Stock market conditions are favorable for Chinese technology firms

Glue and borax sales have been brisk as kids and parents look for do-it-yourself activities

Crown ethers simplify the set-up of classic reaction

Thin film of the hard material lets batteries benefit from the metal’s electrochemical advantages while blocking unwanted reactions

A new method creates superstrong fibers out of cellulose

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Using GoPros and other inexpensive cameras, researchers are documenting their experimental procedures

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

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

Using GoPros and other inexpensive cameras, researchers are documenting their experimental procedures

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

Some coauthors dissent from withdrawal of report, for which key findings have been independently confirmed

The Louisiana project will complement an ethylene cracker the Japanese company is building in the state