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Chemists claim they’ve defined the first new class of stereoisomers in 50 years

Akamptisomers result from bond-angle inversion




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Chemistry in Pictures: Water it down, turn it up




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Chemists synthesize and screen massive library of nonnatural proteins

Such screens could yield protein drugs with advantages over natural ones




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Chemical firms rush to meet final REACH regulation deadline

Products made in volumes between 1 and 100 metric tons must be registered by May 31




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Chemical Safety Board chair to resign

Move will leave agency with 3 of 5 board members




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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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How chemistry can help meet the UN’s sustainable development goals




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Mary Sue Coleman on solving the funding crisis in higher education

The chemist and former college president leads the Association of American Universities in challenging times




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Arkema sticks with adhesives in Japan




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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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Meet the Janelia chemist crafting glowing molecular tools for neuroscientists

Luke Lavis’s lab teaches old dyes new tricks at the HHMI campus




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Humidity controls supramolecular self-assembly

Trace water that gets into organic solvents can participate actively when molecules start to self-assemble




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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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Deployment of Merck’s experimental Ebola vaccine well under way in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The first goal is to thwart the outbreak, but researchers also hope for new insights into combating the virus




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Mining archived data for emerging pollutants

Data sharing project lays groundwork for contaminant “early warning network”




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Chemistry in Pictures: Call of Cthulhu




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The ACS Board of Directors demystified




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Celebrating eccentric chemistry graduation traditions




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




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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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Chemistry in Pictures: Lapus lattice




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Chemistry in Pictures: Letting sparks fly




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To shrink electronics further, innovative chemical deposition methods may save the day

Researchers experiment with area-selective atomic layer deposition to precisely place layers of conducting and insulating materials within circuits




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Division of Polymer Chemistry seeks nominations for awards




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U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s internal woes could thwart its mission




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Shining the light on outstanding contributions by women chemists




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Renewable chemical maker Avantium tries for an encore performance

After attracting BASF, catalysis expert seeks other partners for a new batch of projects




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Flow system turns amines into alcohols efficiently

Closed-loop flow process uses concentrated catalysts and recycles cofactors to improve conversion




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Hitachi Chemical licenses Silatronix technology




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Sponsored content: Making lower auto emissions a reality

Though initially daunting, stricter fuel economy and emission standards result in automotive innovations




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Perovskite progress pushes tandem solar cells closer to market

Rapid improvements in the stability and efficiency of perovskite-silicon tandem cells are raising commercial hopes




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Chemistry in Pictures: Raise a glass to fluorescence




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Sexual harassment pervasive in science, National Academies study says

Cultural change needed to prevent injury to female faculty, students




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Las academias nacionales de EEUU alertan de la prevalencia del abuso sexual en ciencia

Es necesario un cambio cultural para evitar seguir perjudicando a las investigadoras




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Chemistry in Pictures: Fireworks in a flask




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Periodic Graphics: The chemistry of slime

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning wrings all the molecular details out of the popular goo




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Kristen Kulinowski to lead Chemical Safety Board




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LyondellBasell in talks to buy stake in Braskem

A deal would give LyondellBasell control of Brazil’s largest chemical maker




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Chemistry may have solutions to our plastic trash problem

Chemists explore ways to convert plastics into valuable products and to develop intrinsically recyclable polymers




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Chemistry Olympiad Study Camp begins




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Broad could receive $125 million in sponsored research agreement with Editas




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Alexion partners with Complement Pharma on neurodegenerative therapy




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Good times, bad times for chemical industry

A strong economy is overshadowed by trade wars and plastics woes




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Chemists synthesize Saturn-shaped molecule

Flat, macrocyclic host captures fullerene guest with CH–π interactions




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Setup may make transferring <em>tert</em>-butyl lithium and other pyrophoric reagents safer

Simple pieces of equipment decrease the danger of moving small volumes of chemicals prone to igniting




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Chemistry in Pictures: All that glitters isn’t gold




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Chemicals are caught up in U.S.-China trade war

U.S. tariffs target large-volume chemicals, and China responds in kind




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Chemistry in Pictures: Twisted crystals




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U.S. report proposes lower safe level for perfluorochemical exposure

ATSDR daily dose numbers for PFOS and PFOA are one-tenth those of EPA