Many everyday foods and seasonings—such as herbs, spices, and aromatic plants—contain natural compounds called phytochemicals that can regulate inflammatory pathways. For centuries, these ingredients ...

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Julian Fairey, an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Arkansas, was the first co-author on the paper published in Science. Fairey noted that researchers have known about the ...

Using robots and click chemistry, scientists built potential active ingredients for future antibiotics that contain metal. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A new study into the Tissint meteorite, which crash-landed in Morocco in 2011, revealed a wide array of organic compounds hidden in the rare space rock. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

New research from Brazil suggests that changing how chemistry is taught could transform how students feel about the subject.