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It’s time for better stewardship of our planet’s resources




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NuMat raises $12.4 million to commercialize MOFs




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We’re not playing around: Board games medical and morbid




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Hybrid method boosts microscopy resolution

Combining expansion microscopy and STED improves resolution 30-fold relative to the diffraction limit




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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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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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EPA to ban methylene chloride in paint strippers

Agency commits to action on CH2Cl2 in consumer and commercial products




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Smashing drugs illuminates troublesome microcrystals

Unwanted crystals could adversely affect drug stability and shelf life




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Environmental groups seek order from North Carolina to stop Chemours pollution




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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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Polymers and composites made incredibly cheaply

Frontal polymerization approach reduces energy use significantly




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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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Wilmer J. Stratton




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Merck and Moderna sign cancer vaccine deal




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DuPont sets new plant for fluoropolymer




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U.S. imposes duties on some PET resin imports




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Chemists elected to National Academy of Medicine




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Making ACS meetings welcoming portals to the society




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German premier Angela Merkel marks Merck’s 350 years




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Your ducky’s microbiome, glow-in-the-dark squirt guns

Toys inspire biology, biology inspires toys




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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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Cosmetics that take on the stresses of modern life

As consumers worry about light and air pollution, personal care formulators look for ways to safeguard skin from blue light and other environmental assaults




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CAS names its 2018 CAS SciFinder Future Leaders

CAS selects Ph.D. and postdoctoral researchers to help shape scientific information




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Small molecule could help modulate the microbiome 

An inhibitor of starch-digesting enzymes stunts the growth of certain gut bacteria




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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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Small molecule could help modulate the microbiome

An inhibitor of starch-digesting enzymes stunts the growth of certain gut bacteria




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James D. Crum




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Enerkem gets green light for Spanish waste-to-methanol plant




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The good times keep rolling in pharmaceutical chemicals

Exhibitors at CPhI North America report another year of record growth and investment




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Merck’s Ebola vaccine arrives in Congo




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

Akamptisomers result from bond-angle inversion




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Chemical firms rush to meet final REACH regulation deadline

Products made in volumes between 1 and 100 metric tons must be registered by May 31




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




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Project SEED scholar Michelle Melo

Passionate about forensic science, this chemist got the job she always wanted




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SCI chooses Minor and Swier for medals




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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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Cobalt coaxes enamides into asymmetric hydrogenation

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




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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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Meet the Janelia chemist crafting glowing molecular tools for neuroscientists

Luke Lavis’s lab teaches old dyes new tricks at the HHMI campus




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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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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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Europe to ban some single-use plastics

New obligations for industry as the region and other areas target the causes of marine litter




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Methane ice dunes spotted on Pluto

Nitrogen sublimation and gentle breezes may form the hills




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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