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Hanford researchers demonstrate continuous process to vitrify waste from nuclear weapons production




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Release of U.S. study on health effects of perfluorinated compounds sought




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Global air conditioning demand likely to tax energy supplies




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Chemistry in Pictures: Inorganic parrot




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EPA gears up for controlling poly- and perfluorochemical pollution

Agency plans legal limit on four PFASs in drinking water, creating liability for PFOS and PFOA contamination




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Chemistry in Pictures: Faux ice floes




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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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Artificial metalloenzyme flips switch in cells

Cell-penetrating assembly uncages hormone, turning on gene circuit




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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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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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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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Business Roundup




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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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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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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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WuXi invests in North China, Singapore




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Celgene to pay Evotec $65 million in cancer drug pact




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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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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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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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Europe to ban some single-use plastics

New obligations for industry as the region and other areas target the causes of marine litter




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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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Experimental cancer cell therapies have nearly doubled in six months

A new report from the Cancer Research Institute highlights the U.S. and China as cell therapy leaders




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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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Mining archived data for emerging pollutants

Data sharing project lays groundwork for contaminant “early warning network”




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Chemistry in Pictures: Call of Cthulhu