The molecular structure of an enzyme from a marine bacterium with potential industrial uses has been determined by RIKEN ...

When Devin Peterson bit into a Scotch bonnet pepper, he expected fire. What he got instead was something much tamer. The chili was rated at 800 Scoville units — supposed to deliver a good sting — but ...

Chemists have created a highly reactive chemical compound that has eluded scientists for more than 120 years. The discovery could lead to new drug treatments, safer agricultural products, and better ...

Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce short-chain fatty acids that are crucial to many body functions. The ...

The substances have been used by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years, but they've recently become popular as possible ...

The process by which fungi synthesize some of their most potent compounds has remained unclear for many years. This is especially true of cyclopentachromone, a key building block in fungal products ...