BASF will buy agrochemical and seed businesses for $2 billion

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

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

Natural ingredients play spices up flavor and fragrance sector

Loud blasts, such as those from roadside bombs, can cause damaging fluid buildup in inner ear, according to study in mice

‘Brain gain’ program brings high-profile international researchers to Canadian universities

The startup raised $40 million to target a class of GPCRs called Mas-related G-protein receptors, to treat neuroimmune and inflammatory conditions

Chemists are designing better methods to analyze confiscated nuclear materials and to track nuclear activity remotely

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

Loud blasts, such as those from roadside bombs, can cause damaging fluid buildup in inner ear, according to study in mice

Natural ingredients deal spices up flavor and fragrance sector

La polimerización frontal, una nueva estrategia sintética, disminuye el coste energético

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

Toys inspire biology, biology inspires toys

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

Paola D’Angelo discusses how her team develops high-performance textiles to protect and support soldiers on the battlefield

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

On the brink of patient trials, genome-editing heavyweights and regulators meet to set up voluntary standards

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

Move will leave agency with three of five board members

Funds from the Gates Foundation and U.K. government will help address antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries

Agency plans legal limit on four PFASs in drinking water, creating liability for PFOS and PFOA contamination

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

Engineering two organic molecules for better compatibility boosts the conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells to 14.2%

Cell-penetrating assembly uncages hormone, turning on gene circuit

Las marcas como Juul liberan una forma de nicotina menos agresiva al inhalarse que la nicotina en forma básica.

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