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Crop innovations can protect yields and improve food quality in a changing climate

Innovations from chemistry and biology will boost crop yields and improve food quality around the world




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Climate change is destroying our coral reefs. Here's how scientists plan to save them

Ecologists are studying resilient reefs to unlock their secrets and preserve others for generations to come




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Students want more climate change education. Their teachers and professors are starting to listen

Spurred by activism, educators are reworking curricula to train future generations to adapt to our changing climate




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Governments are slow to put in place the policies we need for adaptation to climate change

Policies aimed at adaptation will help the world build resilient highways and other infrastructure




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Bracing for climate change, the chemical industry learns from Hurricane Harvey

Preparations for storms include an emphasis on worker recovery




d

Adapting to climate change: How chemistry will help us thrive

Learn how chemists are developing new technologies to protect food and water supplies, save critical ecosystems, and safeguard cities from natural disasters in the face of climate change




d

Podcast: 5 climate scientists share their reasons for hope

Stereo Chemistry explores how early-career chemists are confronting a changing climate




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10 US refineries exceeded federal benzene levels at their perimeters

Two other facilities surpassed limit but then lowered their emissions as required




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Straightforward path to linear alkylbenzenes identified

Nickel catalyst provides a route to the cleaning product chemicals with high yields and selectivity




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Chemical Safety Board to require accident reporting

Companies will have 8 hours to file a brief report




d

United Arab Emirates woos scientists with new visa

Already awarded to more than 2,000 people, the visas last for 10 years




d

When a distraction becomes a dissertation




d

Edible fungus yields new pineapple flavor molecule

The volatile compound replicates the aroma of hundreds of compounds in the real fruit




d

Chemistry in Pictures: Violets are blue, and roses are black




d

How to make a sweat sensor for drugs

Guidelines include how to deal with pesky interfering signals when making voltammetric sensors




d

Bacteria producing checkpoint inhibitors shrink tumors in mice

After being injected into tumors, the bacteria self-destruct to release their therapeutic cargo




d

Video: Why the glowing rocks under New Jersey fascinate geochemists

The complex mineral collection beneath northern New Jersey may offer clues to how Earth formed and how soil affects water purity and plant growth




d

Ineos is poised to make bio-PVC in Germany

Plastic maker will replace naphtha feedstock with tall oil from trees




d

Unexpected atmospheric chemistry may explain an air pollution mystery

New understanding of the complex chemistry of haze could provide guidance for air-quality regulators




d

Turning wood scraps into strong, structured building material

Wooden nacre nearly matches mother-of-pearl in strength and toughness




d

Biotech firms consider contingency plans as the coronavirus outbreak hits CROs

The industry's reliance on China-based firms for chemistry services is in the spotlight




d

Number of chemicals in commerce has been vastly underestimated

Scientists assemble a first-ever global inventory listing triple the number of chemicals on the market as previous lists




d

Ex–Henderson State University professors plead not guilty to making methamphetamine

Court documents allege the chemists made the drug and its precursors in a university laboratory




d

Nobel laureate Stanley Cohen dies at age 97

Biochemist's discovery of epidermal growth factors has led to new treatments for cancer and other diseases




d

Biorefinery turns birch wood into renewable chemicals

Lignin breakdown produces phenol and propylene, offering a low-carbon alternative to fossil-fuel-based processes




d

Superefficient solar desalination

System harnesses waste heat to produce enough drinkable water for an adult in one hour




d

Corteva to stop making the insecticide chlorpyrifos




d

US states export air pollution's health effects, study finds




d

Chemistry in Pictures: Our hearts go out to you this Valentine's Day




d

Society launches ACS ES&T Water and ACS ES&T Engineering




d

Hongwei Wu named editor in chief of Energy and Fuels




d

Gilbert Walker named editor in chief of Langmuir




d

Azafaros raises $28 million for lysosomal storage diseases




d

Lilly and Roche antiamyloid drugs fail in trial of early-onset Alzheimer's trial




d

United Arab Emirates woos scientists with new visa




d

BASF advances battery material efforts




d

Bayer outsources chemistry R&D to Nuvisan




d

GF Biochemicals forms venture for levulinic acid–based products




d

University of Leeds lab taps DeepMatter for lab automation




d

10 US refineries exceeded federal benzene levels at their perimeters




d

Chemical Safety Board to require accident reporting




d

Boron-nitrogen compound is close cousin of benzene

The latest ‘inorganic benzene' has pronounced aromaticity




d

Edible fungus yields new pineapple flavor molecule

The volatile compound replicates the aroma of hundreds of compounds in the real fruit




d

Phylogenetic screen finds antibiotics that work in a new way

Newly discovered compounds trap bacteria so they can't grow or divide




d

Straightforward path to linear alkylbenzenes identified

Nickel catalyst provides a route to the cleaning product chemicals with high yields and selectivity




d

University of Oklahoma natural product chemist finds novel molecules in unexpected places

Robert Cichewicz looks off the beaten path for unusual plant and fungi compounds




d

Historic launches: A chemstronaut celebrated and Geoffrey Chaucer app-reciated




d

Why chemical makers love the cleaning product industry

Innovation, fast-paced change, and products that go down the drain give the sector its enduring appeal




d

Uncertainty clouds China's dream of making ethylene from ethane

Cheap feedstock from the US tempts chemical makers, but several hurdles stand in the way




d

Could an NLRP3 inhibitor be the one drug to conquer common diseases?

A large number of diseases have been linked to the NLRP3 inflammasome. The race is on to develop drugs that disrupt it