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In a natural product whodunit, researchers hunt down the true source of antiviral action hiding in a plant-derived sample of isoquercitrin. The new family of antivirals they find, ...

For decades scientists have thought, based on experimental observations, that the lower a glassy material’s melting rate, the ...

Ten UCSF graduate students presented their research in accessible, 3-minute talks at the 2026 Grad Slam event. This year’s ...

The engine oil price-versus-performance ratio collapses when you ignore the chemistry of the base stock. You are not buying a ...

Scientists have zoomed in on how phosphoric acid moves electrical charges so efficiently in both biology and technology. By ...

Why does a battery breakthrough matter now? Because electric vehicles still lose range when temperatures plunge, and the ...

A new imaging approach is shedding light on one of cell biology’s most elusive questions: how lipids are organized and sorted within membranes.

In the demanding environment of chemical processing and industrial manufacturing, the integrity of storage systems is often the thin line between operational continuity and costly downtime. For ...

Antibiotic pollution in water is a growing global concern, as residues from human medicine, livestock production, and aquaculture can persist in the environment and contribute to the spread of ...

Double bonds, or alkenes, are not supposed to form in some locations on organic molecules, which is known as Bredt’s rule. Researchers who successfully broke that rule last year have now synthesized ...