Stories by Chemical & Engineering News

A company, Repurposed Materials, keeps substances out of landfills by finding safer uses for them

When overheated, a coating blocks current flow and shuts down battery

Silver-based ink, flowing from a ballpoint pen, write circuits that power lights

The Deep Carbon Observatory wants the public to help find an estimated 140 new carbon forms

In people, a molecule called d-cycloserine improved test performance and strengthened brain cell connections

Molecule-thin materials, more immediately, could be artificial muscles and sensors

Cuts to emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides help restore natural balance

Supermarket products have tiny plastic particles, probably from ocean pollution attached to sea salt

Sensors transmit pressure changes to neurons and could help prosthetic limbs truly feel

The sensation may not just be about endorphins. A new study points to the same system of the brain involved in a marijuana buzz

Brain mimics built from stem-cell-studded hydrogels successfully predict chemicals’ neural toxicity without the use and cost of lab rats

As another chemical plant in China explodes, authorities in Beijing ponder plans to move about 1,000 facilities away from population centers

A new system, based on molecular alerts, could make more donor lungs available

The red glow comes from carcinogenic compounds but chemists have found a safer substitute

Small molecule cuts methane emissions by 30 percent, and could curb this greenhouse gas

An analysis finds that thousands of oil and gas hydraulic fracturing wells are less than a mile deep

The cold-weather loving insect produces a never-before-seen chlorinated natural product to deter predators

Compared with glucose, fructose activates brain regions that enhance the psychological reward of eating

The process could be used to print structures with applications in energy storage and tissue regeneration

Rafael Moure-Erasa resigned under White House Pressure amid charges of mismanagement

And researchers have engineered a common bacteria to inexpensively create the snakebite treatment

Chemical engineers flooded with the foam pieces figured out how to transform them into electrodes that work better than conventional ones

A plastic film that mimics the microsized lenses in the compound eye of a moth could help boost solar cell efficiency and sharpen image sensors' views

The Colorado potato beetle, an "international super pest," has been stopped in its tracks by preventing the insect from synthesizing essential proteins