Research Articles
The Hidden War: How Plants Wage Chemical Warfare to Survive
Discover the secret world of secondary metabolites—the molecules that give us coffee, cure diseases, and color our world.
Molecular Tattoo Artists: Teaching a Natural Enzyme to Decorate Our Medicines
Discover how algorithm-aided engineering transformed the enzyme WelO5* into a precision tool for drug discovery through late-stage functionalization.
The Invisible Language of Flowers: Capturing Nature's Most Elusive Perfume
Explore how scientists capture, analyze, and recreate the complex scents of flowers through advanced techniques like headspace sampling and GC-MS analysis.
The Fluorine Switch: How Chemists Tamed a Capricious Molecule
Discover how chemists transformed difluoromethyl sulfoximines from electrophilic to nucleophilic compounds, enabling stereoselective synthesis of valuable fluorinated molecules.
From Shamans to Clinical Trials: How Indigenous Plant Knowledge Is Revolutionizing Modern Medicine
Exploring how ethnobotany bridges traditional indigenous knowledge with modern pharmaceutical research while addressing ethical challenges in drug discovery.
Taming a Molecular Firestarter: The Quest for Platelet Activating Factor Antagonists
Explore the fascinating world of Platelet Activating Factor Antagonists - molecular firefighters that combat runaway immune responses in conditions like septic shock and severe asthma.
Silent Threat in Pristine Waters: What's Happening to Minnesota's Wild Fish?
Exploring how contaminants of emerging concern affect wild fish health in Minnesota's freshwater ecosystems and Tribal communities.
The Disappearing Act: How Biodegradable Polymers are Revolutionizing Medicine
Explore how biodegradable polymers are transforming medicine with temporary implants that dissolve after completing their function.
The Hidden Chemical Universe: How Mass Spectrometry Reveals Nature's Molecular Secrets
Explore how mass spectrometry is revolutionizing our understanding of steroids, terpenoids, and alkaloids in nature's chemical library.
Splitting Methane with Lightning in a Bottle: A Cleaner Path to Hydrogen
Discover how electron-beam plasma technology enables clean hydrogen production from methane while capturing solid carbon instead of releasing CO2.