The new study, led by pharmaceutical microbiology researcher Dirk Hoffmeister, from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, ...

A bacterial molecule enhances chemotherapy. Its synthetic form could inspire new cancer drugs. An international group of ...

Austrian team led by Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Leibniz-HKI has been able to biochemically demonstrate for the ...

Scientists discover a new way plants manage light by reprogramming a UV sensor, opening doors for stress-resistant, ...

Chlorophyll, which allows plants to convert sunshine into sugars and also oxygenates our planet, is the basis for life on Earth. What a stunningly complex function! Chemically, it's described as an ...

With $30 million gift, Wistar Institute opens center dedicated to developing new medicines The Wistar Institute's new center ...

Now, a team of scientists in Japan may start turning the tide. They’ve hijacked the metabolism of a common bacterium, ...

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, we’ve just taken the first-ever look at the chemical ingredients inside a ...

Singlet oxygen can be damaging in both cells and batteries but it has taken almost 60 years to work out exactly when it shows ...

Phosphorus compounds – specifically a charged form called ... to phosphate by wrapping a nest of amino acids – the building blocks that make up proteins – around the molecule. Every known organism has ...

A new boron-rich compound, manganese diboride, delivers much higher energy density than current solid-rocket materials while remaining stable until intentionally ignited. Its power comes from an ...

A magnetic microrobot navigates lung airways, drills microlesions, gathers biomarkers, and rapidly classifies cancer tissue ...