Professor Jeffrey Agar, chemistry and chemical biology, is working with a team to revolutionize drug development, pointing to potential breakthroughs in ALS research.

A chemistry class taught by Leila Deravi, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, allowed students to develop their own personal care products after learning about the chemical composition and structure of such products.

A team led by Jing-Ke Weng, professor of chemistry, chemical biology and bioengineering, repaired a defunct gene in the coyote tobacco plant, turning back the evolutionary clock to pave a path forward for the development and discovery of new drugs.

Northeastern professors, including Diaa Alabed, weigh in on the announcement of the resurrection of the long-extinct dire wolf. Calling out the advancements scientific technology, and the reality of what the resurrection really is.

Jing-Ke Weng, professor of chemistry and chemical biology, weighs in on the "suicide" tree featured in "The White Lotus." The tree's appearance in the recent season has triggered a discussion around how accurately it is being portrayed.

Jing-Ke Weng, professor of chemistry and chemical biology, weighs in on the "suicide" tree featured in "The White Lotus." The tree's appearance in the recent season has triggered a discussion around how accurately it is being portrayed.

Jing-Ke Weng and Darin Dewiler, Northeastern professors, help explain some of the statements being made about seed oils right now.

Research from Leila Deravi, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has brought light to how squids use organs to help power their camouflage abilities.

Northeastern professor Jing-Ke Weng is studying how peanuts trigger allergic reactions by tracking peanut proteins in the body. This research could lead to therapies for peanut allergies and insights into how other allergens affect the body.

Jing-Ke Weng, professor of chemistry, chemical biology and bioengineering, is conducting research with frogs that has the potential to help humans understand allergen detection.

Eugene Smotkin, professor of chemistry, was one of more than a million residents who lost power in Puerto Rico on New Year’s Eve. Issues with the power grid are not out of the norm but for Smotkin the bigger picture problem is the way Puerto Rico is treated by the US.

Lee Makowski, professor of bioengineering and chemistry and chemical biology, highlights the work of the Bioinovation Center, a partnership between Northeastern and Academic City University College in Accra.

Northeastern researchers find a faster and more sensitive way to study proteins, which could lead to advances in disease treatment

Northeastern researchers are targeting brain-eating amoeba that cause a rare, but deadly, infection