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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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Chemical Safety Board chair to resign

Move will leave agency with 3 of 5 board members




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




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StoreDot’s flash battery gets BP backing




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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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WuXi invests in North China, Singapore




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Chinese firm buys nylon precursor unit




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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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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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Sponsored content: How chemistry rocks music festivals

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




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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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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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Overhaul of scientific incentives needed to fix Ph.D. system, report says

National Academies committee calls for more emphasis on career counseling, teaching, and mentoring for grad students




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Deployment of Merck’s experimental Ebola vaccine well under way in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The first goal is to thwart the outbreak, but researchers also hope for new insights into combating the virus




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The difficult search for the right recipe in cancer immunotherapy

With so many ingredients on hand, can the oncology community figure out how to sensibly and efficiently combine checkpoint inhibitors with other drugs?




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Chemistry in Pictures: Call of Cthulhu




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CRISPR researchers receive Kavli Prize in Nanoscience

Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna, and Virginijus Siksnys win Kavli Prize in nanoscience, renewing Nobel Prize speculation and resurfacing a forgotten name in the CRISPR patent battle




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The ACS Board of Directors demystified




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CAS names its 2018 CAS SciFinder Future Leaders




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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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Perstorp forms 3-D printing joint venture




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Reactions




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U.S. Congress targets requirements for fluorochemicals in firefighting foams at airports




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U.K. pilots carbon capture technology




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PerkinElmer acquires Chinese instrument maker




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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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Career Ladder: Kabrena Rodda

This chemist and military academy grad found a varied career in national security




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Continuing education for your career




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U.S. EPA advisers want to give formal feedback on plan to restrict the science used by agency

Surprised by proposal, scientific experts to ask agency chief to wait for their feedback before finalizing rule




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U.S. EPA proposes restriction of asbestos

New uses would be restricted, but industry’s current use of carcinogenic mineral can continue




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Air pollutants in India kill more than 400,000 people a year in urban and rural areas

Sources of pollution differ but models predict more deaths in rural areas because of higher populations there




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Fire-retardant electrolyte could usher in practical lithium metal batteries

Solution containing lithium salt-solvent clusters makes lithium metal batteries safer and long-lasting




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Double oxadiazole could replace TNT

As the military looks to phase out toxic TNT, chemists have created a new nitrogen-packed molecule with promising properties




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Sensing molecules released from single cells without labels

Combination of microfluidics and a nanosensor achieves label-free detection of cytokines from individual cells




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Chemistry in Pictures: Lapus lattice




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Bleach activator could lead to greener whites

Cationic molecule helps bleach cotton faster with less energy