New surface chemistry method answers mechanistic questions that have eluded chemists for 40 years

A strong economy is overshadowed by trade wars and plastics woes

Glue and borax sales have been brisk as kids and parents look for do-it-yourself activities

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

Technique breaks gallium alloy’s insulating oxide layer

Program trains participants to contribute their subject-matter expertise to Wikipedia

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

Method is possible replacement for phosphoramidite-based DNA synthesis

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

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

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

Naturally occurring compound inhibits replication of Zika virus in living cells

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

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

Adding positively charged molecules and a surfactant to β-glucosidase makes the enzyme work 30 times as fast

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

Iron from hemoglobin initiates radical reaction

Laureates honored in chemistry, life sciences, and physical sciences and engineering.

On its 15th anniversary, ACS outreach program expands to a weeklong celebration

Naturally occurring compound inhibits replication of Zika virus in living cells

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

Synthetic construct could someday replace damaged counterparts in disease

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

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

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