Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere. How did life first take shape? A group of scientists from Japan, Malaysia, ...

A hazardous materials emergency was reported in Stepan Chemistry Hall, with four individuals brought to the Notre Dame ...

Researchers found that people with anxiety disorders consistently show lower choline levels in key brain regions that ...

Researchers studying Yellowstone’s depths discovered that small earthquakes can recharge underground microbial life.

Researchers find that cosmic dust acts as a catalyst, helping simple space gases form key molecules that may jump-start ...

Professor Dongsheng Liu of Tsinghua University, Professor Ziyang Hao of Capital Medical University, and Researcher Yuanchen ...

For the first time, chemists have fully synthesized verticillin A, a notoriously complex fungal molecule with striking anticancer potential.

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

NASA has confirmed that dust from the ancient asteroid Bennu contains tryptophan, an amino acid tied both to human mood and ...

I recently spoke to Joanna Moncrieff, author of Chemically Imbalanced, about avoiding neuro-reductionism and thinking about ...

Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) announced that it has sold its U.S. Gulf Coast formalin business to Ancala, a leading independent infrastructure manager. The ...

The 2026 Green and Sustainable Chemistry Summer School will be held July 11–18 in Burlington, Vermont. Applications are open ...