Scientific breakthroughs will enable exploration of Earth’s biochemical past, with hopes of discovering new therapeutic molecules.

Compounds that degrade proteins and block cell growth developed by Harvard researchers hold promise as a treatment for more types of cancer.

Astronomers have long known where water is first formed in the universe and how it ends up on planets, asteroids and comets. A recent discovery has finally answered what happens in between.

Computational chemists design better ways of discovering and designing materials for energy applications.

MIT chemists show the Australian wildfires widened the ozone hole by 10 percent in 2020.

Science author Harold McGee explores all things olfactory in “Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World’s Smells.”

MIT chemists found a way to cut the carbon footprint of producing white phosphorus, an ingredient in many consumer products.

There’s a lot of interesting science behind the fermenting, roasting, grinding and melting that turns chocolate into the bars, bonbons and baked goods you know and love.

A collaboration between scientists at Cambridge and UCL has led to the discovery of a new form of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other