Like polypropylene, P3HB has methyl groups poking off its polymer backbone. The form of P3HB that’s made by bacteria has all its methyl groups aligned in the same direction. This results in a strong, ...

Trump’s executive orders about energy went beyond the pro–fossil fuel tone of his first term with aggressive measures to curtail wind and solar power generation. Language throughout the spate of ...

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, China, and Egypt follow Ethiopia as the countries with the highest rate of retractions, according to the study, which was conducted by Achal Agrawal, a data scientist based in ...

Ethoxylated alcohol surfactants are in pretty much every home. Sulfated varieties like sodium laurel ether sulfate, which ...

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Antimicrobial packaging could help extend the shelf life of food, prevent illnesses, and reduce food waste. While there has ...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has committed to a $1.4 billion loan for a project that will use an emerging technology to ...

This year will also doubtlessly bring deals involving artificial intelligence and related technologies. Experts predict that ...

Today, companies are expanding capacity for nonphthalate PVC plasticizers. But they haven’t given up on phthalates. In the US ...

Research scientist Bradley Lusk, first author of the study, was curious about what happens to protons in the microenvironments of these bacteria during biodegradation: “If you produce too many ...

C&EN recently published a news story about some of those people—three chemists who had to evacuate their homes. Victoria Barber, one of the chemists I interviewed for the story, told me that, for her, ...

Studies of living participants and postmortem brains confirm that gene expansion is a promising target for HD prevention ...