Kenneth Merz, Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic's Center for Computational Life Sciences and a team are exploring how quantum ...

LSD is a semisynthetic drug that was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist, in the 1930s. He suspected that a fungus that grows in morning glory flowers generates organic chemicals ...

Psychedelics devotees are racing biotech entrepreneurs to turn 5-MeO-DMT, one of the world’s most powerful drugs, into a pharmaceutical.

Scientists at the University of California, Davis have developed a new drug related to LSD that retains the psychedelic’s beneficial brain effects while minimizing the hallucinogenic experience. The ...

Scientists have long known that psychedelics like LSD can help the brain grow new connections. These drugs promote something called neuroplasticity, which helps the brain heal from mental illness.

Researchers made small tweaks to the molecular structure of LSD to see if it could be turned into an effective brain-healing treatment.

A team of researchers at the University of California, Davis, made small tweaks to the molecular structure of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to see if it could be turned into an effective ...

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.