While cannabis has been used for thousands of years, scientists are still identifying many of the chemical components of the plant. According to a 2021 study published in Advances in Experimental ...

Medicinal chemistry, also known as pharmaceutical chemistry, is a branch of chemistry focused on the development of new drugs and the improvement of existing ones. It is an interdisciplinary field ...

Computational Chemistry is the study of complex chemical problems using a combination of computer simulations, chemistry theory and information science. Also called cheminformatics, this field enables ...

Hypocrealean fungi are useful pesticides when applied to crops. Now scientists better understand what makes them effective ...

Researchers who manipulate lignin, a molecular fiber that allows plants to grow tall and transport water, unexpectedly discovered its synthesis has more far-reaching effects on plant development than ...

Researchers have decoded the genetic and chemical makeup of 82 species of Hypocreales fungi, revealing over 5,000 gene clusters for natural compounds, most previously unknown to science. Several ...

Researchers have decoded the genomes of 87 Hypocreales fungi strains, uncovering over 5,000 biosynthetic gene clusters—nearly 80% of which produce unknown compounds. Many of these chemicals show ...

Silicon chemistry has experienced substantial growth as researchers explore the rich and varied coordination behaviour of silicon centres. Of particular interest are coordination compounds where ...

These epidemiologic patterns highlight the limitations of focusing on genetics alone. Although the Human Genome Project greatly expanded our understanding of hereditary contributions to disease, genes ...

Language models are now also being used in the natural sciences. In chemistry, they are employed, for instance, to predict new biologically active compounds. Chemical language models (CLMs) must be ...

A new study has identified 11 genes that may hold the key to understanding the brain's response to these pervasive chemicals commonly found in everyday items. Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances ...