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

After years of heady expansion, sector is feeling growing pains

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

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

Crop feeds on phosphite, potentially allowing it to outwit weeds and mitigate pollution from traditional fertilizer runoff

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

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

Stock market conditions are favorable for Chinese technology firms

Award honors Stanford professor’s pioneering work in optogenetics

Crop feeds on phosphite, potentially allowing it to outwit weeds and mitigate pollution from traditional fertilizer runoff

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

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

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

Scientists are seeking ways to make beneficial but elusive sugars found in breast milk

Massive clinical trial including developing nations demonstrates carbetocin is no less effective or safe than oxytocin

Actions may include requiring industry to demonstrate safety of substances, akin to Europe’s REACH program

The French startup will develop an RNA-targeted therapy for the rare muscle disease centronuclear myopathy

His efforts to weaken pollution controls expected to endure

Improvements to device may eventually cut external power demands for buildings by 50%

Sensor material outperforms conventional material by combining high transparency and low resistance

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

His efforts to weaken pollution controls expected to endure

Follow-up studies could lead to inhibitors that block uptake, thus stopping body odor production

The company claims its technology will allow it to access previously undruggable targets

Short α-synuclein peptide affects uptake of dopamine rather than forming typical clumps in the brain

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

Approach dissolves adhesive polymers and recovers bags’ multiple components

The company claims its technology will allow it to access previously undruggable targets

Modified toxin targets and silences nerves that transmit pain, offering a potential nonaddictive alternative to opioids

Nondestructive method authenticates works of Robert Burns, one of Scotland’s most famous writers

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

Method turns challenging gaseous alkanes into liquid products

Technology is a step on the path to on-demand manufacturing of biologics

Iron oxide particles and hydrogen peroxide bust biofilms on teeth in rat study

Reagent developed through Scripps and BMS collaboration couples nucleosides with potential applications in antisense therapeutics