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Evonik buys stake in skin tech start-up mySkin




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U.S. air quality gains slowing, study shows




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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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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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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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CRISPR diagnostics company Mammoth launches




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




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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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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




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Chemistry in Pictures: I ❤ chromatography




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Solid body wash comes without packaging. But does that make it eco-friendly?

Cosmetics firms appeal to plastic-free consumers with the hybrid of bar soap and liquid body wash




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Escient launches to tackle itching and anaphylactoid drug targets

The startup raised $40 million to target a class of GPCRs called Mas-related G-protein receptors, to treat neuroimmune and inflammatory conditions




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How chemistry helps track and detect nuclear materials

Chemists are designing better methods to analyze confiscated nuclear materials and to track nuclear activity remotely




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Chemistry in Pictures: Sun-kissed rotovaps




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Takeda finally snags Shire in $62 billion deal

If successful, the transaction could spur more M&A among major drug firms




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New ventures try again to recycle polystyrene

Start-ups link with plastic makers on new recycling techniques




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Lilly boosts immunotherapy pipeline with Armo BioSciences acquisition

The drug company will pay $1.6 billion to gain Armo’s IL-10 program




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EPA to ban methylene chloride in paint strippers

Agency commits to action on CH2Cl2 in consumer and commercial products




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Smashing drugs illuminates troublesome microcrystals

Unwanted crystals could adversely affect drug stability and shelf life




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Hawaii lawmakers pass ban on sunscreen chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate




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IFF to buy Frutarom in flavor and fragrance consolidation

Natural ingredients deal spices up flavor and fragrance sector




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Fetching fluoride with hydrogen bonding

Catalyst spurs insoluble salts into action as nucleophiles for enantioselective reactions




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Polymers and composites made incredibly cheaply

Frontal polymerization approach reduces energy use significantly




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Polímeros y materiales compuestos a un precio increíblemente barato

La polimerización frontal, una nueva estrategia sintética, disminuye el coste energético




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Chemical scientists elected to the Royal Society 

Fellows and Foreign Members are recognized for their exceptional contributions to science




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Gladys Q. Dawson




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Ruth Lloyd Cheek




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Sarepta acquires five muscular dystrophy gene therapies from Myonexus




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DuPont sets new plant for fluoropolymer




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Solvay commits to solar energy




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Goodbye GMO, hello BE or bioengineered




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Chemists elected to National Academy of Medicine




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Making ACS meetings welcoming portals to the society




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German premier Angela Merkel marks Merck’s 350 years




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Your ducky’s microbiome, glow-in-the-dark squirt guns

Toys inspire biology, biology inspires toys




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At GP-write, scientists take first steps on way to synthetic human genome

At the third meeting of GP-write, researchers decide to create virus-resistant human cells




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Seed partners unveil photosynthesis trait

Benson Hill and Beck’s say corn varieties with the modified gene will yield more per acre




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U.S. Army bioengineer develops high-tech fabrics to keep soldiers warm, dry, and safe

Paola D’Angelo discusses how her team develops high-performance textiles to protect and support soldiers on the battlefield




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Rise in CFC emissions threatens ozone recovery

Rogue trichlorofluoromethane likely originates from production facilities in East Asia