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Finding pillars of strength for MOFs

Adding functional groups to metal-organic frameworks can reinforce a flimsy structure




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Chemistry in Pictures: Simulating cancer




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Canada moves to update environmental protection regulations




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Dynacure launches with $55 million and Ionis antisense oligonucleotide drug

The French startup will develop an RNA-targeted therapy for the rare muscle disease centronuclear myopathy




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Obituary: William Martin McClain




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Obituary: William H. Pirkle




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Obituary: James Terner




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Attila E. Pavlath wins Parsons Award




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Volunteer service award to Carolyn Ribes




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Obituary: Robert Karl Grasselli




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India must change how it evaluates researchers, Indian National Science Academy says




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Catalent acquires drug services firm Juniper




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AkzoNobel upgrading Rotterdam chlorine




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U.S. EPA launches electronic hazardous waste reporting




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Scandal-plagued U.S. EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns

His efforts to weaken pollution controls expected to endure




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Organic photovoltaic window device generates electricity and blocks heat

Improvements to device may eventually cut external power demands for buildings by 50%




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BASF resumes some vitamin sales after plant fire




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Italmatch is sold by one private equity firm to another




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Silver nanowires make transparent fingerprint sensor prototype for smartphones

Sensor material outperforms conventional material by combining high transparency and low resistance




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Multifunctional nanofibers filter dust and fight fire

Nylon 6 nanofibers contain flame-retardant core




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Water solvation proceeds more slowly than expected

Terahertz spectroscopy study shows that water molecules reorient around solutes on 10-ps time scale




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Golden times for electronic materials suppliers

As they ride the wave, several storm clouds emerge on the horizon




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Synthetic lava brings eruption into the lab

To learn more about lava’s unpredictable behavior and to mitigate its damage, scientists are creating and manipulating their own molten rock




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London’s fishy fireball and festering fatberg




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Precision BioSciences raises $110 million for off-the-shelf CAR-T and gene-edited crops




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Ineos to build first European cracker in 20 years




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Bain buys antibiotics maker DSM Sinochem




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Gingko Bioworks launches biosecurity initiative




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Lundbeck taps former Millennium chief as CEO




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Carisma Therapeutics raises $53 million for CAR-T alternative using macrophages




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Calculations suggest flea and tick medications for pets could benefit people by controlling mosquitoes

These drugs could have beneficial population-wide effects in areas at risk for malaria and Zika, according to modeling study




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Single atoms catalyze Suzuki reactions

Flow chemistry process takes place on carbon nitride surface




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Nanolaser changes color when stretched

The sensitive, tunable device is made of gold nanoparticles, a rubbery polymer, and a liquid dye




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Leading the chemical safety landscape




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Mussels, potatoes, ‘Anne of Green Gables,’ and now microbial fermentation

How BioVectra became a world-scale pharmaceutical contractor on Prince Edward Island




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From coal, a new source of rare earths

U.S. efforts to extract valuable elements from coal waste surge




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Thermo Fisher to buy electron microscopy supplies maker Gatan

Acquisition builds on recent purchases of electron microscope makers FEI and Phenom-World




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Chemistry in Pictures: Scorched worlds




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BASF considering $10 billion investment in China

The German giant may build a new “Verbund” site in Guangdong, China.




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The unwritten rules of sharing in the laboratory

Chemjobber on when hoarding chemicals and lab equipment becomes a problem




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Chemistry in Pictures: Plastic snack




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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh likely to limit regulatory authority

Current district judge is viewed as reliably conservative, deferent to presidential power




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Nanostructures help chemists generate hydrogen in microgravity

Textured catalyst prevents gas bubbles from clinging to surfaces




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Genes found in the desert inspire drought-tolerant crop trial

PlantArcBio, an Israeli start-up, will try out its new soybean genes at the University of Wisconsin




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Noninvasive chemical approach controls deep region of the brain in mice

In mice, surgery-free technique inhibits region implicated in memory formation




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Perovskite ferroelectrics go metal-free

Study turns up large family of organic-inorganic materials that could find low-cost, lightweight applications in electronics




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Perovskitas ferroeléctricas sin metales

Un estudio presenta una gran familia de materiales orgánico-inorgánicos que podrían tener aplicaciones baratas y ligeras en electrónica




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Characterizing compounds released from single-use plastic bags

The biomanufacturing alternatives to metal vats release different molecules depending on age and type of material




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Scandal-plagued U.S. EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns

His efforts to weaken pollution controls expected to endure