At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How this happened is one of humankind's greatest mysteries. Today, scientists work ...

Metabolism is the "beating heart of the cell". New research from ELSI retraces the history of metabolism from the primordial Earth to the modern day (left to right). The history of compound discovery ...

One day in high school, Emily Balskus was summoned by her chemistry teacher. To Balskus’s surprise, the teacher praised her chemistry prowess before offering the teenager an after-school job in the ...

On the left, identified organically bounded C-14 (OBC-14, red dots) in metabolites of zebrafish brain were labeled in the KEGG global pathway map. The blending of C-14 induced significant effects such ...

Metabolism is different for everyone. Some people have a faster metabolism, and some have a slower one. But as you age, your metabolism slows down. Metabolic rate is an umbrella term for all the ...

Medicinal chemistry, also known as pharmaceutical chemistry, is a branch of chemistry focused on the development of new drugs and the improvement of existing ones. It is an interdisciplinary field ...