Stories by Chemistry World

Pages of silver nanoparticles filter sludge from water and kill bacteria

Country uses new European law allowing ban for reasons “other than science.”

Chainlike molecules stick RNA to a protocell membrane, an essential connection

Molecule’s light signals a contaminant in heparin, medicine used by millions of patients

Researchers have learned how bees kick-start immune systems in offspring, and think it could lead to a protective drug

Plants on arid land, rather than food crops like corn, could be turned into gasoline, new research shows

A natural compound already used in flavoring keeps flies away from blueberries

Despite breathless headlines, it is not clear when completely new things from the wonder material will appear

A co-op hopes thousands of scientists can succeed where Big Pharma has failed

Fatality rates vary from 90 to 25 percent, and disordered proteins in the worst strains could be the reason

Calls for help after using the psychoactive chemicals have more than tripled this year

Widespread evidence tampering by chemist Annie Dookhan justifies appeals, court rules

New strains that produce druglike compounds via simple fermentation raise worries 

Trans Pacific Partnership, now being negotiated by U.S., will keep low-cost generics off the market, says the Foundation for AIDS Research

Hollow cells expand and contract, which is useful for robots and medical implants

But half of the biggest research agencies do not collect gender data about grant winners

Chemical expands underground, so drillers can use less fluid that turns into wastewater

Take one simple compound, add powdered meteorite and the solar wind, and you get building blocks of life

Scientists, cleaning their lab, discover a cheap sponge removes the substance better than many other materials

Scientists show glass geometry controls where and how vapor rises from wine, influencing taste

Scientists prove that depleted AA batteries will bounce higher when you drop them, as inner material loses density

Toxic chemical can be replaced by a fluid of propylene glycol and small metal particles

Legalization means jobs for scientists to analyze products for purity and safety

Research agency critics, such as Sen. Ted Cruz, have new positions with power to control money and priorities