Boston, Mass., Aug. 19–23

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

As they ride the wave, several storm clouds emerge on the horizon

These drugs could have beneficial population-wide effects in areas at risk for malaria and Zika, according to modeling study

How BioVectra became a world-scale pharmaceutical contractor on Prince Edward Island

The German giant may build a new “Verbund” site in Guangdong, China.

Current district judge is viewed as reliably conservative, deferent to presidential power

Study turns up large family of organic-inorganic materials that could find low-cost, lightweight applications in electronics

Un estudio presenta una gran familia de materiales orgánico-inorgánicos que podrían tener aplicaciones baratas y ligeras en electrónica

The German giant may build a new Verbund site in Guangdong, China

Strategy yields crystals big enough to reveal previously elusive structural details

Large and small suppliers vow to help a resource-intensive, cost-sensitive industry change with the times

Higher temperatures allow nitrogen-fixing microbe to work better even when iron is scarce

The partners expect to begin clinical studies of the compound later this year

Facilities where 19 died had not been inspected or approved

Combining UV disinfection with a photocatalytic membrane helps to reduce the bacteria and their genes in wastewater