Long feared as a silent killer, hydrogen cyanide may have been a key ingredient in the origin of life on Earth.

As part of our daily routine, when we encounter co-workers in the break room or strangers at the coffee cart, conversation is often expected and enjoyable. Yet even incidental soc ...

Chemists at UCLA are showing that some of organic chemistry’s most famous “rules” aren’t as unbreakable as once thought. By ...

Giannis Antetokounmpo says chemistry issues may be contributing to the Milwaukee Bucks' recent penchant for lopsided losses.

Sophomore Pearson Riebock and redshirt junior Travis Sanders first became friends by playing video games as high schoolers. In their second season together at Baylor, the pair's relationship is ...

During brain development, neurons extend long processes called axons. Axons link different areas of the brain and carry signals within it and to the rest of the body. Growing axons "wire up" the brain ...

Complex sugar-protein molecules that sense external messages to help a cell grow or respond to its environment can now be tracked and analysed, using a Nobel Prize-winning chemistry technique.

While artificial intelligence (AI) models have proved useful in some areas of science, like predicting 3D protein structures, ...

Laboratories turned to a smart workaround when COVID‑19 testing kits became scarce in 2020. They mixed samples from several ...

Tryptophan does far more than help us sleep—it fuels brain chemistry, energy production, and mood-regulating ...