Food regulation, graduate education among changes put forward

Data from air pollution monitors don’t jibe with satellite measurements

Magnetic property enables easy separation of sorption medium

Molecular logic gates allow personal glucose meters to respond to many other targets

Treating roads with wastewater may pollute the environment with radium

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

An early interest in science morphs into a career fueled by international finance and economics

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

A deal would give LyondellBasell control of Brazil’s largest chemical maker

Boston, Mass., Aug. 19–23

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

TPI Enterprises, an Australian poppy processor, enters the restrictive British codeine market via a contract with Sterling Pharma Solutions

Acasti picks CordenPharma to extract omega-3s from krill

Piramal sites on different continents have become involved in producing Theracos’s diabetes treatment

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

The drug company is partnering with Calibr to develop universal CAR T-cells directed to different tumors via antibody switches

4 high school students will head to Slovakia and Czech Republic in July for international competition

Naturally occurring compound inhibits replication of Zika virus in living cells

Chair departs, investigators leave, staff fears changing mission

Computer simulations provide mechanistic details that could help researchers replace costly platinum in fuel cells

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

As universities embrace rapid communications and international students, they are learning that the free exchange of ideas comes with risks

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

Study shows how stopping one enzyme could help drugs treat an important class of cancers more effectively

Production at Coca-Cola is interrupted as hot weather drives surge in demand

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

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

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

Iron from hemoglobin initiates radical reaction

Laureates honored in chemistry, life sciences, and physical sciences and engineering.

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