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Ensuring food security by 2030




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AGC boosts active pharmaceutical ingredient production




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Lanxess will invest $50 million in its bromine business




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AkzoNobel buys Brazilian organic peroxides firm




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BASF donates $7 million for UC Berkeley labs




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Ionic liquids boost gas uptake in MOFs

Postsynthesis modification of common MOF improves its CO2 uptake and selectivity




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Entrepreneurs get in on the ground floor with CBD from hemp

Growing this cousin of marijuana could help boost local farm economies




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CBD: Medicine from marijuana

Epidiolex earns FDA’s blessing, moving cannabidiol into the medical mainstream




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Graphene-based device enables active thermal camouflage

Smart, flexible skins measure and adapt to ambient temperatures




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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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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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Cambrex to acquire dosage-form drug contractor Halo

With purchase, manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients will move downstream into finished drugs




b

Paper describing piperlongumine anticancer activity retracted

Some coauthors dissent from withdrawal of report, for which key findings have been independently confirmed




b

Shintech will spend $1.5 billion to cement role as largest vinyl producer

The Louisiana project will complement an ethylene cracker the Japanese company is building in the state




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Injections of botulinum conjugate relieves chronic pain in mice

Modified toxin targets and silences nerves that transmit pain, offering a potential nonaddictive alternative to opioids




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Chemical toxicity assessments by U.S. EPA to be reshaped, if bill passes

Congressional committee votes to give industry and other agencies greater input and to shift responsibility for IRIS program from research office




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Vinyl cation busts some new moves

By tweaking its counter ion, classic carbocation inserts into C-H bonds




b

Chemistry in Pictures: Forming good habits




b

Hope and skepticism abound around Biogen and Eisai Alzheimer’s trial

An antibody called BAN2401 cleared amyloid-β proteins and slowed cognitive decline in people with mild Alzheimer’s disease




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KKR buys firm accused of causing Taiwan explosion




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PTC buys gene-therapy-focused Agilis




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New mechanism proposed for old diabetes drug

Type 2 diabetes drug metformin impedes glucose overproduction in a redox-dependent manner, researchers say




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Rachael Farber wins graduate research award




b

Cambrex to acquire dosage-form drug contractor Halo

With purchase, manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients will move downstream into finished drugs




b

Business Roundup




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BASF and Arkema invest in 3-D printing




b

Ingevity sues BASF over vapor control




b

Platform sells crop chemicals business to UPL




b

AkzoNobel partners with Renmatix on paint additives




b

BASF to supply human milk oligosaccharide




b

China tariff plan slammed by chemical industry

Chemical producers claim customs duties will harm U.S. competitiveness, threaten employment




b

Science is in the (baseball) cards and comic books




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DARPA announces first round of $1.5 billion grants to revitalize electronics industry




b

India updates rules to curb predatory journals




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U.S. pediatricians group calls for tougher food additive regulation by FDA




b

Liquid water detected beneath Mars ice cap

Discovery confirms decades-old hypothesis




b

Paper describing piperlongumine anticancer activity retracted

Some coauthors dissent from withdrawal of report, for which key findings have been independently confirmed




b

Membrane knocks out antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Combining UV disinfection with a photocatalytic membrane helps reduce the bacteria and their genes in wastewater




b

Cerium photocatalysis conquers light hydrocarbon chemistry

Method turns challenging gaseous alkanes into liquid products




b

Modernizing CEPA’s approach to supporting ACS members in their professional lives




b

Your guide to the ACS national meeting in Boston




b

C&EN’s Global Top 50 chemical companies

Chemical profits continue to rise as the global economy booms




b

Virtual-reality molecules bend, flex, and wiggle

Multiuser molecular simulation allows up to six chemists to manipulate structures in real time




b

Nitrous oxide from Tibetan permafrost packs global warming punch

Scientists estimate that thawing ground could be a major source of the greenhouse gas




b

Technique tracks carbon as soil microbes munch plastic

Isotope labeling and spectroscopy allow scientists to watch how soil microbes break down a mulch product used in agriculture




b

Strong, aliphatic C–H bonds succumb to direct arylation

Dual-catalyst approach allows chemists to construct connections between a vast array of aliphatic and aromatic molecules




b

Judge blocks 3-D printed gun files from going online

States sued over fears of untraceable plastic guns




b

Persistent pollutant broken down by sludge microbe

Pilot demonstrations at sites contaminated with dioxane could happen as early as next year




b

Chemistry in Pictures: ShanghaiTech Exhibit




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Chemical earnings blossom in brisk economy

Consumer spending spurs a good second quarter, overshadowing trade tensions