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Flibe Energy gets DOE funding for nuclear research




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Compass Therapeutics debuts with $132 million in funding




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Regulus cuts jobs after oligonucleotide safety setback




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Manus Bio raises $19 million to make plant ingredients via fermentation




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Linde, Praxair ready second industrial gas sale




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Matthey advances lithium nickel oxide battery material




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Peer review shake-up on trial at <i>eLife</i>




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Janelle Ayres, Neal Devaraj, and Sergei Kalinin win Blavatnik Awards




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A carbon fiber cluster grows in South Carolina

Teijin breaks ground on a $600 million plant in Greenwood as global demand grows for the strong, lightweight material




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Entrepreneur rethinks lithium-ion batteries with an eye toward storing renewable energy

Chemist Amy Prieto of Colorado State University discusses her work to commercialize a safer, more customizable battery




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Targeting immune cells could relieve chronic pain

Study finds macrophages talk to sensory nerves to elicit chronic pain caused by nerve damage




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HotSpot Therapeutics debuts with $45 million to pursue allosteric inhibitors

The company claims its technology will allow it to access previously undruggable targets




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To improve reproducibility in the lab, these chemists press ‘record’

Using GoPros and other inexpensive cameras, researchers are documenting their experimental procedures




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Sanofi pays $50 million for Revolution Medicines’ SHP2 inhibitor

The partners expect to begin clinical studies of the compound later this year




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Deadly blast in China highlights uneven enforcement of safety regulations

Facilities where 19 died had not been inspected or approved




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Moderna opens mRNA manufacturing facility




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Verge Genomics raises $32 million for machine learning-backed neuroscience drug discovery




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New phosphor for LEDs with deep-red-light emission

Cerium-doped nitride compound may lead to applications in horticultural lighting




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U.K.’s Worn Again raises cash for textile recycling




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Supramolecular complex liberates lithium

Cation gets a conductivity boost by capturing its counterion




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Making molecular movies at Europe’s powerful X-ray laser facility

Although some kinks are still being worked out, the European XFEL is now giving researchers an unprecedented view of the inner workings of molecules and materials




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Lanxess will invest $50 million in its bromine business




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AkzoNobel buys Brazilian organic peroxides firm




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BASF donates $7 million for UC Berkeley labs




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Ionic liquids boost gas uptake in MOFs

Postsynthesis modification of common MOF improves its CO2 uptake and selectivity




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To improve reproducibility in the lab, these chemists press ‘record’

Using GoPros and other inexpensive cameras, researchers are documenting their experimental procedures




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Targeting immune cells could relieve chronic pain

Study finds macrophages talk to sensory nerves to elicit chronic pain caused by nerve damage




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HotSpot Therapeutics debuts with $45 million to pursue allosteric inhibitors

The company claims its technology will allow it to access previously undruggable targets




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Shintech will spend $1.5 billion to cement role as largest vinyl producer

The Louisiana project will complement an ethylene cracker the Japanese company is building in the state




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Injections of botulinum conjugate relieves chronic pain in mice

Modified toxin targets and silences nerves that transmit pain, offering a potential nonaddictive alternative to opioids




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Insect sodium channels visualized with cryo-electron microscopy

Structures of voltage-gated channel with toxins suggest strategies for drug development




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Lilly to spin off Elanco Animal Health in IPO




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Lilly, Anima link for translation control




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PTC buys gene-therapy-focused Agilis




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Listen in on X-ray laser science

Now witness the firepower of the (almost) fully armed and operational European X-ray Free Electron Laser




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Gilead CEO Milligan to step down




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BASF to supply human milk oligosaccharide




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DARPA announces first round of $1.5 billion grants to revitalize electronics industry




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Liquid water detected beneath Mars ice cap

Discovery confirms decades-old hypothesis




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Cerium photocatalysis conquers light hydrocarbon chemistry

Method turns challenging gaseous alkanes into liquid products




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Modernizing CEPA’s approach to supporting ACS members in their professional lives




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Meet the exosome, the rising star in drug delivery

Companies are hoping to use the vesicles to package small-molecule, protein, and RNA drugs or even use them as therapies themselves




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Sponsored content: Interdisciplinary innovation

Chemists at ShanghaiTech University are championing academic collaboration and eschewing traditional subject-matter divisions




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Virtual-reality molecules bend, flex, and wiggle

Multiuser molecular simulation allows up to six chemists to manipulate structures in real time




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DuPont to pay $3.1 million penalty for Texas accident

Methyl mercaptan release killed four workers at La Porte site in 2014




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Strong, aliphatic C–H bonds succumb to direct arylation

Dual-catalyst approach allows chemists to construct connections between a vast array of aliphatic and aromatic molecules




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Judge blocks 3-D printed gun files from going online

States sued over fears of untraceable plastic guns




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Virtual-reality molecules bend, flex, and wiggle

Multiuser molecular simulation allows up to 6 chemists to manipulate structures in real time




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European recycling initiatives press ahead




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Air Liquide invests in electronic materials