d

Plant used in traditional Chinese medicine is a source of natural insecticides

Symbiotic bacteria living in plant stems produce compounds that kill aphids




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Chemistry in Pictures: Vapor diffusion




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Researchers rewarded for publishing null results and replication studies




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Switchable compound shows promise for safer explosives

Transition-metal complex's sensitivity to impact changes in response to spin state




d

Europeans advance plastics recycling

P&G, Versalis, and Ineos look to novel technologies to confront plastic waste




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Structure of novel coronavirus spike protein solved in just weeks

Cryo-EM structure of key coronavirus protein could help develop vaccines against the virus




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BASF, Bayer held liable for dicamba damage

Missouri peach farmer wins $265 million jury award; firms vow to appeal




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Simulations unveil Grignard reactions' complex mechanism

Detailed models highlight a key role for solvents




d

Unusual monooxygenase mechanism adds oxygen to molecules without oxidizing them

Aminoperoxide adduct on the enzyme's cofactor leads to these nonoxidative oxygenation reactions




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Chemistry in Pictures: BODIPY on fire




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Diagnosing the novel coronavirus leads to trade offs

Medical workers in China weigh the advantages and disadvantages of nucleic acid lab tests and CT lung scans




d

Your skin microbiome can be used to predict your age

As we age, our skin changes, and so too do the bugs that live there




d

Doyle is out, Breen is in at DuPont

DuPont is back in the hands of its former CEO




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Could targeting STING make a universal flu vaccine?

In animal tests, vaccine gives broad protection




d

Chemists are finding their place on TikTok

Educators, researchers, and students are coming together to share chemistry demos and talk shop on the wildly popular video app




d

23 minerals at risk of US supply shortages, study shows




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DSM to enter human milk oligosaccharide market by acquiring Glycom

$830 million deal builds on earlier moves into nutritional ingredients




d

ACS Career Days program brings career resources to the community

Society hosts professional development events in cities across the US




d

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical plans peroxide plant in Taiwan




d

New Jersey town switches to peracetic acid wastewater treatment




d

Audentes to build gene therapy plant in North Carolina




d

DuPont and Dutch firm pursue microbiome therapy




d

Eisai withdraws weight loss pills because of cancer risk




d

Sanofi, BARDA team for coronavirus vaccine




d

Sabic to shutter Spanish polyether imide capacity




d

Wacker and Clariant to cut jobs




d

Superefficient solar desalination

System harnesses waste heat to produce enough drinkable water for an adult in 1 h




d

Porous ionic liquid captures alcohols and CFCs

Cage-like structures could enable selective separations in continuous-flow systems




d

Livestock producers look to antibiotic alternatives

Probiotics, sensors, and MOFs are among technologies that could keep herds healthy as industry turns away from antibiotics




d

45Q, the tax credit that's luring US companies to capture CO<sub>2</sub>

Cement, ethanol, and ammonia makers are among those looking to convert waste carbon to cash




d

Your guide to the ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting in Philadelphia

C&EN's editors pick the speakers and symposia to catch




d

Periodic Graphics: Cannabidiol, medicine from hemp

Chemical educator and <i>Compound Interest</i> blogger Andy Brunning explains the CBD craze, how the compound works, and how it's regulated.




d

Should the chemical industry have to prove it can pay for pollution cleanup?

No, US EPA says in proposal




d

Trichloroethylene poses risks to workers and consumers, EPA says

Draft assessment confirms previous concerns about health effects of chlorinated solvent




d

Sanofi to create new firm from its drug-making facilities

Venture will combine six active pharmaceutical ingredient production sites in Europe




d

Chemical firms see light at end of coronavirus tunnel

Facilities are reopening in China but spread of virus outside China is raising concerns




d

Molded microfluidic device makes gel &#8220;apartments&#8221; for single cells

Hydrogel device allows localized treatment and analysis of 10,000 individual cells at a time




d

AI finds molecules that kill bacteria, but would they make good antibiotics?

Experts praise the approach while remaining skeptical that the highlighted molecules could reach the clinic




d

Turning down the heat turns up better perovskites

Lower-temperature process improves the efficiency of single-crystal solar cells




d

Wonyong Choi to lead &lt;i&gt;ACS ES&amp;T Engineering&lt;/i&gt;

Inaugural editor in chief will focus on emerging and interdisciplinary areas of environmental engineering




d

How to make aziridines from olefins without expensive metals

Double bonds form nitrogen-containing 3-membered rings thanks to a reactive, yet fleeting, oxaziridine intermediate




d

Gilead and Moderna lead on coronavirus treatments

Gilead has a head start on an antiviral, while Moderna is pursuing a novel mRNA vaccine




d

Free-floating electrocatalysts outperform tethered ones

Detaching particles from the electrode surface frees them from electrical fatigue




d

China's new place on the front lines of diagnosing and treating coronavirus disease

Industry watchers say the effort is unprecedented and would not have been possible during the last SARS outbreak




d

Faulty probes are to blame for CDC coronavirus testing woes

The tests can still be used, CDC says, as urgency over possible outbreak grows




d

Beryllium radical cation isolated

First Be(I) compounds to be crystallized could open up new main group chemistry




d

Video: Designer surface captures pesky bubbles

Textured metal surface could help control foams in industrial processes, like in bioreactors




d

C&#8211;H activation template opens door to less-accessible carbons

Multiple catalysts do complex chemistry to give a simple product




d

Thermo Fisher to buy molecular diagnostics firm Qiagen for $11.5 billion

Purchase brings the instrumentation giant into the fight against coronavirus




d

European chemical firms face slowdown in industry

Results for 2019 show resilience, but coronavirus impact shadows forecasts for this year