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Merck’s Ebola vaccine arrives in Congo




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Lilly acquires AurKa




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Global air conditioning demand likely to tax energy supplies




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Ice cores may have tracked ancient Rome’s boom and bust

Traces of lead pinpoint economic activity, but doubts about contamination have been raised




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Tackling sustainable fertilizer production with an alternative electrolyte

Ionic liquid and aprotic solvent boost efficiency of electrochemical ammonia production 




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Bloom Science launches to treat epilepsy with ketogenic diet-associated gut microbes

The start-up wants to develop treatments based on two kinds of bacteria linked to the antiseizure effects of the ketogenic diet




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U.K. will pay to play in EU science research

Prime minister wants to maintain full participation in Horizon Europe




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Chemical Safety Board finalizes investigation into Arkema fires following Tropical Storm Harvey

Agency urges the chemical industry to better prepare for extreme weather




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Don’t freak out, Europe, but you might be in the middle of a mustelid uprising




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StoreDot’s flash battery gets BP backing




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Explosion in Shanghai kills six




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Arkema sticks with adhesives in Japan




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Ice cores may have tracked ancient Rome’s boom and bust

Traces of lead pinpoint economic activity, but doubts about contamination have been raised




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Kronos Bio launches with $18 million




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Tackling sustainable fertilizer production with an alternative electrolyte

Ionic liquid and aprotic solvent boost efficiency of electrochemical ammonia production




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Shrinking mass specs

The portable devices haven’t yet caught on widely. Researchers continue to advance the technology and find new applications




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Mini mass specs are still looking for an audience

Decades in the making, miniature mass spectrometers still face technical hurdles to wider commercial adoption




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Shrinking magnetic sectors

Analytical chemists are bringing these old-school mass analyzers into the high-tech, miniature realm




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Sponsored content: How chemistry rocks music festivals

The science enables and enhances the all-encompassing live music experience. 




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Chemistry in Pictures: ‘Dusty peacock’




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How an opossum protein may lead to a broad-spectrum snakebite treatment

San Jose State’s Claire Komives is testing an antivenom inspired by opossum biochemistry against various snake species to prevent deaths in the developing world




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Deployment of Merck’s experimental Ebola vaccine well under way in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The first goal is to thwart the outbreak, but researchers also hope for new insights into combating the virus




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Isotopes could sniff out fake truffles

The abundance of carbon-13 relative to carbon-12 reveals whether the key component of white truffle aroma originates from a natural or synthetic source




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CRISPR researchers receive Kavli Prize in Nanoscience

Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna, and Virginijus Siksnys win Kavli Prize in nanoscience, renewing Nobel Prize speculation and resurfacing a forgotten name in the CRISPR patent battle




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Jack Kent Cooke Foundation supports ACS Project SEED




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Bloom Science launches to treat epilepsy with ketogenic-diet-associated gut microbes

The start-up wants to develop treatments based on two kinds of bacteria linked to the antiseizure effects of the ketogenic diet




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Scientists push back against Trump administration’s proposed visa rules




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U.K. pilots carbon capture technology




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PerkinElmer acquires Chinese instrument maker




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Chemical Safety Board finalizes investigation into Arkema fires following Tropical Storm Harvey

Agency urges the chemical industry to better prepare for extreme weather




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Career Ladder: Kabrena Rodda

This chemist and military academy grad found a varied career in national security




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Conservators consult Forbes Pigment Collection to solve artwork mysteries

Library of 2,500 samples offers clues about hues, both old and new




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U.S. industries ask Trump administration to endorse global hydrofluorocarbon deal

With EPA regulation overturned in court, companies seek political backing for reducing HFC use domestically




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Colorful hair dyes from blackcurrants

Semipermanent color from anthocyanins in fruit skins are a natural alternative to petroleum-derived dyes




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Microchips track organ mimics

Embedding radio frequency chips within stem-cell-derived organoids could aid medical research




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U.S. EPA advisers want to give formal feedback on plan to restrict the science used by agency

Surprised by proposal, scientific experts to ask agency chief to wait for their feedback before finalizing rule




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Air pollutants in India kill more than 400,000 people a year in urban and rural areas

Sources of pollution differ but models predict more deaths in rural areas because of higher populations there




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Electric fields get hydrogel robots to work (and dance)

Soft robotic structures walk forward, pick up objects, and even dance in response to electric fields




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SK Capital buys additives maker SI Group

Private equity firm aims to assemble a specialty additives powerhouse




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Chemistry in Pictures: Letting sparks fly




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New York State requires disclosure of cleaning product ingredients




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To shrink electronics further, innovative chemical deposition methods may save the day

Researchers experiment with area-selective atomic layer deposition to precisely place layers of conducting and insulating materials within circuits




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Obituary: Frank O. Ellison




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Division of Polymer Chemistry seeks nominations for awards




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Florida Award to Kevin M. Smith




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Hanko to step down at Siegfried




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DuPont commits $400 million to Tyvek expansion




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Arsenal Capital buys adhesives makers




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Air pollutants in India kill more than 400,000 people a year in urban and rural areas




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Renewable chemical maker Avantium tries for an encore performance

After attracting BASF, catalysis expert seeks other partners for a new batch of projects