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La química podría explicar por qué los cigarrillos electrónicos son tan populares entre los adolescentes

Las marcas como Juul liberan una forma de nicotina menos agresiva al inhalarse que la nicotina en forma básica.




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E-cigarettes’ chemistry may explain their popularity among teens

Brands like Juul deliver a form of nicotine that is less harsh to inhale than free-base nicotine




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Chemists claim they’ve defined the first new class of stereoisomers in 50 years

Akamptisomers result from bond-angle inversion




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Chemistry in Pictures: Water it down, turn it up




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Bloom Science launches to treat epilepsy with ketogenic diet-associated gut microbes

The start-up wants to develop treatments based on two kinds of bacteria linked to the antiseizure effects of the ketogenic diet




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Chemists synthesize and screen massive library of nonnatural proteins

Such screens could yield protein drugs with advantages over natural ones




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Chemical firms rush to meet final REACH regulation deadline

Products made in volumes between 1 and 100 metric tons must be registered by May 31




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U.K. will pay to play in EU science research

Prime minister wants to maintain full participation in Horizon Europe




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Scientists hit the campaign trail

Provoked by Trump, a wave of candidates pushes for evidence-based governing




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U.S. EPA proposes final pollution cleanup plan for American Cyanamid site

Goal is getting Pfizer-owned land in New Jersey back into use




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Chemical Safety Board chair to resign

Move will leave agency with 3 of 5 board members




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Business Roundup




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$50 million more for CARB-X will help biotech companies fight antibiotic resistance

Funds from the Gates Foundation and U.K. government will help address antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries




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Harcros plans specialties in Saudi Arabia




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SCA, St1 plan fuel from trees in Sweden




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3D printer Arevo gets funding




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Chemical Safety Board finalizes investigation into Arkema fires following Tropical Storm Harvey

Agency urges the chemical industry to better prepare for extreme weather




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How chemistry can help meet the UN’s sustainable development goals




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Mary Sue Coleman on solving the funding crisis in higher education

The chemist and former college president leads the Association of American Universities in challenging times




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Project SEED scholar Michelle Melo

Passionate about forensic science, this chemist got the job she always wanted




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Don’t freak out, Europe, but you might be in the middle of a mustelid uprising




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PILI raises funds for biotech textile dyes




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StoreDot’s flash battery gets BP backing




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Explosion in Shanghai kills six




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SCI chooses Minor and Swier for medals




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Arkema sticks with adhesives in Japan




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EPA revises Obama-era industrial safety regulation

Updated following the West, Texas, fertilizer explosion, rule is intended to prevent incidents at facilities handling large amounts of hazardous materials




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Ice cores may have tracked ancient Rome’s boom and bust

Traces of lead pinpoint economic activity, but doubts about contamination have been raised




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The iceberg illusion




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WuXi invests in North China, Singapore




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Celgene to pay Evotec $65 million in cancer drug pact




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Kronos Bio launches with $18 million




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Chinese firm buys nylon precursor unit




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Tackling sustainable fertilizer production with an alternative electrolyte

Ionic liquid and aprotic solvent boost efficiency of electrochemical ammonia production




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Innovation is still alive in plastics

Plenty of new polymer technology was on display at the NPE2018 trade show




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Shrinking mass specs

The portable devices haven’t yet caught on widely. Researchers continue to advance the technology and find new applications




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Expanding the repertoire of ion traps

Researchers are simultaneously shrinking mass specs and broadening their tandem capabilities




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Swallowable biosensor dispatches data from pigs’ bellies

Bioluminscent bacteria pair with electronics to detect blood in the gut




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Cobalt coaxes enamides into asymmetric hydrogenation

Chemists use the reaction to develop a greener route to epilepsy drug




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Mini mass specs are still looking for an audience

Decades in the making, miniature mass spectrometers still face technical hurdles to wider commercial adoption




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Detecting traces of fentanyl in the field

Mini mass spec can detect lower opioid levels than other methods




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Shrinking magnetic sectors

Analytical chemists are bringing these old-school mass analyzers into the high-tech, miniature realm




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Sponsored content: How chemistry rocks music festivals

The science enables and enhances the all-encompassing live music experience. 




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Sending mass specs to Mars

Mini mass specs are key components of Mars rovers




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Chemistry in Pictures: ‘Dusty peacock’




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How an opossum protein may lead to a broad-spectrum snakebite treatment

San Jose State’s Claire Komives is testing an antivenom inspired by opossum biochemistry against various snake species to prevent deaths in the developing world




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Meet the Janelia chemist crafting glowing molecular tools for neuroscientists

Luke Lavis’s lab teaches old dyes new tricks at the HHMI campus




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Why some cuvettes are difficult to come by

A spot shortage of the analytical sample holder affects some scientists




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Stiff-yet-supple plastic can be reshaped and recycled

Dynamic boron-oxygen networks are key to the new material’s unusual properties




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Discovery of new poppy enzyme might help improve yeast-based opiate synthesis

Adding enzyme to engineered yeast boosts production of thebaine, a key morphine intermediate