New antibiotics designed with the help of AI show promise against two deadly drug-resistant bacteria. Two of the new compounds attack bacteria in ways unseen in existing drugs.

The latest efforts to craft a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution have ended in ignominious failure once again. The gulf between the so-called high ambition countries and those with less lofty ...

One of the biggest problems farmers have to deal with is disease. Each year, diseases like bacterial wilt and crown gall disease cause the loss of 13–30% of crops. The soil-borne pathogens responsible ...

As a result of the world’s ever-rising carbon emissions, the Earth is increasingly likely to require direct carbon dioxide ...

As well as protecting lichen, this compound could have medical and cosmetic applications - if toxicity concerns can be ...

Industry giants join alliance that is working to develop a digital record that will track a product's entire lifecycle and ...

A stabilising sheath of interlocking polymers enables coacervate microdroplets to more closely mimic natural cells than ever ...

Why are companies working so hard to make oral tablet forms of diabetes and weight loss drugs that target the glucagon-like ...

UN-led negotiations for a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution have again failed to reach an agreement. The latest ...

New legislation provides a legal framework for assessment and cleanup of 189 named chemicals ...

A new light-driven molecular motor winds together hydrocarbon strands to make catenanes, without the need for templating. The ...

Following the recent release of journal impact factors, we round up the leading journals across 10 chemistry fields ...