Toys inspire biology, biology inspires toys

Joined by CRISPR luminaries Feng Zhang and J. Keith Joung, the Harvard chemist raises up to $87 million in funding

An inhibitor of starch-digesting enzymes stunts the growth of certain gut bacteria

An inhibitor of starch-digesting enzymes stunts the growth of certain gut bacteria

With $40 million series A funding, the start-up will develop inhibitors of proteins that make chemical modifications to RNA

Joined by CRISPR luminaries Feng Zhang and J. Keith Joung, the Harvard chemist raises up to $87 million in funding

Hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecules don’t have to leave their natural environments to react

The start-up wants to develop treatments based on two kinds of bacteria linked to the antiseizure effects of the ketogenic diet

Such screens could yield protein drugs with advantages over natural ones

The chemist and former college president leads the Association of American Universities in challenging times

Luke Lavis’s lab teaches old dyes new tricks at the HHMI campus

The first goal is to thwart the outbreak, but researchers also hope for new insights into combating the virus

Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna, and Virginijus Siksnys win Kavli Prize in nanoscience, renewing Nobel Prize speculation and resurfacing a forgotten name in the CRISPR patent battle

The start-up wants to develop treatments based on two kinds of bacteria linked to the antiseizure effects of the ketogenic diet

Embedding radio frequency chips within stem-cell-derived organoids could aid medical research

After years of heady expansion, sector is feeling growing pains

Award resurfaces a forgotten name in the CRISPR patent battle amid Nobel Prize speculation

Headlines about plastic-eating organisms belie tough, competitive road to development

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

Separating crystal nucleation and growth processes is key to controlling crystal dimensions

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

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

News reports linking the gene-editing technology to cancer are the latest in a series of hyped alarms due to be tested in humans soon

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

Mineral’s microstructure causes natural iridescence

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

Lawsuit says the private equity firm sought an edge in auction of Praxair and Linde U.S. industrial gas assets

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

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

Textured catalyst prevents gas bubbles from clinging to surfaces

PlantArcBio, an Israeli start-up, will try out its new soybean genes at the University of Wisconsin

Strategy yields crystals big enough to reveal previously elusive structural details

Study shakes up scientists’ understanding of how bacterial infections develop

Following scrutiny, companies are proposing remedies for mergers that will consolidate the titanium dioxide and industrial gas industries

Innovations in food science continually improve on this classic sweet treat

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

Structures of voltage-gated channel with toxins suggest strategies for drug development

Survey shows little has changed in the decade since female professors were last asked about their careers