d

Ex-Chemours employee admits guilt




d

Giant crystals in Mexican cave face dehydration

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




d

Honeywell and Chemours ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal in HFC case




d

Calico and AbbVie advance antiaging efforts




d

Raman spectra of bloodstains could reveal age range of suspects or victims

Study with blood donors pinpoints age-related intensity differences of particular peaks




d

Pot purveyors get wise to instrumentation; steelhead trout shift their genetic gears




d

3-D printing start-up Carbon seeks to be found everywhere

The start-up is taking the technology deeper into manufacturing




d

Nanolaser changes color when stretched

The sensitive, tunable device is made of gold nanoparticles, a rubbery polymer, and a liquid dye




d

Una nanoestructura de DNA actúa de enzima volteadora de lípidos

Una estructura sintética podría reemplazar algún día las partes dañadas por enfermedad.




d

DNA纳米结构充当脂质翻转酶

合成的结构体有朝一日或可替代疾病中受损的结构体




d

DNA nanostructure acts as lipid-flipping enzyme

Synthetic construct could someday replace damaged counterparts in disease




d

Errors in C&EN graphic reveal widespread misconceptions about slime chemistry

Multiple sources, including journal articles and chemical catalogs, get the borate bonding and reactivity wrong




d

Heat-stable peptide might save thousands of mothers from excessive bleeding after childbirth

Massive clinical trial including developing nations demonstrates carbetocin is no less effective or safe than oxytocin




d

Meet <i>Science</i> magazine editor Jeremy Berg, chemist and proud data wonk

Policy leader talks about publishing, the scientific enterprise, and how chemistry fits into it all




d

Canada moving to update environmental protection regulations

Actions may include requiring industry to demonstrate safety of substances, akin to Europe’s REACH program




d

Air Liquide sues Carlyle over theft of trade secrets

Lawsuit says the private equity firm sought an edge in auction of Praxair and Linde U.S. industrial gas assets




d

Finding pillars of strength for MOFs

Adding functional groups to metal-organic frameworks can reinforce a flimsy structure




d

Canada moves to update environmental protection regulations




d

Dynacure launches with $55 million and Ionis antisense oligonucleotide drug

The French startup will develop an RNA-targeted therapy for the rare muscle disease centronuclear myopathy




d

Attila E. Pavlath wins Parsons Award




d

Volunteer service award to Carolyn Ribes




d

India must change how it evaluates researchers, Indian National Science Academy says




d

Dow fined $1.7 million over perks for CEO Liveris




d

Catalent acquires drug services firm Juniper




d

AkzoNobel upgrading Rotterdam chlorine




d

U.S. EPA launches electronic hazardous waste reporting




d

Scandal-plagued U.S. EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns

His efforts to weaken pollution controls expected to endure




d

Organic photovoltaic window device generates electricity and blocks heat

Improvements to device may eventually cut external power demands for buildings by 50%




d

Business Roundup




d

Italmatch is sold by one private equity firm to another




d

Multifunctional nanofibers filter dust and fight fire

Nylon 6 nanofibers contain flame-retardant core




d

Water solvation proceeds more slowly than expected

Terahertz spectroscopy study shows that water molecules reorient around solutes on 10-ps time scale




d

Golden times for electronic materials suppliers

As they ride the wave, several storm clouds emerge on the horizon




d

London’s fishy fireball and festering fatberg




d

Precision BioSciences raises $110 million for off-the-shelf CAR-T and gene-edited crops




d

Ineos to build first European cracker in 20 years




d

Bain buys antibiotics maker DSM Sinochem




d

Lundbeck taps former Millennium chief as CEO




d

Calculations suggest flea and tick medications for pets could benefit people by controlling mosquitoes

These drugs could have beneficial population-wide effects in areas at risk for malaria and Zika, according to modeling study




d

Nanolaser changes color when stretched

The sensitive, tunable device is made of gold nanoparticles, a rubbery polymer, and a liquid dye




d

Leading the chemical safety landscape




d

Periodic Graphics: Lava and volcanic gases

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning probes the molecular makeup of the molten rock and gases spewed by volcanoes




d

Mussels, potatoes, ‘Anne of Green Gables,’ and now microbial fermentation

How BioVectra became a world-scale pharmaceutical contractor on Prince Edward Island




d

Chemistry in Pictures: Scorched worlds




d

BASF considering $10 billion investment in China

The German giant may build a new “Verbund” site in Guangdong, China.




d

Nanostructures help chemists generate hydrogen in microgravity

Textured catalyst prevents gas bubbles from clinging to surfaces




d

Genes found in the desert inspire drought-tolerant crop trial

PlantArcBio, an Israeli start-up, will try out its new soybean genes at the University of Wisconsin




d

Noninvasive chemical approach controls deep region of the brain in mice

In mice, surgery-free technique inhibits region implicated in memory formation




d

Characterizing compounds released from single-use plastic bags

The biomanufacturing alternatives to metal vats release different molecules depending on age and type of material




d

Scandal-plagued U.S. EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns

His efforts to weaken pollution controls expected to endure