Polymorphs are not mythical, chimeric beasts—they are substances with identical chemical compositions but differing crystal structures that also exhibit different physical and chemical properties.

Scientists at the University of California, Davis have successfully altered the LSD molecule slightly, creating a new ...

Scientists examined microscopic blobs of protein found in human cells has discovered that some morph from an almost honey-like substance to a hard candy-like solid. These mysterious droplets, known as ...

Chemists have confirmed a 67-year-old theory about vitamin B1 by stabilizing a reactive molecule in water — a feat long ...

The Hitchcock Estate’s 2,000 acres are known less for its tony accommodations — a bowling alley, two main houses, a tennis pavilion — than for its far-out history as an incubator of the counterculture ...

Owsley Stanley created a legendary strain of acid in the 1960s — now it’s taking on a new life in modern-day research ...

Another reason for choosing a particular modality is that it is a team’s specialty. Strategic choices can be less about determining which modality best fits a potential target than about choosing a ...

NPR science podcast Short Wave brings us the stories of how Fiddler crabs drum their mating songs into the sand, growing chicken nuggets in the lab, and a drug like LSD -- without the trip.

A team at UC Davis has created a new drug called JRT that mimics LSD’s brain-healing effects without the hallucinogenic side ...

University of California, Davis, researchers have developed a new, neuroplasticity-promoting drug closely related to LSD that ...

Psychedelics drugs with the hallucinatory effects shut down show promise in reconnecting broken neural synaptic connections, which are the cause of some grave diseases.

LSD has always been a source of fascination for Olson because of its outstanding ability to form and strengthen neural ...