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Pot purveyors get wise to instrumentation; steelhead trout shift their genetic gears




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Thermo Fisher to buy electron microscopy supplies maker Gatan

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




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Errors in C&EN graphic reveal widespread misconceptions about slime chemistry

Multiple sources, including journal articles and chemical catalogs, get the borate bonding and reactivity wrong




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Meet <i>Science</i> magazine editor Jeremy Berg, chemist and proud data wonk

Policy leader talks about publishing, the scientific enterprise, and how chemistry fits into it all




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Chemistry in Pictures: Simulating cancer




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Dynacure launches with $55 million and Ionis antisense oligonucleotide drug

The French startup will develop an RNA-targeted therapy for the rare muscle disease centronuclear myopathy




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Dow fined $1.7 million over perks for CEO Liveris




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Italmatch is sold by one private equity firm to another




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London’s fishy fireball and festering fatberg




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Precision BioSciences raises $110 million for off-the-shelf CAR-T and gene-edited crops




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Carisma Therapeutics raises $53 million for CAR-T alternative using macrophages




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Thermo Fisher to buy electron microscopy supplies maker Gatan

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




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Chemistry in Pictures: Scorched worlds




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Chemistry in Pictures: Plastic snack




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Nanostructures help chemists generate hydrogen in microgravity

Textured catalyst prevents gas bubbles from clinging to surfaces




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BASF is considering a $10 billion investment in China

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




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Chemistry in Pictures: Starburst




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Novartis to end anti-infectives R&D




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FTC takes Tronox and Cristal to federal court




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Brexit expected to spur emigration of scientists




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Chemists fracture rings to install fluorine

Reaction opens unstrained nitrogen rings furnishing alkyl fluorine compounds




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Manus Bio raises $19 million to make plant ingredients via fermentation




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U.S. team heads to International Chemistry Olympiad




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Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology goes to Karl Deisseroth




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Fetal gene therapy could treat genetic diseases in the womb

Researchers are working to fix genetic conditions like Gaucher disease before birth by testing experimental therapies on fetal animals




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To improve reproducibility in the lab, these chemists press ‘record’

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




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Chemistry in Pictures: Ruthenium rubies




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Chemistry in Pictures: Tiny house




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Verge Genomics raises $32 million for machine learning-backed neuroscience drug discovery




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Lygos raises funds for industrial biotech




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New phosphor for LEDs with deep-red-light emission

Cerium-doped nitride compound may lead to applications in horticultural lighting




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Membrane knocks out antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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




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U.K.’s Worn Again raises cash for textile recycling




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To improve reproducibility in the lab, these chemists press ‘record’

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




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Chemistry in Pictures: Flag column chromatography




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Fish struggle to smell in acidic oceans

Rising CO2 levels could stop fish finding food and detecting predators




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Insect sodium channels visualized with cryo-electron microscopy

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




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Chemistry in Pictures: Forming good habits




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GSK, 23andMe to apply personal genetics to drug discovery

New partnership is part of GSK’s R&D face-lift, which includes an increased focus on immune system targets




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Hope and skepticism abound around Biogen and Eisai Alzheimer’s trial

An antibody called BAN2401 cleared amyloid-β proteins and slowed cognitive decline in people with mild Alzheimer’s disease




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Women chemists still face discrimination in academia

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




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PTC buys gene-therapy-focused Agilis




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Listen in on X-ray laser science

Now witness the firepower of the (almost) fully armed and operational European X-ray Free Electron Laser




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New mechanism proposed for old diabetes drug

Type 2 diabetes drug metformin impedes glucose overproduction in a redox-dependent manner, researchers say




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Science is in the (baseball) cards and comic books




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Membrane knocks out antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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




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Cerium photocatalysis conquers light hydrocarbon chemistry

Method turns challenging gaseous alkanes into liquid products




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Meet the exosome, the rising star in drug delivery

Companies are hoping to use the vesicles to package small-molecule, protein, and RNA drugs or even use them as therapies themselves




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Sponsored content: Interdisciplinary innovation

Chemists at ShanghaiTech University are championing academic collaboration and eschewing traditional subject-matter divisions




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U.S. team wins 4 golds at the International Chemistry Olympiad

Winning streak continues as high school students turn in a top performance for the second year in a row