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Chemistry in Pictures: Faux ice floes




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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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Enzyme catalyzes cross-membrane reaction

Hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecules don’t have to leave their natural environments to react




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Polymer solar cell hopes to claim new record

Engineering two organic molecules for better compatibility boosts the conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells to 14.2%




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Artificial metalloenzyme flips switch in cells

Cell-penetrating assembly uncages hormone, turning on gene circuit




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E-cigarettes’ chemistry may explain their popularity among teens

Brands like Juul deliver a form of nicotine that is less harsh to inhale than free-base nicotine




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Chemists claim they’ve defined the first new class of stereoisomers in 50 years

Akamptisomers result from bond-angle inversion




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Chemistry in Pictures: Water it down, turn it up




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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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Chemists synthesize and screen massive library of nonnatural proteins

Such screens could yield protein drugs with advantages over natural ones




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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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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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Chemical Safety Board chair to resign

Move will leave agency with 3 of 5 board members




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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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How chemistry can help meet the UN’s sustainable development goals




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Mary Sue Coleman on solving the funding crisis in higher education

The chemist and former college president leads the Association of American Universities in challenging times




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




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PILI raises funds for biotech textile dyes




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StoreDot’s flash battery gets BP backing




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EPA revises Obama-era industrial safety regulation

Updated following the West, Texas, fertilizer explosion, rule is intended to prevent incidents at facilities handling large amounts of hazardous materials




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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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Celgene to pay Evotec $65 million in cancer drug pact




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Chinese firm buys nylon precursor unit




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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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Cobalt coaxes enamides into asymmetric hydrogenation

Chemists use the reaction to develop a greener route to epilepsy drug




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Detecting traces of fentanyl in the field

Mini mass spec can detect lower opioid levels than other methods




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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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Why some cuvettes are difficult to come by

A spot shortage of the analytical sample holder affects some scientists




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Stiff-yet-supple plastic can be reshaped and recycled

Dynamic boron-oxygen networks are key to the new material’s unusual properties




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Discovery of new poppy enzyme might help improve yeast-based opiate synthesis

Adding enzyme to engineered yeast boosts production of thebaine, a key morphine intermediate




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Humidity controls supramolecular self-assembly

Trace water that gets into organic solvents can participate actively when molecules start to self-assemble




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Overhaul of scientific incentives needed to fix Ph.D. system, report says

National Academies committee calls for more emphasis on career counseling, teaching, and mentoring for grad students




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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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Experimental cancer cell therapies have nearly doubled in six months

A new report from the Cancer Research Institute highlights the U.S. and China as cell therapy leaders




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The difficult search for the right recipe in cancer immunotherapy

With so many ingredients on hand, can the oncology community figure out how to sensibly and efficiently combine checkpoint inhibitors with other drugs?




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Chemistry in Pictures: Call of Cthulhu




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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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The ACS Board of Directors demystified




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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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Avara advances in dosage form business with third buy




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Invista to upgrade Texas nylon intermediate facility




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Celebrating eccentric chemistry graduation traditions




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U.S. clears Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto




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Sadara plans pipeline for ethylene and propylene oxide




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The mega-agency




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Lonza consolidates its New Jersey R&D




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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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U.K. pilots carbon capture technology