Agency plans legal limit on four PFASs in drinking water, creating liability for PFOS and PFOA contamination

Engineering two organic molecules for better compatibility boosts the conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells to 14.2%

Las marcas como Juul liberan una forma de nicotina menos agresiva al inhalarse que la nicotina en forma básica.

Brands like Juul deliver a form of nicotine that is less harsh to inhale than free-base nicotine

Goal is getting Pfizer-owned land in New Jersey back into use

The science enables and enhances the all-encompassing live music experience. 

San Jose State’s Claire Komives is testing an antivenom inspired by opossum biochemistry against various snake species to prevent deaths in the developing world

Adding enzyme to engineered yeast boosts production of thebaine, a key morphine intermediate

Nitrogen sublimation and gentle breezes may form the hills

National Academies committee calls for more emphasis on career counseling, teaching, and mentoring for grad students

Data sharing project lays groundwork for contaminant “early warning network”

Goal is getting Pfizer-owned land in New Jersey back into use

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

Ed Breen wants to avoid the uncertainty and expense of “moonshot” projects

Sources of pollution differ but models predict more deaths in rural areas because of higher populations there

To relieve itch and pain without undesirable side effects, chemists put a kill switch on capsaicin

Solar material suppliers scramble to assess impact on market

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

Group of surfactants linked to toxicity in aquatic organisms

Ed Breen wants to avoid the uncertainty and expense of moonshot projects

Though initially daunting, stricter fuel economy and emission standards result in automotive innovations

To relieve itch and pain without worrisome side effects, chemists put a kill switch on capsaicin

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

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

In confined spaces, water’s dielectric constant drops dramatically, according to new measurements

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

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