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U.K. will pay to play in EU science research

Prime minister wants to maintain full participation in Horizon Europe




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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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Chemical Safety Board chair to resign

Move will leave agency with 3 of 5 board members




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$50 million more for CARB-X will help biotech companies fight antibiotic resistance

Funds from the Gates Foundation and U.K. government will help address antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries




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Harcros plans specialties in Saudi Arabia




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SCA, St1 plan fuel from trees in Sweden




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Chemical Safety Board finalizes investigation into Arkema fires following Tropical Storm Harvey

Agency urges the chemical industry to better prepare for extreme weather




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PILI raises funds for biotech textile dyes




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SCI chooses Minor and Swier for medals




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Arkema sticks with adhesives in Japan




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EPA revises Obama-era industrial safety regulation

Updated following the West, Texas, fertilizer explosion, rule is intended to prevent incidents at facilities handling large amounts of hazardous materials




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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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WuXi invests in North China, Singapore




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Kronos Bio launches with $18 million




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Chinese firm buys nylon precursor unit




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Swallowable biosensor dispatches data from pigs’ bellies

Bioluminscent bacteria pair with electronics to detect blood in the gut




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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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Detecting traces of fentanyl in the field

Mini mass spec can detect lower opioid levels than other methods




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Sponsored content: How chemistry rocks music festivals

The science enables and enhances the all-encompassing live music experience. 




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Chemistry in Pictures: ‘Dusty peacock’




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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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Stiff-yet-supple plastic can be reshaped and recycled

Dynamic boron-oxygen networks are key to the new material’s unusual properties




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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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Methane ice dunes spotted on Pluto

Nitrogen sublimation and gentle breezes may form the hills




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Overhaul of scientific incentives needed to fix Ph.D. system, report says

National Academies committee calls for more emphasis on career counseling, teaching, and mentoring for grad students




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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




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Isotopes could sniff out fake truffles

The abundance of carbon-13 relative to carbon-12 reveals whether the key component of white truffle aroma originates from a natural or synthetic source




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Chemistry in Pictures: Call of Cthulhu




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CRISPR researchers receive Kavli Prize in Nanoscience

Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna, and Virginijus Siksnys win Kavli Prize in nanoscience, renewing Nobel Prize speculation and resurfacing a forgotten name in the CRISPR patent battle




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ACS hosts Festival Training Institute in UAE




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CAS names its 2018 CAS SciFinder Future Leaders




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Corporation Associates offers local section grants




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Bloom Science launches to treat epilepsy with ketogenic-diet-associated gut microbes

The start-up wants to develop treatments based on two kinds of bacteria linked to the antiseizure effects of the ketogenic diet




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HitGen raises funds for DNA-encoded libraries




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Avara advances in dosage form business with third buy




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Lonza consolidates its New Jersey R&D




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U.S. Congress targets requirements for fluorochemicals in firefighting foams at airports




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Scientists push back against Trump administration’s proposed visa rules




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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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WuXi suggests that investors cool it




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PerkinElmer acquires Chinese instrument maker




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Cortexyme raises $76 million to test bacterial protease inhibitor in Alzheimer’s




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Alginate businesses ebb and flow




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Chemical Safety Board finalizes investigation into Arkema fires following Tropical Storm Harvey

Agency urges the chemical industry to better prepare for extreme weather




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Conservators consult Forbes Pigment Collection to solve artwork mysteries

Library of 2,500 samples offers clues about hues, both old and new




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U.S. industries ask Trump administration to endorse global hydrofluorocarbon deal

With EPA regulation overturned in court, companies seek political backing for reducing HFC use domestically




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Colorful hair dyes from blackcurrants

Semipermanent color from anthocyanins in fruit skins are a natural alternative to petroleum-derived dyes




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U.S. EPA advisers want to give formal feedback on plan to restrict the science used by agency

Surprised by proposal, scientific experts to ask agency chief to wait for their feedback before finalizing rule