b

Ardena acquires Syntagon to boost APIs




b

Axiom Exergy raises $7.6 million for chill battery




b

Nurturing cannabis

Business is booming, but the industry is handicapped by shifting rules and major research gaps




b

Merck’s Ebola vaccine arrives in Congo




b

Improved electrode efficiently converts CO<sub>2</sub> to ethylene

Electrochemical system runs 15 times as long as best previous design




b

David Liu launches Beam Therapeutics to treat genetic diseases with CRISPR base editing

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




b

Biodegradable emulsion eliminates biofilms

Nanocomposite carrying an essential oil compound combats bacterial infections on cells and keeps bacteria from developing resistance




b

Global air conditioning demand likely to tax energy supplies




b

Ice cores may have tracked ancient Rome’s boom and bust

Traces of lead pinpoint economic activity, but doubts about contamination have been raised




b

Chemical Safety Board chair to resign

Move will leave agency with three of five board members




b

$50 million more for CARB-X will help biotech companies fight antibiotic resistance

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




b

Grail raises more funds to advance a blood-based cancer test

Flush with another $300 million, Grail plans to enroll 135,000 people in studies this year to detect circulating tumor-derived DNA




b

Tackling sustainable fertilizer production with an alternative electrolyte

Ionic liquid and aprotic solvent boost efficiency of electrochemical ammonia production 




b

Enzyme catalyzes cross-membrane reaction

Hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecules don’t have to leave their natural environments to react




b

Bloom Science launches to treat epilepsy with ketogenic diet-associated gut microbes

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




b

Chemists synthesize and screen massive library of nonnatural proteins

Such screens could yield protein drugs with advantages over natural ones




b

Chemical Safety Board chair to resign

Move will leave agency with 3 of 5 board members




b

Business Roundup




b

$50 million more for CARB-X will help biotech companies fight antibiotic resistance

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




b

Harcros plans specialties in Saudi Arabia




b

Chemical Safety Board finalizes investigation into Arkema fires following Tropical Storm Harvey

Agency urges the chemical industry to better prepare for extreme weather




b

How chemistry can help meet the UN’s sustainable development goals




b

Don’t freak out, Europe, but you might be in the middle of a mustelid uprising




b

PILI raises funds for biotech textile dyes




b

StoreDot’s flash battery gets BP backing




b

EPA revises Obama-era industrial safety regulation

Updated following the West, Texas, fertilizer explosion, rule is intended to prevent incidents at facilities handling large amounts of hazardous materials




b

Ice cores may have tracked ancient Rome’s boom and bust

Traces of lead pinpoint economic activity, but doubts about contamination have been raised




b

The iceberg illusion




b

Kronos Bio launches with $18 million




b

Chinese firm buys nylon precursor unit




b

Tackling sustainable fertilizer production with an alternative electrolyte

Ionic liquid and aprotic solvent boost efficiency of electrochemical ammonia production




b

Swallowable biosensor dispatches data from pigs’ bellies

Bioluminscent bacteria pair with electronics to detect blood in the gut




b

Cobalt coaxes enamides into asymmetric hydrogenation

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




b

How an opossum protein may lead to a broad-spectrum snakebite treatment

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




b

Why some cuvettes are difficult to come by

A spot shortage of the analytical sample holder affects some scientists




b

Stiff-yet-supple plastic can be reshaped and recycled

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




b

Discovery of new poppy enzyme might help improve yeast-based opiate synthesis

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




b

Europe to ban some single-use plastics

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




b

Humidity controls supramolecular self-assembly

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




b

Deployment of Merck’s experimental Ebola vaccine well under way in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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




b

Experimental cancer cell therapies have nearly doubled in six months

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




b

The ACS Board of Directors demystified




b

Business Roundup




b

Bloom Science launches to treat epilepsy with ketogenic-diet-associated gut microbes

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




b

HitGen raises funds for DNA-encoded libraries




b

Avara advances in dosage form business with third buy




b

Celebrating eccentric chemistry graduation traditions




b

U.S. clears Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto




b

Scientists push back against Trump administration’s proposed visa rules




b

U.K. pilots carbon capture technology