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U.S. EPA proposes final pollution cleanup plan for American Cyanamid site

Goal is getting Pfizer-owned land in New Jersey back into use




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Cortexyme raises $76 million to test bacterial protease inhibitor in Alzheimer’s




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Dutch masters—of 3-D printing

A new way of making things is taking hold in the flatlands of the Netherlands




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U.S. EPA proposes restriction of asbestos

New uses would be restricted, but industry’s current use of carcinogenic mineral can continue




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Fire-retardant electrolyte could usher in practical lithium metal batteries

Solution containing lithium salt-solvent clusters makes lithium metal batteries safer and long-lasting




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At BIO convention, business boomed, and drug pricing loomed

Diversity, drug prices, and 'right to try' permeated conversation at the drug industry meeting




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New York State requires disclosure of cleaning product ingredients




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Ineos progresses plans for U.S. ethylene oxide plant




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JGC develops new ammonia production process




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U.S. EPA proposes restriction of asbestos




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CRISPR researchers receive Kavli Prize in Nanoscience

Award resurfaces a forgotten name in the CRISPR patent battle amid Nobel Prize speculation




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Drug service provider Alcami to go to another private equity firm

New investor takes on a company trying to combine a range of pharmaceutical services




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Fire-retardant electrolyte could usher in practical lithium-metal batteries

Solution containing lithium salt-solvent clusters makes lithium-metal batteries safer and long lasting




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Perovskite progress pushes tandem solar cells closer to market

Rapid improvements in the stability and efficiency of perovskite-silicon tandem cells are raising commercial hopes




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Las academias nacionales de EEUU alertan de la prevalencia del abuso sexual en ciencia

Es necesario un cambio cultural para evitar seguir perjudicando a las investigadoras




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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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Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology goes to Karl Deisseroth

Award honors Stanford professor’s pioneering work in optogenetics




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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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Europe proposes big new research program




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LanzaTech raises funds and expands its footprint




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Indian castor bean sustainability program a success




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Peeling produces stretchable liquid-metal circuit

Technique breaks gallium alloy’s insulating oxide layer




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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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Sarepta’s Duchenne gene therapy shows promise in small study

The early peek at data from a Phase I/II study excited families, physicians, and investors 




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U.S. report proposes lower safe level for perfluorochemical exposure

ATSDR daily dose numbers for PFOS and PFOA are one-tenth those of EPA




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Trump proposes U.S. federal government reorganization

Food regulation, graduate education among changes put forward




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Project SEED scholar Ganesh Karunakaran

An early interest in science morphs into a career fueled by international finance and economics




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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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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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Chemists Celebrate Earth Week spreads awareness about the environment

On its 15th anniversary, ACS outreach program expands to a weeklong celebration




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Honeywell and Chemours ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal in HFC case




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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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Errors in C&EN graphic reveal widespread misconceptions about slime chemistry

Multiple sources, including journal articles and chemical catalogs, get the borate bonding and reactivity wrong




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Meet <i>Science</i> magazine editor Jeremy Berg, chemist and proud data wonk

Policy leader talks about publishing, the scientific enterprise, and how chemistry fits into it all




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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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Canada moves to update environmental protection regulations




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Scandal-plagued U.S. EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns

His efforts to weaken pollution controls expected to endure




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Italmatch is sold by one private equity firm to another




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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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Water solvation proceeds more slowly than expected

Terahertz spectroscopy study shows that water molecules reorient around solutes on 10-ps time scale




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Precision BioSciences raises $110 million for off-the-shelf CAR-T and gene-edited crops




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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh likely to limit regulatory authority

Current district judge is viewed as reliably conservative, deferent to presidential power




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Noninvasive chemical approach controls deep region of the brain in mice

In mice, surgery-free technique inhibits region implicated in memory formation




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Scandal-plagued U.S. EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns

His efforts to weaken pollution controls expected to endure




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Trump’s tweets prompt Pfizer to postpone drug price hikes

The president deemed the price rollback a victory, but industry watchers say Pfizer could benefit in the long run




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Big data mining predicts toxicity better than animal tests




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U.K. builds center in Scotland for medicine production




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Linde, Praxair ready second industrial gas sale




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Study reveals structure of protein that transports body odor precursor

Follow-up studies could lead to inhibitors that block uptake, thus stopping body odor production




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Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology goes to Karl Deisseroth