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

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

Agency urges the chemical industry to better prepare for extreme weather

Embedding radio frequency chips within stem-cell-derived organoids could aid medical research

Surprised by proposal, scientific experts to ask agency chief to wait for their feedback before finalizing rule

New uses would be restricted, but industry’s current use of carcinogenic mineral can continue

Solution containing lithium salt-solvent clusters makes lithium metal batteries safer and long-lasting

Soft robotic structures walk forward, pick up objects, and even dance in response to electric fields

International exhibition visits Washington, D.C.

El rover Curiosity proporciona datos sobre las misteriosas plumas de metano del planeta rojo

Curiosity rover also reports data on the red planet’s mysterious methane plumes

Diversity, drug prices, and 'right to try' permeated conversation at the drug industry meeting

Researchers experiment with area-selective atomic layer deposition to precisely place layers of conducting and insulating materials within circuits

After attracting BASF, catalysis expert seeks other partners for a new batch of projects

Closed-loop flow process uses concentrated catalysts and recycles cofactors to improve conversion

Combining vibrational circular dichroism and infrared spectroscopy yields real-time probe of asymmetric catalytic reactions

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

Surprised by proposal, scientific experts to ask agency chief to wait for their feedback before finalizing rule

Solution containing lithium salt-solvent clusters makes lithium-metal batteries safer and long lasting

Soft robotic structures walk forward, pick up objects, and even dance in response to electric fields

Ocean Plastics Charter seeks to rein in mounting problem of waste

A superhydrophilic film made of two sugar molecules could help prevent bacterial growth on the mouthpieces

The startup is developing allosteric activators to increase levels of the vital metabolic molecule coenzyme A in pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration

Study in rats and fruit flies suggests that these drugs could inspire better, ketamine-like antidepressants

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning wrings all the molecular details out of the popular goo

New process to make polypropylene from waste oil is part of Ikea’s long-term plan to replace fossil inputs

New surface chemistry method answers mechanistic questions that have eluded chemists for 40 years

Spinning hydrogen-coated clusters of carbon atoms may be source of anomalous microwave emission spotted around our galaxy

Transparent film of nanocellulose in a glass matrix confers hardness and fracture toughness to plastic

Chemists explore ways to convert plastics into valuable products and to develop intrinsically recyclable polymers

Headlines about plastic-eating organisms belie tough, competitive road to development

Ocean Plastics Charter seeks to rein in mounting problem of waste