Chemists at the University of California, Davis did something that borders on the molecular equivalent of pulling off a magic trick. They moved two atoms within the intricate structure of LSD—a drug ...

For decades, LSD has been associated with vivid hallucinations and counterculture movements. But now, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a way to tweak this powerful ...

In 1943, biochemist Albert Hoffman accidentally ingested a chemical that he had synthesized from a fungus and discovered that it created hallucinations. The mind-bending chemical was lysergic acid ...

The work was led by David E. Olson, director of the Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics at the University of California, Davis. Scientists in Olson’s lab and at Delix Therapeutics, a ...