Owsley Stanley created a legendary strain of acid in the 1960s — now it’s taking on a new life in modern-day research ...

Historically, small molecule drugs have been precisely designed down to the atomic scale. Considering their relatively large complex structures, nanomedicines have lagged behind. Researchers argue ...

The Times Opinion columnist discusses religion and belief — at this moment in our politics and in our lives more generally.

Historically, the vast majority of pharmaceutical drugs have been meticulously designed down to the atomic level. The ...

The Hitchcock Estate’s 2,000 acres are known less for its tony accommodations — a bowling alley, two main houses, a tennis pavilion — than for its far-out history as an incubator of the counterculture ...

A team of scientists in California has tweaked the hallucinogenic drug LSD to make it usable to treat schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases.According to the ...

Learn more about the uptick in psilocybin use, particularly in younger and older adults in the U.S.

However, more work on just how these compounds rewire the brain will be necessary before they become viable treatments for ...

Structure-based drug design is the design and optimization of a chemical structure with the goal of identifying a compound suitable for clinical testing — a drug candidate. It is based on ...

They include very small molecules, such as urea, and complex structures, such as Taxol. As they may only be isolable in small quantities, have interesting biological activity and chemical ...

Apr. 23, 2025 — New multidisciplinary research shows that the brain forms memories of cold experiences and uses them to control our metabolism. The study shows that cold memories form in the ...

College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310032, China Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Green Manufacturing Technology for Chemical Drugs, Deqing, ...