When chemists design drug candidates, shape matters enormously. Many active pharmaceutical ingredients contain branched carbon structures—points where the molecular chain forks in a specific direction ...

Compounding of plastic is a process that includes melt-blending of plastics with specific additives that are used to change the thermal, physical, aesthetic and electrical characteristics of the ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spectrum Pharmacy Products, a division of Spectrum Chemical Manufacturing Corporation and a leading North American distributor of pharmaceutical compounding ...

Researchers have discovered that a chemical compound found in essential oils improves the healing process in mice when it is topically applied to a skin wound. Indiana University researchers have ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Chemical will improve the supply of its specialty compounds in Asia Pacific following the establishment of a compounding agreement with Resin & Pigment ...

Creative chemists employ enzymes to build a complex but promising natural anti-cancer agent called cepafungin I in a lean nine steps. Scripps Research chemists Hans Renata, PhD, and Alexander ...

If you’re looking for a job that blends practical and theoretical chemistry and enjoy the continual process of learning, improving, and evolving chemical and manufacturing processes simultaneously, ...

The identification of promising lead compounds from high-throughput screens is still a very complex problem. A new high-throughput assay for identifying aggregation-based false positives could help.

The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And we’ve only identified 1% of them. Scientists believe undiscovered chemical compounds could help remove ...