Ionic liquid and aprotic solvent boost efficiency of electrochemical ammonia production

Plenty of new polymer technology was on display at the NPE2018 trade show

The portable devices haven’t yet caught on widely. Researchers continue to advance the technology and find new applications

Researchers are simultaneously shrinking mass specs and broadening their tandem capabilities

Bioluminscent bacteria pair with electronics to detect blood in the gut

Chemists use the reaction to develop a greener route to epilepsy drug

Decades in the making, miniature mass spectrometers still face technical hurdles to wider commercial adoption

Mini mass spec can detect lower opioid levels than other methods

Analytical chemists are bringing these old-school mass analyzers into the high-tech, miniature realm

The science enables and enhances the all-encompassing live music experience. 

Mini mass specs are key components of Mars rovers

San Jose State’s Claire Komives is testing an antivenom inspired by opossum biochemistry against various snake species to prevent deaths in the developing world

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

A spot shortage of the analytical sample holder affects some scientists

Dynamic boron-oxygen networks are key to the new material’s unusual properties

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

New obligations for industry as the region and other areas target the causes of marine litter

Nitrogen sublimation and gentle breezes may form the hills

Trace water that gets into organic solvents can participate actively when molecules start to self-assemble

National Academies committee calls for more emphasis on career counseling, teaching, and mentoring for grad students

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

A new report from the Cancer Research Institute highlights the U.S. and China as cell therapy leaders

With so many ingredients on hand, can the oncology community figure out how to sensibly and efficiently combine checkpoint inhibitors with other drugs?

The abundance of carbon-13 relative to carbon-12 reveals whether the key component of white truffle aroma originates from a natural or synthetic source

Data sharing project lays groundwork for contaminant “early warning network”

New investor takes on a company trying to combine a range of pharmaceutical services

Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna, and Virginijus Siksnys win Kavli Prize in nanoscience, renewing Nobel Prize speculation and resurfacing a forgotten name in the CRISPR patent battle

The start-up wants to develop treatments based on two kinds of bacteria linked to the antiseizure effects of the ketogenic diet

Goal is getting Pfizer-owned land in New Jersey back into use