Joined by CRISPR luminaries Feng Zhang and J. Keith Joung, the Harvard chemist raises up to $87 million in funding

With $45 billion investment, national oil firm seeks diversification away from oil and gas

The start-up, based on the work of Broad Institute scientist Aviv Regev, has raised $65 million to develop therapies for cancer and autoimmune disease

As demand for the rare element grows, researchers trace the history of long-range tellurium deposition 

CAS selects Ph.D. and postdoctoral researchers to help shape scientific information

Chemistry blogger answers reader questions on job hunting, changing grad schools, and more in this edition of Bench & Cubicle

Paola D’Angelo discusses how her team develops high-performance textiles to protect and support soldiers on the battlefield

An inhibitor of starch-digesting enzymes stunts the growth of certain gut bacteria

Apple backs new process that promises oxygen as by-product instead

Rogue trichlorofluoromethane likely originates from production facilities in East Asia

El triclorofluorometano probablemente se origine en fábricas del este de Asia

An inhibitor of starch-digesting enzymes stunts the growth of certain gut bacteria

Start-up wants to foster a quantum leap in molecular problem-solving

Listen as we visit the Smithsonian to learn how stable isotope analysis can reveal the stories behind skeletons

In cells, inhibitor created by fragment-based drug design prevents rhinovirus from reproducing

Strong demand and Chinese environment controls lead to robust earnings

With $40 million series A funding, the start-up will develop inhibitors of proteins that make chemical modifications to RNA

Updated following the West, Texas, fertilizer explosion, rule is intended to prevent incidents at facilities handling large amounts of hazardous materials

Exhibitors at CPhI North America report another year of record growth and investment

Electrochemical system runs 15 times as long as best previous design

Joined by CRISPR luminaries Feng Zhang and J. Keith Joung, the Harvard chemist raises up to $87 million in funding

Big investments are planned in Abu Dhabi, Qatar, and Algeria to diversify away from oil and gas

Nanocomposite carrying an essential oil compound combats bacterial infections on cells and keeps bacteria from developing resistance

As demand for the rare element grows, researchers trace the history of long-range tellurium deposition

Traces of lead pinpoint economic activity, but doubts about contamination have been raised

Move will leave agency with three of five board members

Funds from the Gates Foundation and U.K. government will help address antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries

Agency plans legal limit on four PFASs in drinking water, creating liability for PFOS and PFOA contamination

Flush with another $300 million, Grail plans to enroll 135,000 people in studies this year to detect circulating tumor-derived DNA

Creams. Wax. Sugar. Lasers. We get to the scientific root of depilation

Hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecules don’t have to leave their natural environments to react

Engineering two organic molecules for better compatibility boosts the conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells to 14.2%

Cell-penetrating assembly uncages hormone, turning on gene circuit

Las marcas como Juul liberan una forma de nicotina menos agresiva al inhalarse que la nicotina en forma básica.

Brands like Juul deliver a form of nicotine that is less harsh to inhale than free-base nicotine

Akamptisomers result from bond-angle inversion