In the world of organic chemistry, nitrogen-containing organic compounds are ubiquitous, forming the backbone of ...

Scientists at UBC Okanagan have uncovered how plants produce mitraphylline, a rare natural compound with promising anti cancer potential. The team identified two enzymes that work together to build ...

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Compound libraries form a foundational element of modern drug discovery—the process of identifying new chemical or biological compounds that can become safe and effective medicines. Compound libraries ...

Diazoacetic acid esters are important intermediates in drug and agrochemical synthesis, but their preparation typically ...

Circularly polarized light has properties that make it useful in a growing range of technologies, from next-generation 3D displays to bioimaging tools that can detect signals deep within living ...

In the color spectrum of biotechnology, white biotechnology stands out as the industrial production and processing of chemicals, materials, and energy via cell factories like bacteria and yeast. In ...

Using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) aboard the Curiosity rover, scientists have identified more than 20 ...

The organic molecules discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover could have been formed by life, but they could have also come from geologic processes or meteorites ...

For decades, cannabis growers have stripped the leaves off their plants and thrown them away. The flowers hold the ...