Chemists from ETH Zurich have found a way to produce poorly soluble proteins by caging a uniquely reactive boron compound.

Which boron supplements are best? Boron is an element present in many foods and drinks you likely consume every day, but boron supplements can make it easier to consume the recommended amount. Coffee, ...

Replacing a hydrogen atom in the drug with a boron-fluorine compound, boracycle, opens up great opportunities to modify the drug's properties. In this illustration, the boron-fluorine compound has ...

Boron-based solid propellants have attracted considerable attention due to boron’s exceptional volumetric and gravimetric calorific values, which are critical for high-energy propulsion systems.

Boron agents termed GluBs, developed by Science Tokyo researchers, have overcome a key limitation in cancer therapy by entering tumor cells through a pathway that standard drugs cannot use. The GluBs ...

Pulickel Ajayan receives funding from the Army Research Laboratory and the Army Research Office. Abhijit Biswas does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Malignant gliomas are among the deadliest brain cancers, with limited treatment options and poor survival. A new comprehensive review analyzes decades of global clinical data on boron neutron capture ...

Researchers are opening up new horizons in chemistry: They present the world's first triple bond between the atoms boron and carbon. Boron, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen: these four elements can form ...

A major step toward simpler drug development has been taken at the University of Gothenburg. In a new study, researchers have developed stable boron-fluorine compounds that make it possible to ...