The timing of the key steps in antibiotic and potential anti-cancer compound, salinomycin's biosynthesis has been uncovered

TimesHE ranks the American universities top in league table headed by Caltech with Harvard and Stanford second and third

Hybrid material made of collagen fibers and silica can be used as a possible substrate for bone tissue culture

Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley, USA, has been awarded the Emanuel Merck Lectureship

Biomarkers previously invisible to mass spectrometry can now be detected with nanoparticles that concentrate and protect

Small molecules that inhibit biofilm development useful in treatment of chronic biofilm infections in combination with standard antibiotics

Sesquiterpenes have fascinating biological properties, members of this class are interesting for the development of new antibiotics

New calculations explain why vision uses the 11-cis form of the pigment retinal, rather than any of the other possible forms

RIKEN scientists identified a gene that helps plants to conserve water under drought conditions

Synthesis of the best human acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors reported – important for treatment of Alzheimer's disease