Canadians learned how plants make a rare natural substance—mitraphylline—with its potential for fighting cancer as a ...

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.

Carbon is often referred to as "the bedrock of life" because the element appears in all known life forms. This is because the sixth entry on the periodic table has the unique ability to form the ...

Natural sunscreens shield the skin from harmful radiation, without triggering allergic reactions. In a recently published ...

What we throw away as food waste may hold the key to healthier crops, stronger ecosystems, and new medical compounds.

People go to great lengths to maintain youthful-looking skin with masks, creams and serums. Now, researchers have discovered compounds with anti-aging properties hidden beneath our own skin. The three ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has identified two plant-based bioactive compounds with potential as glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists for weight loss as possible alternatives to ...