The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is posing a huge challenge for Punjab farmers who are facing labour shortage due to the exodus of migrants to their native states. However, it also offers a rare opportunity to diversify to other crops from water-guzzling paddy in the coming kharif (summer) season, according to officials and experts.

The company will also phase out Classic' entry sedan to make way for the new mid-size car that was showcased at the Delhi Motor Show in February this year.

The biotech will first tackle lysosomal storage disorders

Manganese-hydrogen design boasts high capacity, long life, and the promise of low cost

More than 16,000 people showed up to the meeting in New Orleans. Here are a few of their stories

Flexible, lightweight skin is equipped with sensors, memory, and communications features

German chemical maker seeks to balance technical support and basic R&D that can open new markets

As wildfires increase in frequency across the globe, researchers hunt the smoke compounds that can seep into vineyards’ grapes and taint wine

CAR T-cell therapy works wonders for some cancer patients. For others, it is a death sentence. To make the revolutionary therapy work for more people, scientists must devise better ways to control it

The drug company will pay $1.6 billion to gain Armo’s IL-10 program

Fellows and Foreign Members are recognized for their exceptional contributions to science

BASF, Borealis, Covestro, and Solvay bring in new CEOs as they report first-quarter results

Toys inspire biology, biology inspires toys

At the third meeting of GP-write, researchers decide to create virus-resistant human cells

The nontraditional leader of the specialty chemical manufacturers’ association wants to steer it back to its traditional values

As consumers worry about light and air pollution, personal care formulators look for ways to safeguard skin from blue light and other environmental assaults

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

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 

Benson Hill and Beck’s say corn varieties with the modified gene will yield more per acre

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Akamptisomers result from bond-angle inversion

Such screens could yield protein drugs with advantages over natural ones

Provoked by Trump, a wave of candidates pushes for evidence-based governing

The chemist and former college president leads the Association of American Universities in challenging times

Researchers are simultaneously shrinking mass specs and broadening their tandem capabilities

Mini mass spec can detect lower opioid levels than other methods

Luke Lavis’s lab teaches old dyes new tricks at the HHMI campus

Adding enzyme to engineered yeast boosts production of thebaine, a key morphine intermediate

The first goal is to thwart the outbreak, but researchers also hope for new insights into combating the virus