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Kristen Kulinowski to lead Chemical Safety Board




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‘Green’ coating protects plastics

Transparent film of nanocellulose in a glass matrix confers hardness and fracture toughness to plastic




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China swoons over cleantech and biotech stocks

Stock market conditions are favorable for Chinese technology firms




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LyondellBasell in talks to buy stake in Braskem

A deal would give LyondellBasell control of Brazil’s largest chemical maker




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Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology goes to Karl Deisseroth

Award honors Stanford professor’s pioneering work in optogenetics




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Recycling needs a revamp

Chemical and biochemical approaches take aim at plastic pollution




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Chemistry may have solutions to our plastic trash problem

Chemists explore ways to convert plastics into valuable products and to develop intrinsically recyclable polymers




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Plastics recycling with microbes and worms is further away than people think

Headlines about plastic-eating organisms belie tough, competitive road to development




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Willie May recognized for public service




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ACS Board actions from the June executive meeting




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Chemistry Olympiad Study Camp begins




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ACS Nigeria Chapter hosts symposium in Uyo




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Reporting required for U.S. releases of 13 nonylphenol ethoxylates




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Supporting ACS’s volunteers




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Nobel laureates Jens C. Skou and Paul D. Boyer die at 99

Biochemists were two of three who shared 1997 prize for work related to adenosine triphosphate




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Business Roundup




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G7 leaders sign plastics pledge

Ocean Plastics Charter seeks to rein in mounting problem of waste




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A big deal




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Broad could receive $125 million in sponsored research agreement with Editas




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Sanofi and Translate Bio to make mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases




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Lilly and AstraZeneca drop BACE inhibitor lanabecestat




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Alexion partners with Complement Pharma on neurodegenerative therapy




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WuXi invests $60 million in Massachusetts




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Europe proposes big new research program




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LanzaTech raises funds and expands its footprint




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PKN Orlen in massive Polish expansion




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Cambrex expanding generics R&D in Italy




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Indian castor bean sustainability program a success




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DuPont biosciences headquarters debuts




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Clariant partners with hydrogen storage firm




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Engineered cotton grows on alternative fertilizer

Crop feeds on phosphite, potentially allowing it to outwit weeds and mitigate pollution from traditional fertilizer runoff




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Polarized light and the magic angle: Scientists making art




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Good times, bad times for chemical industry

A strong economy is overshadowed by trade wars and plastics woes




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Slime-making craze has become a big business

Glue and borax sales have been brisk as kids and parents look for do-it-yourself activities




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Birch reduction runs ammonia-free

Crown ethers simplify the set-up of classic reaction




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Chemists synthesize Saturn-shaped molecule

Flat, macrocyclic host captures fullerene guest with CH–π interactions




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Chili pepper compound made to self-destruct

To relieve itch and pain without worrisome side effects, chemists put a kill switch on capsaicin




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Diamond stabilizes lithium metal electrodes

Thin film of the hard material lets batteries benefit from the metal’s electrochemical advantages while blocking unwanted reactions




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Multilayer coating could fight bacterial growth on plastic dental devices

Superhydrophilic film made of two sugar molecules could lead to cleaner retainers or tooth aligners




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Peeling produces stretchable liquid-metal circuit

Technique breaks gallium alloy’s insulating oxide layer




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Setup may make transferring <em>tert</em>-butyl lithium and other pyrophoric reagents safer

Simple pieces of equipment decrease the danger of moving small volumes of chemicals prone to igniting




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Un dispositivo hace más fácil y segura la transferencia de <i>terc</i>-butil litio y otros compuestos químicos pirofóricos

Las piezas reducen de forma sencilla el peligro al transferir pequeños volúmenes de productos químicos inflamables




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Become an ACS Wikipedia Fellow

Program trains participants to contribute their subject-matter expertise to Wikipedia




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Chemistry in Pictures: All that glitters isn’t gold




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California wildfires caused unexpected benzene contamination of drinking water

Experts urge water industry to study plastic pipes’ vulnerability




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World’s strongest biomaterial now comes from a tree

A new method creates superstrong fibers out of cellulose




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Synthetic biology could enable bioweapons development

A new National Academies report names and classifies the kinds of biological weapons that could emerge from techniques like CRISPR gene editing and DNA synthesis




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When good bees go bad

Researchers identify neuropeptides linked to aggression in Africanized honeybees




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K. Barry Sharpless named 2019 Priestley Medalist

Scripps Research Institute chemist honored for inventing catalytic, asymmetric oxidation methods and pioneering click chemistry




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Chemicals are caught up in U.S.-China trade war

U.S. tariffs target large-volume chemicals, and China responds in kind