All good research breaks new ground, but rarely does the research unearth truths that challenge the foundation of a science. That's what chemists have now done. Scientists have compressed sodium ...

The tool SAMP-Score has already screened 10,000 compounds and found one that safely forces stubborn, treatment-resistant cancers into permanent retirement.

For the first time, MIT chemists have synthesized a fungal compound known as verticillin A, which was discovered more than 50 ...

Macrolactones—large ring lactones—are core components of many natural products and pharmaceutical agents. Traditional ...