Chemistry
Nicholas Sand, creator of famous Orange Sunshine LSD, dies
Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann may have invented LSD in the 1930s, and Timothy Leary was clearly its most prominent frontman in the 1960s. But Nicholas Sand was the chemist who created the most famous version
Court formally throws out more than 21K tainted drug cases
Massachusetts' highest court has formally approved the dismissal of more than 21,000 drug convictions that were tainted by the misconduct of a former state drug lab chemist
In DC visit, Egypt's el-Sissi to test 'chemistry' with Trump
Making his first official visit to Washington since taking office in 2014, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's meeting this week with U.S. President Donald Trump would be a significant step in the international rehabilitation of the general-turned-politician
AP Interview: US hails UN plan to monitor fentanyl market
The chief U.S. State Department counter-narcotics official is hailing a pending U.N. move to control substances used to make a deadly synthetic drug, but acknowledges it will not put an immediate dent in illegal trafficking of the chemicals
George A. Olah, who won Nobel Prize in chemistry, dies at 89
George A. Olah, whose work won a Nobel Prize in chemistry and paved the way for more effective oil refining and ways of producing less polluting forms of gasoline, has died at 89
Deported Korean says Malaysia threatened to harm his family
A North Korean chemist deported from Malaysia has accused police of threatening to kill his family unless he confessed to the murder of the half-brother of North Korea's leader, calling it a plot to tarnish his country's honor
PBS' 'Nova' seeking periodic-table fans to fund TV special
A crowdfunding campaign for $1 million to finance "Beyond the Elements" for PBS' science series "Nova" launched Tuesday
Changes mulled as synthetic drug sentences cause confusion
The independent panel that sets federal sentencing policy is studying how courts should handle cases involving synthetic drugs
Court orders compromise in drug cases tainted by lab scandal
The highest court in Massachusetts has rejected a proposal for the mass dismissal of 24,000 drug convictions because of misconduct by a former state chemist