A deal would give LyondellBasell control of Brazil’s largest chemical maker

Crop feeds on phosphite, potentially allowing it to outwit weeds and mitigate pollution from traditional fertilizer runoff

A strong economy is overshadowed by trade wars and plastics woes

Thin film of the hard material lets batteries benefit from the metal’s electrochemical advantages while blocking unwanted reactions

Superhydrophilic film made of two sugar molecules could lead to cleaner retainers or tooth aligners

Technique breaks gallium alloy’s insulating oxide layer

Experts urge water industry to study plastic pipes’ vulnerability

A new method creates superstrong fibers out of cellulose

Scripps Research Institute chemist honored for inventing catalytic, asymmetric oxidation methods and pioneering click chemistry

U.S. tariffs target large-volume chemicals, and China responds in kind

Basel Convention would help control flow of used material displaced by China’s ban

The early peek at data from a Phase I/II study excited families, physicians, and investors 

Researchers are using knowledge gained from rat studies to develop better therapeutics

ATSDR daily dose numbers for PFOS and PFOA are one-tenth those of EPA

Separating crystal nucleation and growth processes is key to controlling crystal dimensions

U.S. natural gas production loses 2.3% of methane to leaks

Food regulation, graduate education among changes put forward

These exotic materials could find applications in electronics, catalysis, and quantum computing

A deal would give LyondellBasell control of Brazil’s largest chemical maker

Boston, Mass., Aug. 19–23

Widespread adoption of the chips will require mass production and finding the right questions to ask with the devices

Drugs can be made by more than just chemical synthesis. Here are stories of three from the sea, the land, and yes, the factory

4 high school students will head to Slovakia and Czech Republic in July for international competition

Naturally occurring compound inhibits replication of Zika virus in living cells

Chair departs, investigators leave, staff fears changing mission

Skyhawk will receive $60 million up front to develop drug candidates that target RNA in neurological diseases

Water loss from the gypsum crystal surfaces is a primary degradation pathway

Chemical ecologist Shannon Olsson and neuroscientist Karin Nordström employ 3-D printing and virtual reality to answer pressing questions about pollinators

An Alberta court agrees with Dow that Nova’s operation of an ethylene joint venture was self-serving

Iron from hemoglobin initiates radical reaction

Naturally occurring compound inhibits replication of Zika virus in living cells

Water loss from the gypsum crystal surfaces is a primary degradation pathway