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India has potential to become world's biggest car maker: Kenichi Ayukawa, Maruti Suzuki

"We are confident that, under the Make in India programme, factors affecting competitiveness will be removed," Kenichi Ayukawa, MD, Maruti Suzuki India.




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Skoda holding back investment in India due to "uncertainties"

Czech carmaker Skoda today said it is holding back its future investments in the country citing 'uncertainties' relating to policy framework.




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Mahindra & Mahindra's core focus to be on utility vehicles segment

Mahindra & Mahindra would continue to focus on utility vehicles segment with the launch of fresh products on new platforms, a top company official has said.




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Ford to phase out Figo from India and replace the model with a new-generation car in 2015

The company will also phase out Classic' entry sedan to make way for the new mid-size car that was showcased at the Delhi Motor Show in February this year.




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Tata Motors ropes in Mayank Pareek as head passenger vehicles

Pareek comes with over two decades of experience with Maruti Suzuki where his last role was as COO, wherein he was heading Marketing & Sales vertical.




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Chemistry in Pictures: Enlightened suspension




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Chemistry in Pictures: Frozen




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Chemistry in Pictures: Fluorescence




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ACS Portland Section hosts Women in Science Student Summit




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BASF, Solenis to combine water, paper chemicals




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Synthorx raises $63 million to make synthetic proteins from an expanded genetic code




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Gulf of Oman has enormous dead zone severely depleted of oxygen




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Janssen to pay up to $1 billion for BeneVir




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Chemists elected to National Academy of Sciences

Membership to NAS is among the most prestigious scientific honors in the U.S.




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Committee on Science: Exploring emerging scientific challenges and opportunities




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How to fit in when you’re in a new environment




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ACS and French Chemical Society jointly award inaugural Franco-American Lectureship Prize




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Call for nominations for Green Chemistry Challenge Awards




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ACS outreach at the USA Science & Engineering Festival and March for Science




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Controlling CAR-T: How scientists plan to make the engineered T cell therapy safer, and work for more cancers

CAR T-cell therapy works wonders for some cancer patients. For others, it is a death sentence. To make the revolutionary therapy work for more people, scientists must devise better ways to control it




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Bacteria make a meal of penicillin

Engineered bacteria could be used for bioremediation of antibiotic-contaminated soils




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Hawaii lawmakers pass ban on sunscreen chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate

Protecting coral reefs is the legislation’s goal




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Osmosis could prevent noise-induced hearing loss

Loud blasts, such as those from roadside bombs, can cause damaging fluid buildup in inner ear, according to study in mice




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Solid body wash comes without packaging. But does that make it eco-friendly?

Cosmetics firms appeal to plastic-free consumers with the hybrid of bar soap and liquid body wash




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Escient launches to tackle itching and anaphylactoid drug targets

The startup raised $40 million to target a class of GPCRs called Mas-related G-protein receptors, to treat neuroimmune and inflammatory conditions




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New ventures try again to recycle polystyrene

Start-ups link with plastic makers on new recycling techniques




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Lilly boosts immunotherapy pipeline with Armo BioSciences acquisition

The drug company will pay $1.6 billion to gain Armo’s IL-10 program




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EPA to ban methylene chloride in paint strippers

Agency commits to action on CH2Cl2 in consumer and commercial products




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Hawaii lawmakers pass ban on sunscreen chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate




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Environmental groups seek order from North Carolina to stop Chemours pollution




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Osmosis could prevent noise-induced hearing loss

Loud blasts, such as those from roadside bombs, can cause damaging fluid buildup in inner ear, according to study in mice




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Fetching fluoride with hydrogen bonding

Catalyst spurs insoluble salts into action as nucleophiles for enantioselective reactions




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Magnetic fields could fish out enantiomers

Spin-state effect could lead to new way to run chiral separations on racemic mixtures




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Polímeros y materiales compuestos a un precio increíblemente barato

La polimerización frontal, una nueva estrategia sintética, disminuye el coste energético




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Chemical scientists elected to the Royal Society 

Fellows and Foreign Members are recognized for their exceptional contributions to science




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Genentech and Lodo team to discover natural products




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Sarepta acquires five muscular dystrophy gene therapies from Myonexus




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CordenPharma extends oligonucleotides in Colorado




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Ecovia Renewables raises $1 million, partners with Seppic




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Solvay commits to solar energy




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Goodbye GMO, hello BE or bioengineered




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At GP-write, scientists take first steps on way to synthetic human genome

At the third meeting of GP-write, researchers decide to create virus-resistant human cells




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SOCMA head Jennifer Abril wants to take the trade association back to its roots

The nontraditional leader of the specialty chemical manufacturers’ association wants to steer it back to its traditional values




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David Liu launches Beam Therapeutics to treat genetic diseases with CRISPR base editing

Joined by CRISPR luminaries Feng Zhang and J. Keith Joung, the Harvard chemist raises up to $87 million in funding




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Can single-cell genomics lead to a new wave of drug targets? Celsius Therapeutics thinks so

The start-up, based on the work of Broad Institute scientist Aviv Regev, has raised $65 million to develop therapies for cancer and autoimmune disease




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U.S. Army bioengineer develops high-tech fabrics to keep soldiers warm, dry, and safe

Paola D’Angelo discusses how her team develops high-performance textiles to protect and support soldiers on the battlefield




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Rise in CFC emissions threatens ozone recovery

Rogue trichlorofluoromethane likely originates from production facilities in East Asia




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El aumento de las emisiones de CFC amenaza la recuperación de la capa de ozono

El triclorofluorometano probablemente se origine en fábricas del este de Asia




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Agent stops common cold virus replication

In cells, inhibitor created by fragment-based drug design prevents rhinovirus from reproducing




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Accent Therapeutics launches to target the epitranscriptomic RNA code in cancer

With $40 million series A funding, the start-up will develop inhibitors of proteins that make chemical modifications to RNA