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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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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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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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Business Roundup




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




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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




d

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




d

Top 50 U.S. chemical producers of 2017

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




d

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




d

IFF to buy Frutarom in flavor and fragrance consolidation

Natural ingredients play spices up flavor and fragrance sector




d

Hawaii lawmakers pass ban on sunscreen chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate

Protecting coral reefs is the legislation’s goal




d

Osmosis could prevent noise-induced hearing loss

Loud blasts, such as those from roadside bombs, can cause damaging fluid buildup in inner ear, according to study in mice




d

U.S. and U.K. political climates are driving scholars to Canada

‘Brain gain’ program brings high-profile international researchers to Canadian universities




d

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




d

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




d

Takeda finally snags Shire in $62 billion deal

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




d

EPA to ban methylene chloride in paint strippers

Agency commits to action on CH2Cl2 in consumer and commercial products




d

Smashing drugs illuminates troublesome microcrystals

Unwanted crystals could adversely affect drug stability and shelf life




d

Hawaii lawmakers pass ban on sunscreen chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate




d

Environmental groups seek order from North Carolina to stop Chemours pollution




d

Resin maker IGM changes private hands




d

Osmosis could prevent noise-induced hearing loss

Loud blasts, such as those from roadside bombs, can cause damaging fluid buildup in inner ear, according to study in mice




d

IFF to buy Frutarom in flavor and fragrance consolidation

Natural ingredients deal spices up flavor and fragrance sector




d

Fetching fluoride with hydrogen bonding

Catalyst spurs insoluble salts into action as nucleophiles for enantioselective reactions




d

Magnetic fields could fish out enantiomers

Spin-state effect could lead to new way to run chiral separations on racemic mixtures




d

Polymers and composites made incredibly cheaply

Frontal polymerization approach reduces energy use significantly




d

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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William Sandford Durrell




d

Business Roundup




d

Genentech and Lodo team to discover natural products




d

Sarepta acquires five muscular dystrophy gene therapies from Myonexus




d

Merck and Moderna sign cancer vaccine deal




d

CordenPharma extends oligonucleotides in Colorado




d

DuPont sets new plant for fluoropolymer




d

U.S. imposes duties on some PET resin imports




d

Goodbye GMO, hello BE or bioengineered




d

CWD travel award available




d

2018 SCI Scholars announced