Business is booming, but the industry is handicapped by shifting rules and major research gaps

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

As demand for the rare element grows, researchers trace the history of long-range tellurium deposition

Funds from the Gates Foundation and U.K. government will help address antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries

Flush with another $300 million, Grail plans to enroll 135,000 people in studies this year to detect circulating tumor-derived DNA

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

Akamptisomers result from bond-angle inversion

Such screens could yield protein drugs with advantages over natural ones

Provoked by Trump, a wave of candidates pushes for evidence-based governing

Funds from the Gates Foundation and U.K. government will help address antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries

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

Updated following the West, Texas, fertilizer explosion, rule is intended to prevent incidents at facilities handling large amounts of hazardous materials

Plenty of new polymer technology was on display at the NPE2018 trade show

Bioluminscent bacteria pair with electronics to detect blood in the gut

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

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

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

The abundance of carbon-13 relative to carbon-12 reveals whether the key component of white truffle aroma originates from a natural or synthetic source

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

With EPA regulation overturned in court, companies seek political backing for reducing HFC use domestically

Surprised by proposal, scientific experts to ask agency chief to wait for their feedback before finalizing rule

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

Metal may play sleep role through an enzyme responsible for synthesis of norepinephrine

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