Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 1963, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann discovered what gave morning glories psychoactive properties, the lysergic acid amides that would later lead ...
Analysis of a 100-million-year-old grass specimen by researchers at Oregon State University identified a fungus growing on it that's similar to ergot, from which LSD is derived. Grass-eating dinosaurs ...
In 1943, a chemist in Switzerland synthesized a drug that alters consciousness. His discovery changed the study of medicine, psychiatry and biology—and became a central component of the counterculture ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Corinne Hazel, a WVU environmental microbiology major from Delaware, Ohio, has discovered a new species of fungus that may treat a ...
An elusive fungus capable of generating quantities of a compound used to synthesize the hallucinogen LSD has finally been discovered on the morning glory vine after decades of searching. Almost a ...
The fossil (pictured in this flickr photo from the Oregon State University) comes from Myanmar and was analyzed by researchers, from Oregon State University, the USDA Agricultural Research Service and ...