This week in science: Mysterious molecules on Mars are tricky to explain without life; a compound that cuts cholesterol as a ...

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 ...

Plasmalogen precursors for Alzheimer’s are named as first program candidate There are nutrients and dietary compounds ...

An international team has found a family of natural compounds with potential as new and more effective treatments for parasitic worms. The compounds stall the unique metabolic process that worms use ...

Scientists studying a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover have uncovered something tantalizing: the largest ...

There’s no part of our body so tethered to our sense of self as our brains. From our brain wiring and structure come our thoughts, our beliefs, our likes and dislikes, and our actions. Even though we ...

Matthew Addicoat receives funding from EPSRC and the Royal Society. The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And we’ve only identified 1% of them.