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China's new place on the front lines of diagnosing and treating coronavirus disease

Industry watchers say the effort is unprecedented and would not have been possible during the last SARS outbreak




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Genetic signature links bacterial toxin to colon cancer

Colibactin causes key cancer mutations




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Beryllium radical cation isolated

First Be(I) compounds to be crystallized could open up new main group chemistry




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Thermo Fisher to buy molecular diagnostics firm Qiagen for $11.5 billion

Purchase brings the instrumentation giant into the fight against coronavirus




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US EPA finalizes list of 20 low-priority chemicals

Substances will not undergo further evaluation of health and safety risks at this time




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Groups sue US military to stop PFAS incineration

Activists say contracts with companies violate federal law




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Limiting global warming is getting harder, analysis says

Without policy changes, the gap between actual greenhouse gas emission reductions and those needed to hit climate targets will continue to widen




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$8.3 billion allocated for US coronavirus response

Congress opts for open-ended support for federal and local agencies




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ACS Strategic Plan highlights recent accomplishments




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Julie Zimmerman named editor in chief of <i>Environmental Science and Technology</i>




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Philip Proteau to helm <i>Journal of Natural Products</i>




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Genetic signature links bacterial toxin to colon cancer

Colibactin causes key cancer mutations




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Lilac Solutions raises funds for new lithium extraction method




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Sanofi creating new firm from its drug-making facilities

Venture will combine 6 active pharmaceutical ingredient production sites in Europe




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Scientists' favorite DIY lab equipment, and making lab trash live on




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Actinide orbitals drive C–C coupling

Reaction creates actinide 2-metallabiphenylenes




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Beryllium radical cation isolated

First Be(I) compounds to be crystallized could open up new main-group chemistry




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Pauling's rules about crystal structures flunk test

Only 13% of oxide crystal structures obey 4 of the 5 rules simultaneously




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DSM to acquire human milk oligosaccharide firm Glycom




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Amy Ripka on being a CEO: ‘Nobody ever got anywhere by listening to no'

Lucy Therapeutics founder is taking an atypical approach to finding drugs for central nervous system diseases




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Sarah Richardson on prestige publishing: ‘Luckily, I don't give a crap about that'

Her company, MicroByre, is proving that wild microbes can be engineered to produce useful chemicals




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Olga Malinkiewicz wants to make good on the promise of perovskites

Her company, Saule Technologies, has a low-cost process to print the solar cells on a multitude of materials




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Paula Hammond on women in science: Life will always be busy; start a company anyway

The MIT chemical engineering head is charting a course into the start-up world with LayerBio




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Gilead y Moderna lideran los tratamientos contra el coronavirus

Gilead toma ventaja gracias a un antiviral, mientras que Moderna está buscando una nueva vacuna ARNm.




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New PET probes light up bacteria in deep-seated infections

Microbe-specific tracers could help detect infection without relying on inflammation as a surrogate




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Genentech Foundation provides $3 million grant to ACS Bridge Project




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AI specialist Atomwise signs with Bridge Biotherapeutics




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Culture Biosciences raises $15 million for bioreactor service




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Gates, Wellcome, and Mastercard give $125 million for coronavirus treatments




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Protein degradation start-up Kymera raises $102 million in series C financing




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Neste invests in plastic recycling and hydrogen firms




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BASF forms European battery recycling pact




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Chemours opens research facility in Delaware




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OMV to raise stake in Borealis




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$8.3 billion allocated for US coronavirus response

Congress opts for open-ended support for federal and local agencies




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New PET probes light up bacteria in deep-seated infections

Microbe-specific tracers could help detect infection without relying on inflammation as a surrogate




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Thirdhand smoke detected in nonsmoking facility

Tobacco-related compounds probably transported on smokers' clothes and bodies




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Mechanical chirality gives new shape to catalysis

Mechanically chiral rotaxane creates a catalytic pocket a little like an enzyme




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How one country is grappling with mercury emissions from artisanal gold shops

Peru seeks to keep rudimentary gold refining from exposing communities to neurotoxic metal




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How small chemical company leaders are dealing with the coronavirus

Specialty chemical CEOs are rolling with the punches to keep their firms going




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Leaks of CFCs threaten ozone layer recovery and climate, researchers say

Aging equipment and plastic foam release chemicals




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Air quality improvements boosted California's agriculture industry

Lower ozone levels led to higher grape and almond yields-and decarbonizing the state's economy could provide a further boost




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No evidence to support link between ibuprofen and COVID-19, experts say

WHO does not recommend against taking the drug for fever caused by novel coronavirus infection




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Ginkgo opens facilities to help COVID-19 coronavirus response

Boston biotech firm is making its discovery and production service available to firms working on diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines




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DuPont, APC Microbiome Ireland link up for babies




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Periodic Graphics: The elements of fertilizers

Chemical educator and <i>Compound Interest</i> blogger Andy Brunning digs into how plant fertilizers make use of the periodic table.




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2020 Priestley Medalist JoAnne Stubbe digs deep into the details of enzymes

The MIT biochemist's intense focus has helped her solve some of biochemistry's important puzzles




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Adding two functional groups to an aliphatic alcohol in one shot

The simple reaction could be an easy way to synthesize new molecules for drug discovery




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Eliminating catalyst defects boosts activity and extends lifetime

Nearly perfect, long-lasting crystalline catalyst turns CO<sub>2</sub> into valuable products




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Emory-discovered antiviral is poised for COVID-19 clinical trials

The nucleoside inhibitor has advantages over Gilead's remdesivir but has yet to be tested in humans