Roasted coffee may do more than wake you up—it could help control blood sugar. Researchers discovered several new coffee ...

Fungal infections kill millions of people each year, and modern medicine is struggling to keep up. But researchers at ...

Molecular docking has emerged as an indispensable tool in the development of antimicrobial compounds, enabling researchers to predict the binding interactions between small molecules and specific ...

Cheap, strong, and versatile, plastic seemed like the perfect invention—until its staying power turned into a global headache. Now, Yokohama National University researchers have developed a ...

The fungal compound verticillin A, discovered more than 50 years ago, has long been regarded for its potential ...

MIT scientists have achieved the first-ever lab synthesis of verticillin A, a complex fungal compound discovered in 1970. Its delicate structure stalled chemists for decades, despite differing from ...

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.