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.

Magic mushrooms make us feel real groovy thanks to a chemical compound called psilocybin, which, once it is converted by the body into the molecule psilocin, has a hallucinogenic effect. Scientists ...

Researchers discovered that stevioside, a compound from the Stevia plant, enhances the skin absorption of minoxidil, the main treatment for pattern baldness. In mice, a stevioside-infused patch ...