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Astellas acquires Nanna Therapeutics




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Fujifilm beefs up its favipiravir supply chain




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Merck KGaA ramps up viral vaccine and gene therapy manufacturing




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Ease COVID-19 border controls, say EU CEOs




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Ineos to squeeze oil from waste plastic




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Takasago buys stake in pine chemicals firm




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Lending a machine to combat COVID-19




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‘Hot' dots for quantum computing

Silicon qubits that operate at less frigid temperatures promise more powerful computers




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US funding agencies move grant review panels online

NSF, NIH were prepared for the quick transition to virtual meetings




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Mercury move portends similar deregulation of air pollution by US EPA

Planned changes could mean weaker emission controls for chemical industry




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Electrocatalytic method converts CO₂ to ethylene and ethanol

Fluorine-doped copper catalyst boosts efficiency and selectivity




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Will EPA ban hazardous pesticide in pet collars?

Federal appeals court orders agency to make a decision within 90 days




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<i>Science</i> editor in chief Holden Thorp on the role of science during the COVID-19 pandemic

The chemist and former university administrator uses editorials to speak up for science during an ‘extraordinary' time




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Ultrabright fluorescent label improves assay speed and sensitivity

Combining gold nanorod with multiple fluorophores boosts bioassay performance




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How ACS local sections are supporting their communities during COVID-19

ACS local sections and members are gathering lab equipment, making chemistry-themed face masks, and more to pitch in during the pandemic




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Sweet-smelling study aids, and why stinky plastic is a trap for turtles




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Silicon-carbonyl complex is stable at room temperature

Electron-rich compound reacts like a transition metal




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Video: Mucus inspires sticky, stretchy, antibacterial material

Made with bacteria-killing carvacrol oil, the new substance might be used as an adhesive or coating




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Chemistry educators try ‘ungrading' techniques to help students learn

The approach aims to give STEM students more dialogue in their education and free them from the constant pressure of assessment




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COVID-19 is reshaping the pharmaceutical supply chain

The coronavirus pandemic may mark a rebalancing of where drugs are made as nations recognize a security imperative




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Rome Therapeutics launches to probe junk DNA for cancer drug discovery

Biotech veteran Rosana Kapeller co-founded the start-up, which raised $50 million to develop small-molecule drugs




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A new electricity-boosting effect seen in perovskites

This photoflexoelectric effect could lead to devices that harvest energy from both light and motion




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Incinerators may spread, not break down PFAS

Preliminary data show soil and water near New York facility are contaminated




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During the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals have taken unprecedented steps to disinfect N95 face masks

With protective equipment in short supply, health-care facilities are decontaminating and reusing items designed to be disposable




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Does the FDA's authorization for chloroquine impede clinical trials for COVID-19 drugs?

Despite the hype, support for the use of chloroquine and its relative hydroxychloroquine outside a clinical trial remains mixed




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Dry cleaning solvent poses health risks to workers and consumers

US EPA draft evaluation finds neurological effects associated with exposure to perchloroethylene




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Career Ladder: Abril Estrada

This biomaterials chemist makes pet food proteins from nonanimal sources




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Nudging reaction in reverse repurposes polyurethane foam

New polymer processing method offers a path to recycle a huge class of consumer goods




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ACS Exams Institute offers ‘nonsecure' versions of its general and organic chemistry exams

One-time tests can be taken by students learning remotely during the coronavirus pandemic




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As they scramble to shore up supplies, small firms brace for a recession

Early signs of a downturn in demand herald a season of unprecedented uncertainty




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Gilead's remdesivir gets emergency use authorization based on preliminary data in COVID-19

Limited results from a NIAID study suggest the drug helps people with COVID-19 recover faster




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Finding what cells the coronavirus can enter could help explain why it spreads so well

Two studies pinpoint nasal cells and others that express the molecules the virus uses to get inside




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Ying Kao Lee dies of COVID-19

DuPont chemist invented a high-quality coating that kept automotive paints from fading




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US national labs offer royalty-free patent licenses

The nonexclusive licenses, available on more than 1,000 technologies, will expire at the end of 2020




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ACS honors 4 industrial teams with its 2020 Heroes of Chemistry award

Innovations have led to advances in cataract surgery, water purification, semiconductor fabrication, and tuberculosis drugs




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BASF and Dow see early coronavirus impacts in first-quarter earnings

Manufacturing shutdowns and oil prices were a drag on results




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A new electricity-boosting effect seen in perovskites

This photoflexoelectric effect could lead to devices that harvest energy from both light and motion




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Will EPA ban hazardous pesticide in pet collars?

Federal appeals court orders agency to make a decision within 90 days




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Courts lean against US EPA science advisers policy

Trial court vacates directive, appeals courts appear skeptical of legality




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Rome Therapeutics launches to probe junk DNA for cancer drug discovery

Biotech veteran Rosana Kapeller cofounded the start-up, which raised $50 million to develop small-molecule drugs




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A chemist's guide to disinfectants

Has your local store run out of sanitizing wipes? This cheat sheet can help you find and understand alternatives




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Podcast: Diagnose, treat, vaccinate—beating a killer coronavirus

<i>Stereo Chemistry</i> looks at lessons learned from previous epidemics and the global effort underway to stop this new microscopic foe




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What is an allergy sensitizer, and how does a chemical become one?

One researcher now risks death if she enters her former lab building




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Moderna picks Lonza to make 1 billion doses of its coronavirus vaccine

Program boosts effort by the mRNA therapy pioneer to be first with a coronavirus vaccine




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How big pharma firms are quietly collaborating on new coronavirus antivirals

Behind the scenes, companies including Novartis, Takeda, and Gilead are collaborating in a loose alliance. Their work might not be done in time to stop COVID-19, but they hope it can prevent the next pandemic




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Cell studies suggest some repurposed drugs could block replication of SARS-CoV-2

The experiments follow up on an earlier study that identified 69 compounds that could disrupt possible interactions between viral and human proteins




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Chemistry in Pictures: Glow from home




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CFC replacements are a source of persistent organic pollution in the Arctic

Analysis of ice cores shows increasing levels of three short-chain PFAS linked to CFC replacement chemicals




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J&amp;J picks Emergent to make COVID-19 vaccine




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Plastics industry asks US Congress for $1 billion