Using robots and click chemistry, scientists built potential active ingredients for future antibiotics that contain metal.

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Molecular docking has emerged as an indispensable tool in the development of antimicrobial compounds, enabling researchers to predict the binding interactions between small molecules and specific ...

Cheap, strong, and versatile, plastic seemed like the perfect invention—until its staying power turned into a global headache. Now, Yokohama National University researchers have developed a ...

Researchers at MIT and other institutions have identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a defense pathway inside host cells. These compounds, they believe, could be used ...

Matthew Addicoat receives funding from EPSRC and the Royal Society. The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And we’ve only identified 1% of them.