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Merck partners with Moderna to test KRas cancer vaccines in humans

The pair hopes to stimulate the immune system to tackle tumors bearing mutant KRas proteins, one of cancer’s toughest targets




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Chemical companies see auspicious start to 2018

Sales and earnings grow strongly for most firms, and the outlook is positive for the rest of the year




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Nuevas baterías para la red eléctrica

Un diseño con manganeso e hidrógeno presume de alta capacidad, larga duración y promete un coste bajo.




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New battery could serve the grid

Manganese-hydrogen design boasts high capacity, long life, and the promise of low cost




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ACS sets its fall election ballot




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ACS Portland Section hosts Women in Science Student Summit




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ACS annual report available online




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73rd Northwest Regional Meeting




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EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides outdoors

Move follows report by food safety agency on health risks to bees




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BASF, Solenis to combine water, paper chemicals




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Synthorx raises $63 million to make synthetic proteins from an expanded genetic code




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Gulf of Oman has enormous dead zone severely depleted of oxygen




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DuPont, ADM pilot the biobased monomer FDME




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Janssen to pay up to $1 billion for BeneVir




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Evonik buys stake in skin tech start-up mySkin




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CarbonCure links with Airgas for concrete




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U.S. air quality gains slowing, study shows




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Let’s hear it from the ACS national meeting

More than 16,000 people showed up to the meeting in New Orleans. Here are a few of their stories




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H.I.G. acquires Brazil’s Elekeiroz




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Cal Dooley to leave helm of the American Chemistry Council




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Chemists elected to National Academy of Sciences

Membership to NAS is among the most prestigious scientific honors in the U.S.




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Simple guidelines could make designing catalysts for electrochemical reactions easy

Theoretical model uses readily available data to predict catalysts for tackling energy challenges




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Testing how much trisubstituted amines can bulk up

Using a multitude of methods, chemists make unprecedented crowded alkyl amines; but one elusive target remains out of reach




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Committee on Science: Exploring emerging scientific challenges and opportunities




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How to fit in when you’re in a new environment




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ACS and French Chemical Society jointly award inaugural Franco-American Lectureship Prize




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Call for nominations for Green Chemistry Challenge Awards




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ACS names 2018–19 public policy fellows




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Bayer clears path to clinch Monsanto acquisition by divesting more to BASF

BASF will buy agrochemical and seed businesses for $2 billion




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Periwinkle gives up its cancer-busting secrets

Key enzymes in complex biosynthesis could enable alkaloid production




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Reactions




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Business Roundup




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It’s time for better stewardship of our planet’s resources




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NuMat raises $12.4 million to commercialize MOFs




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Eurofins acquires Covance’s analytical services unit for foods




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CVC to acquire composites maker AOC and link it with Aliancys




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ACS outreach at the USA Science & Engineering Festival and March for Science




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CRISPR diagnostics company Mammoth launches




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Crabs gather data with high-tech skin

Flexible, lightweight skin is equipped with sensors, memory, and communications features




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赢创信守于长远研究

德国化学制造商在技术支持和能开辟新市场的基础研发之间寻求平衡




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Evonik keeps the faith in long-term research

German chemical maker seeks to balance technical support and basic R&D that can open new markets




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We’re not playing around: Board games medical and morbid




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Top 50 U.S. chemical producers of 2017

Sales rise as the new firm with 2 old names leads the ranking




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Wine sleuths seek answers to the mystery of ‘smoke taint’

As wildfires increase in frequency across the globe, researchers hunt the smoke compounds that can seep into vineyards’ grapes and taint wine




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Controlling CAR-T: How scientists plan to make the engineered T cell therapy safer, and work for more cancers

CAR T-cell therapy works wonders for some cancer patients. For others, it is a death sentence. To make the revolutionary therapy work for more people, scientists must devise better ways to control it




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Hybrid method boosts microscopy resolution

Combining expansion microscopy and STED improves resolution 30-fold relative to the diffraction limit




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Reaction aminates C–H bonds selectively

Manganese phthalocyanine catalyst shows preference for least-hindered benzylic C–H bonds




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Bacteria make a meal of penicillin

Engineered bacteria could be used for bioremediation of antibiotic-contaminated soils




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IFF to buy Frutarom in flavor and fragrance consolidation

Natural ingredients play spices up flavor and fragrance sector




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Hawaii lawmakers pass ban on sunscreen chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate

Protecting coral reefs is the legislation’s goal