d

BASF is considering a $10 billion investment in China

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




d

Trump’s tweets prompt Pfizer to postpone drug price hikes

The president deemed the price rollback a victory, but industry watchers say Pfizer could benefit in the long run




d

Finding pillars of strength for MOFs

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




d

U.S. considers tariffs on more Chinese chemicals

Numerous basic inputs may be hit with a 10% import tax as trade war intensifies




d

Three-dimensional COF crystals keep growing

Strategy yields crystals big enough to reveal previously elusive structural details




d

Big data mining predicts toxicity better than animal tests




d

Flibe Energy gets DOE funding for nuclear research




d

Compass Therapeutics debuts with $132 million in funding




d

Regulus cuts jobs after oligonucleotide safety setback




d

Novartis to end anti-infectives R&D




d

FTC takes Tronox and Cristal to federal court




d

Molecule from fungi might whack weeds

Genome scan turns up aspterric acid, which has a new mode of herbicidal action




d

Empowering a sustainable world

These members of the new guard of scientists are using systems thinking to make green chemistry mainstream




d

Brexit expected to spur emigration of scientists




d

U.K. builds center in Scotland for medicine production




d

Business Roundup




d

Zinc and manganese from batteries turned into nutrients




d

DNA Script gets grant for longer DNA




d

Manus Bio raises $19 million to make plant ingredients via fermentation




d

Linde, Praxair ready second industrial gas sale




d

Matthey advances lithium nickel oxide battery material




d

Study reveals structure of protein that transports body odor precursor

Follow-up studies could lead to inhibitors that block uptake, thus stopping body odor production




d

ACS Council and its role in shaping the society




d

U.S. team heads to International Chemistry Olympiad




d

Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology goes to Karl Deisseroth




d

These new textile dyeing methods could make fashion more sustainable

Large and small suppliers vow to help a resource-intensive, cost-sensitive industry change with the times




d

Janelle Ayres, Neal Devaraj, and Sergei Kalinin win Blavatnik Awards




d

How Europe’s chemical industry learned to love REACH

Supporting the chemical management law is good for competitiveness, Europe’s chemical industry now says




d

Entrepreneur rethinks lithium-ion batteries with an eye toward storing renewable energy

Chemist Amy Prieto of Colorado State University discusses her work to commercialize a safer, more customizable battery




d

Changes on tap at U.S. Chemical Safety Board

Chair departs, investigators leave, staff fears changing mission




d

Graphene-based device enables active thermal camouflage

Smart, flexible skins measure and adapt to ambient temperatures




d

Fetal gene therapy could treat genetic diseases in the womb

Researchers are working to fix genetic conditions like Gaucher disease before birth by testing experimental therapies on fetal animals




d

Targeting immune cells could relieve chronic pain

Study finds macrophages talk to sensory nerves to elicit chronic pain caused by nerve damage




d

HotSpot Therapeutics debuts with $45 million to pursue allosteric inhibitors

The company claims its technology will allow it to access previously undruggable targets




d

To improve reproducibility in the lab, these chemists press ‘record’

Using GoPros and other inexpensive cameras, researchers are documenting their experimental procedures




d

Warmer world could feed the oceans

Higher temperatures allow nitrogen-fixing microbe to work better even when iron is scarce




d

Boron arsenide boasts high thermal conductivity

Semiconductor could help dissipate waste heat in electronics




d

Sanofi pays $50 million for Revolution Medicines’ SHP2 inhibitor

The partners expect to begin clinical studies of the compound later this year




d

Deadly blast in China highlights uneven enforcement of safety regulations

Facilities where 19 died had not been inspected or approved




d

Europe’s science budget set to grow despite Brexit

Horizon Europe raises stakes in global technology race




d

Pathogen recruits good bacteria on skin to initiate infections

Study shakes up scientists’ understanding of how bacterial infections develop




d

Antitrust regulators increasingly probe chemical deals

Following scrutiny, companies are proposing remedies for mergers that will consolidate the titanium dioxide and industrial gas industries




d

Ruthenium could rewire computer chips

As chip components continue to shrink, the semiconductor industry explores alternatives to today’s copper connectors to avoid electrical problems




d

Ex-DuPont staffer steals secrets




d

India’s Supreme Court slams lack of action to address Taj Mahal deterioration




d

Obituary: Robert Daulton Guthrie




d

Moderna opens mRNA manufacturing facility




d

Verge Genomics raises $32 million for machine learning-backed neuroscience drug discovery




d

Lygos raises funds for industrial biotech




d

Bill Gates backs Alzheimer’s diagnostics with new Diagnostics Accelerator venture fund