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Out of the sea and into the factory for Acasti’s heart drug ingredient

Acasti picks CordenPharma to extract omega-3s from krill




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Theracos becomes increasingly reliant on contract manufacturing as its drug advances

Piramal sites on different continents have become involved in producing Theracos’s diabetes treatment




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Sea, land, factory: 3 tales of pharmaceutical outsourcing

Drugs can be made by more than just chemical synthesis. Here are stories of three from the sea, the land, and yes, the factory




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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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Studying why fuel cells slow down

Computer simulations provide mechanistic details that could help researchers replace costly platinum in fuel cells




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Acknowledging the spies on campus

As universities embrace rapid communications and international students, they are learning that the free exchange of ideas comes with risks




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Exploring the claims of an electric bandage

The electroactive material’s makers say it can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria and battle body odor




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Ferreting out why some cancer drugs struggle to shrink tumors

Study shows how stopping one enzyme could help drugs treat an important class of cancers more effectively




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Decoding how insects use visual and chemical cues to find food

Chemical ecologist Shannon Olsson and neuroscientist Karin Nordström employ 3-D printing and virtual reality to answer pressing questions about pollinators




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Modified enzyme could make bioprocessing zippier

Adding positively charged molecules and a surfactant to β-glucosidase makes the enzyme work 30 times as fast




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Apeel coating extends avocado shelf life




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Untangling the CRISPR cancer scare

News reports linking the gene-editing technology to cancer are the latest in a series of hyped alarms due to be tested in humans soon




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Winners of 2018 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists named

Laureates honored in chemistry, life sciences, and physical sciences and engineering.




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Evonik cuts jobs in cost savings




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Boehringer Ingelheim to build a biologics research center




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AkzoNobel, Thomas Swan to develop coatings for metal packaging




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Calico and AbbVie advance antiaging efforts




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Raman spectra of bloodstains could reveal age range of suspects or victims

Study with blood donors pinpoints age-related intensity differences of particular peaks




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Reversing rules of arene chemistry

New norbornene compound overcomes ring substitution limitation




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3-D printing start-up Carbon seeks to be found everywhere

The start-up is taking the technology deeper into manufacturing




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Synthesizing mothers’ milk

Scientists are seeking ways to make beneficial but elusive sugars found in breast milk




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Nanolaser changes color when stretched

The sensitive, tunable device is made of gold nanoparticles, a rubbery polymer, and a liquid dye




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DNA nanostructure acts as lipid-flipping enzyme

Synthetic construct could someday replace damaged counterparts in disease




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Heat-stable peptide might save thousands of mothers from excessive bleeding after childbirth

Massive clinical trial including developing nations demonstrates carbetocin is no less effective or safe than oxytocin




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Canada moving to update environmental protection regulations

Actions may include requiring industry to demonstrate safety of substances, akin to Europe’s REACH program




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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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Chemistry in Pictures: Simulating cancer




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European firms push recycling

Chemical makers launch initiatives for recycling multilayer packaging and polystyrene




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India must change how it evaluates researchers, Indian National Science Academy says




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AkzoNobel upgrading Rotterdam chlorine




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U.S. EPA launches electronic hazardous waste reporting




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Silver nanowires make transparent fingerprint sensor prototype for smartphones

Sensor material outperforms conventional material by combining high transparency and low resistance




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Synthetic lava brings eruption into the lab

To learn more about lava’s unpredictable behavior and to mitigate its damage, scientists are creating and manipulating their own molten rock




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London’s fishy fireball and festering fatberg




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Gingko Bioworks launches biosecurity initiative




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Carisma Therapeutics raises $53 million for CAR-T alternative using macrophages




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Calculations suggest flea and tick medications for pets could benefit people by controlling mosquitoes

These drugs could have beneficial population-wide effects in areas at risk for malaria and Zika, according to modeling study




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Single atoms catalyze Suzuki reactions

Flow chemistry process takes place on carbon nitride surface




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Nanolaser changes color when stretched

The sensitive, tunable device is made of gold nanoparticles, a rubbery polymer, and a liquid dye




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Leading the chemical safety landscape




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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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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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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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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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Molecule from fungi might whack weeds

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