Experts urge water industry to study plastic pipes’ vulnerability

A new method creates superstrong fibers out of cellulose

A new National Academies report names and classifies the kinds of biological weapons that could emerge from techniques like CRISPR gene editing and DNA synthesis

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

Method is possible replacement for phosphoramidite-based DNA synthesis

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

Treating roads with the wastewater may pollute the environment with radium and oil and gas compounds

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

In confined spaces, water’s dielectric constant drops dramatically, according to new measurements

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

Dodecahedral ‘silicages’ could carry drugs or diagnostic agents

Technologies for wastewater treatment and glycidol production among winners at second annual competition

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

Food regulation, graduate education among changes put forward

Data from air pollution monitors don’t jibe with satellite measurements

Magnetic property enables easy separation of sorption medium

Molecular logic gates allow personal glucose meters to respond to many other targets

Treating roads with wastewater may pollute the environment with radium

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

Simple pieces of equipment decrease the danger of moving small volumes of chemicals prone to igniting

Additive facilitates numerous pharmaceutically relevant reactions through unknown mechanism

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

Piramal sites on different continents have become involved in producing Theracos’s diabetes treatment

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

As universities embrace rapid communications and international students, they are learning that the free exchange of ideas comes with risks

Multifunctional surfaces could control liquid and particle movement in microfluidics or pipes

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

The electroactive material’s makers say it can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria and battle body odor

Moon is a good candidate to host extraterrestrial life, but this find isn’t proof that it does

Un estudio muestra cómo bloquear una enzima podría hacer más efectivos los tratamientos de un importante tipo de cánceres

Study shows how stopping one enzyme could help drugs treat an important class of cancers more effectively