue that a less-concentrated supply chain ...

Plastic has a problem; is chemical recycling the solution? Under public pressure, plastics makers are increasingly looking to partner with companies to develop chemical recycling processes ...

A full-scale furor is erupting in Europe, pitting industry against government. The European Commission (EC) is proposing that all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) be banned because it ...

Companies want to ramp up domestic lithium supply to meet huge increases in demand and break China’s control of the market. Are their actions too little too late?