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Big data mining predicts toxicity better than animal tests




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Flibe Energy gets DOE funding for nuclear research




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Compass Therapeutics debuts with $132 million in funding




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Novartis to end anti-infectives R&D




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Empowering a sustainable world

These members of the new guard of scientists are using systems thinking to make green chemistry mainstream




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U.K. builds center in Scotland for medicine production




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Business Roundup




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Zinc and manganese from batteries turned into nutrients




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South Korea’s SK to acquire Ampac Fine Chemicals




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Chemists fracture rings to install fluorine

Reaction opens unstrained nitrogen rings furnishing alkyl fluorine compounds




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Manus Bio raises $19 million to make plant ingredients via fermentation




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Linde, Praxair ready second industrial gas sale




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Study reveals structure of protein that transports body odor precursor

Follow-up studies could lead to inhibitors that block uptake, thus stopping body odor production




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ACS Council and its role in shaping the society




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U.S. team heads to International Chemistry Olympiad




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Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology goes to Karl Deisseroth




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These new textile dyeing methods could make fashion more sustainable

Large and small suppliers vow to help a resource-intensive, cost-sensitive industry change with the times




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Janelle Ayres, Neal Devaraj, and Sergei Kalinin win Blavatnik Awards




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How Europe’s chemical industry learned to love REACH

Supporting the chemical management law is good for competitiveness, Europe’s chemical industry now says




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A carbon fiber cluster grows in South Carolina

Teijin breaks ground on a $600 million plant in Greenwood as global demand grows for the strong, lightweight material




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Entrepreneur rethinks lithium-ion batteries with an eye toward storing renewable energy

Chemist Amy Prieto of Colorado State University discusses her work to commercialize a safer, more customizable battery




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Fetal gene therapy could treat genetic diseases in the womb

Researchers are working to fix genetic conditions like Gaucher disease before birth by testing experimental therapies on fetal animals




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Targeting immune cells could relieve chronic pain

Study finds macrophages talk to sensory nerves to elicit chronic pain caused by nerve damage




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HotSpot Therapeutics debuts with $45 million to pursue allosteric inhibitors

The company claims its technology will allow it to access previously undruggable targets




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To improve reproducibility in the lab, these chemists press ‘record’

Using GoPros and other inexpensive cameras, researchers are documenting their experimental procedures




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Chemistry in Pictures: Ruthenium rubies




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Sanofi pays $50 million for Revolution Medicines’ SHP2 inhibitor

The partners expect to begin clinical studies of the compound later this year




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Deadly blast in China highlights uneven enforcement of safety regulations

Facilities where 19 died had not been inspected or approved




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Chemistry in Pictures: Tiny house




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Un patógeno recluta bacterias buenas en la piel para iniciar infecciones

Un estudio hace que los científicos se replanteen cómo se desarrollan las infecciones bacterianas




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Pathogen recruits good bacteria on skin to initiate infections

Study shakes up scientists’ understanding of how bacterial infections develop




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Antitrust regulators increasingly probe chemical deals

Following scrutiny, companies are proposing remedies for mergers that will consolidate the titanium dioxide and industrial gas industries




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New variant of Parkinson’s protein goes against the grain

Short α-synuclein peptide affects uptake of dopamine rather than forming typical clumps in the brain




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India’s Supreme Court slams lack of action to address Taj Mahal deterioration




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Moderna opens mRNA manufacturing facility




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Verge Genomics raises $32 million for machine learning-backed neuroscience drug discovery




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Lygos raises funds for industrial biotech




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Letting nanoparticles hitchhike on red blood cells

Particles adsorbed on cells accumulate in the first organ downstream from injection site




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Spero wins government funding for antibiotic




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Business Roundup




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U.K.’s Worn Again raises cash for textile recycling




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Making molecular movies at Europe’s powerful X-ray laser facility

Although some kinks are still being worked out, the European XFEL is now giving researchers an unprecedented view of the inner workings of molecules and materials




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Ensuring food security by 2030




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AGC boosts active pharmaceutical ingredient production




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3M launches smog-eating roofing granules




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Lanxess will invest $50 million in its bromine business




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Ionic liquids boost gas uptake in MOFs

Postsynthesis modification of common MOF improves its CO2 uptake and selectivity




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Low-dose aspirin improves memory in mice with Alzheimer’s symptoms

Study suggests activating PPAR receptor leads to increased cellular connections in hippocampus




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Leading change through a culture of safety




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Entrepreneurs get in on the ground floor with CBD from hemp

Growing this cousin of marijuana could help boost local farm economies