Researchers reporting in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have identified three compounds that lessen peppers’ ...

When biting into a chili pepper, you expect a fiery sensation on your tongue. This spiciness is detected because of ...

Tissues consist of a heterogeneous mixture of different cell types, complicating our understanding of their biological ...

A study out of Ohio State University shows that chili peppers also harbor natural compounds that act like built-in fire extinguishers—suppressing the fiery sensation we associate with spicy food.

After additional chemical composition analyses on the pepper powders and performing complex statistical analysis, the researchers identified five compounds that could be modulating pepper spiciness.

Chemistry professor Chris Chang’s lab studies the chemical biology of the elements, specifically examining the roles that ...

Barry Smith, a sensory scientist at the University of London, called the experimental design “very clever” and praised the ...

Nearly 11% of women who have taken a chemical abortion pill in recent years have experienced a serious adverse health event — such as infection, hemorrhage or sepsis — according to a report ...

It works by attaching small chemical groups to the compound that make it more resistant to breakdown in the bloodstream, and also enables them to enter cancer cells without the help of nucleoside ...

UN special rapporteurs voiced concern on Wednesday over the scale of trafficking and human rights abuses related to “scam compounds” in Southeast Asia. They called for urgent international action to ...

This chemical is used to make food containers, medical equipment and other plastic goods softer and more flexible. It’s also commonly used in perfumes, air fresheners and other fragrances to ...

De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) and advanced chemical solutions specialist Fluid Science have won funding from Innovate UK to support the development of a new generation of anti-cancer ...