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Letting nanoparticles hitchhike on red blood cells

Particles adsorbed on cells accumulate in the first organ downstream from injection site




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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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Membrane knocks out antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Combining UV disinfection with a photocatalytic membrane helps to reduce the bacteria and their genes in wastewater




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EU members agree to restrict 4 phthalates




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Spero wins government funding for antibiotic




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Business Roundup




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




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Switchable solvent could save potato chip bags from the trash

Approach dissolves adhesive polymers and recovers bags’ multiple components




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Supramolecular complex liberates lithium

Cation gets a conductivity boost by capturing its counterion




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Raptor report: Berkeley birds and rodent wranglers




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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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Ensuring food security by 2030




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AGC boosts active pharmaceutical ingredient production




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3M launches smog-eating roofing granules




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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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Low-dose aspirin improves memory in mice with Alzheimer’s symptoms

Study suggests activating PPAR receptor leads to increased cellular connections in hippocampus




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Project SEED scholar Marc McKithen

From one bench to the next, Project SEED scholar Marc McKithen reflects on his career in chemistry and law




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Leading change through a culture of safety




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Entrepreneurs get in on the ground floor with CBD from hemp

Growing this cousin of marijuana could help boost local farm economies




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CBD: Medicine from marijuana

Epidiolex earns FDA’s blessing, moving cannabidiol into the medical mainstream




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Graphene-based device enables active thermal camouflage

Smart, flexible skins measure and adapt to ambient temperatures




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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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Cambrex to acquire dosage-form drug contractor Halo

With purchase, manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients will move downstream into finished drugs




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Chemistry in Pictures: Flag column chromatography




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What’s ice cream, and why do we scream for it?

Innovations in food science continually improve on this classic sweet treat




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Paper describing piperlongumine anticancer activity retracted

Some coauthors dissent from withdrawal of report, for which key findings have been independently confirmed




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Fish struggle to smell in acidic oceans

Rising CO2 levels could stop fish finding food and detecting predators




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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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Chemical toxicity assessments by U.S. EPA to be reshaped, if bill passes

Congressional committee votes to give industry and other agencies greater input and to shift responsibility for IRIS program from research office




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Mass spectrometry spots forged poems

Nondestructive method authenticates works of Robert Burns, one of Scotland’s most famous writers




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Vinyl cation busts some new moves

By tweaking its counter ion, classic carbocation inserts into C-H bonds




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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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Chemistry in Pictures: Forming good habits




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GSK, 23andMe to apply personal genetics to drug discovery

New partnership is part of GSK’s R&D face-lift, which includes an increased focus on immune system targets




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Hope and skepticism abound around Biogen and Eisai Alzheimer’s trial

An antibody called BAN2401 cleared amyloid-β proteins and slowed cognitive decline in people with mild Alzheimer’s disease




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Women chemists still face discrimination in academia

Survey shows little has changed in the decade since female professors were last asked about their careers




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Mercury finds a long-term home in marine ooze

Diatom data in the Southern Ocean suggests human activity may have emitted more of the toxic metal than previously estimated




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KKR buys firm accused of causing Taiwan explosion




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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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Sangamo acquires TxCell for cell therapy




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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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New mechanism proposed for old diabetes drug

Type 2 diabetes drug metformin impedes glucose overproduction in a redox-dependent manner, researchers say