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From coal, a new source of rare earths

U.S. efforts to extract valuable elements from coal waste surge




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Thermo Fisher to buy electron microscopy supplies maker Gatan

Acquisition builds on recent purchases of electron microscope makers FEI and Phenom-World




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Chemistry in Pictures: Scorched worlds




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BASF considering $10 billion investment in China

The German giant may build a new “Verbund” site in Guangdong, China.




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The unwritten rules of sharing in the laboratory

Chemjobber on when hoarding chemicals and lab equipment becomes a problem




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Chemistry in Pictures: Plastic snack




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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh likely to limit regulatory authority

Current district judge is viewed as reliably conservative, deferent to presidential power




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Nanostructures help chemists generate hydrogen in microgravity

Textured catalyst prevents gas bubbles from clinging to surfaces




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Genes found in the desert inspire drought-tolerant crop trial

PlantArcBio, an Israeli start-up, will try out its new soybean genes at the University of Wisconsin




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Noninvasive chemical approach controls deep region of the brain in mice

In mice, surgery-free technique inhibits region implicated in memory formation




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Perovskite ferroelectrics go metal-free

Study turns up large family of organic-inorganic materials that could find low-cost, lightweight applications in electronics




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Perovskitas ferroeléctricas sin metales

Un estudio presenta una gran familia de materiales orgánico-inorgánicos que podrían tener aplicaciones baratas y ligeras en electrónica




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Characterizing compounds released from single-use plastic bags

The biomanufacturing alternatives to metal vats release different molecules depending on age and type of material




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Scandal-plagued U.S. EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns

His efforts to weaken pollution controls expected to endure




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BASF is considering a $10 billion investment in China

The German giant may build a new Verbund site in Guangdong, China




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Finding pillars of strength for MOFs

Adding functional groups to metal-organic frameworks can reinforce a flimsy structure




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U.S. considers tariffs on more Chinese chemicals

Numerous basic inputs may be hit with a 10% import tax as trade war intensifies




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Three-dimensional COF crystals keep growing

Strategy yields crystals big enough to reveal previously elusive structural details




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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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Regulus cuts jobs after oligonucleotide safety setback




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FTC takes Tronox and Cristal to federal court




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Molecule from fungi might whack weeds

Genome scan turns up aspterric acid, which has a new mode of herbicidal action




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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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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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2018 ACS Fellows




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DNA Script gets grant for longer DNA




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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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Matthey advances lithium nickel oxide battery material




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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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Peer review shake-up on trial at <i>eLife</i>




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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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Changes on tap at U.S. Chemical Safety Board

Chair departs, investigators leave, staff fears changing mission




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Graphene-based device enables active thermal camouflage

Smart, flexible skins measure and adapt to ambient temperatures




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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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Warmer world could feed the oceans

Higher temperatures allow nitrogen-fixing microbe to work better even when iron is scarce