Scientists have created a new enzyme which can break down plastics that typically take decades or centuries to degrade within a matter of days or even hours. The team of researchers, including those ...

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Scientists have uncovered how cannabis evolved the ability to make its most famous compounds—THC, CBD, and CBC—by recreating ...

Enzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that sustain all life, an ability that has captured the attention of scientists like me. Consider muscle movement. Your body ...

New research led by the University of Portsmouth has revealed how puppetry and other creative methods can effectively make complex scientific topics, such as plastic recycling, more understandable and ...

Cannabis has been part of human culture for thousands of years, yet the molecular machinery that gives the plant its ...

Engineers have developed a new way to produce tagatose, a low-calorie sugar, using engineered bacteria and cheap glucose ...

Using a technique called ancestral sequence reconstruction (ASR), researchers at Wageningen University & Research in the ...

Cannabis produces a complex suite of bioactive compounds, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), but how ...

Matching blood types from donor to recipient is one of the major problems in organ donation. Now, a team of researchers in Canada has developed an enzyme treatment to convert donated organs to the ...

Experts weigh in on the best supplementals to help to break down protein, fats, and carbohydrates into simpler compounds that ...