A strong economy is overshadowed by trade wars and plastics woes

Superhydrophilic film made of two sugar molecules could lead to cleaner retainers or tooth aligners

Simple pieces of equipment decrease the danger of moving small volumes of chemicals prone to igniting

Las piezas reducen de forma sencilla el peligro al transferir pequeños volúmenes de productos químicos inflamables

A new National Academies report names and classifies the kinds of biological weapons that could emerge from techniques like CRISPR gene editing and DNA synthesis

U.S. tariffs target large-volume chemicals, and China responds in kind

Basel Convention would help control flow of used material displaced by China’s ban

Treating roads with the wastewater may pollute the environment with radium and oil and gas compounds

Researchers are using knowledge gained from rat studies to develop better therapeutics

Chemist honored for her tireless efforts on behalf of diversity, inclusion, and volunteerism in the society

ATSDR daily dose numbers for PFOS and PFOA are one-tenth those of EPA

Dodecahedral ‘silicages’ could carry drugs or diagnostic agents

Treating roads with wastewater may pollute the environment with radium

These exotic materials could find applications in electronics, catalysis, and quantum computing

Simple pieces of equipment decrease the danger of moving small volumes of chemicals prone to igniting

Additive facilitates numerous pharmaceutically relevant reactions through unknown mechanism

Widespread adoption of the chips will require mass production and finding the right questions to ask with the devices

Drugs can be made by more than just chemical synthesis. Here are stories of three from the sea, the land, and yes, the factory

Chair departs, investigators leave, staff fears changing mission

Skyhawk will receive $60 million up front to develop drug candidates that target RNA in neurological diseases

Multifunctional surfaces could control liquid and particle movement in microfluidics or pipes

Water loss from the gypsum crystal surfaces is a primary degradation pathway

The electroactive material’s makers say it can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria and battle body odor

Moon is a good candidate to host extraterrestrial life, but this find isn’t proof that it does

Un estudio muestra cómo bloquear una enzima podría hacer más efectivos los tratamientos de un importante tipo de cánceres

Chemical ecologist Shannon Olsson and neuroscientist Karin Nordström employ 3-D printing and virtual reality to answer pressing questions about pollinators

An Alberta court agrees with Dow that Nova’s operation of an ethylene joint venture was self-serving

Chronic morphine treatment in mice restored a narcolepsy-related deficit in the brain, decreasing symptoms 

Nine new science-themed emoji will soon be available on a number of platforms and mobile devices

Water loss from the gypsum crystal surfaces is a primary degradation pathway

Study with blood donors pinpoints age-related intensity differences of particular peaks

Acquisition builds on recent purchases of electron microscope makers FEI and Phenom-World

Multiple sources, including journal articles and chemical catalogs, get the borate bonding and reactivity wrong