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A new review of recent studies shows the great apes rely on medicinal plants to heal infections, but the plants’ chemistry ...

During cognitive decline, lithium is sequestered into amyloid plaques; treatment with the metal reverses symptoms ...

Companies that broker and facilitate scientific fraud are large, resilient, and growing rapidly, according to a new study.

“Lead to gold is one of those things that the experiment was not designed for,” Takaki tells Newscripts. The LHC was designed to smash lead ions into each other, but the ALICE researchers found that ...

P ilanda Watkins-Curry keeps a chessboard on her coffee table at home. She started playing with her father and grandfather when she was 5 years old. Now, playing with her family gives her a chance ...

Molecules of the year 2024 C&EN editors highlight some of our favorite molecules from the past year ...

Can Spiber make spider silk-like materials a reality? The Japanese biomaterials firm has built a facility in Thailand and plans another in the US to realize its dream ...

F or a chemistry undergraduate focused on synthesis, pivoting to a PhD in physics is a bold move. But that’s exactly what Sascha Feldmann did—unlocking a research career that fuses materials ...

Most of the world’s polysilicon is made in China, and the US solar industry is encouraging suppliers to increase production elsewhere. Solar companies argue that a less-concentrated supply chain ...

UN chemicals negotiators to debate potential global chlorpyrifos ban The biennial Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions will consider banning the ...