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Axiom Exergy raises $7.6 million for chill battery




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Global air conditioning demand likely to tax energy supplies




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Chemical Safety Board chair to resign

Move will leave agency with three of five board members




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Grail raises more funds to advance a blood-based cancer test

Flush with another $300 million, Grail plans to enroll 135,000 people in studies this year to detect circulating tumor-derived DNA




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What are hair removers, and how do they get rid of unwanted fuzz?

Creams. Wax. Sugar. Lasers. We get to the scientific root of depilation




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Tackling sustainable fertilizer production with an alternative electrolyte

Ionic liquid and aprotic solvent boost efficiency of electrochemical ammonia production 




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Polymer solar cell hopes to claim new record

Engineering two organic molecules for better compatibility boosts the conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells to 14.2%




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E-cigarettes’ chemistry may explain their popularity among teens

Brands like Juul deliver a form of nicotine that is less harsh to inhale than free-base nicotine




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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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Scientists hit the campaign trail

Provoked by Trump, a wave of candidates pushes for evidence-based governing




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Chemical Safety Board chair to resign

Move will leave agency with 3 of 5 board members




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




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PILI raises funds for biotech textile dyes




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Explosion in Shanghai kills six




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Tackling sustainable fertilizer production with an alternative electrolyte

Ionic liquid and aprotic solvent boost efficiency of electrochemical ammonia production




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ACS hosts Festival Training Institute in UAE




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HitGen raises funds for DNA-encoded libraries




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




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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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Air pollutants in India kill more than 400,000 people a year in urban and rural areas

Sources of pollution differ but models predict more deaths in rural areas because of higher populations there




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Air pollutants in India kill more than 400,000 people a year in urban and rural areas




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Fly feed firm raises $105 million




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Replacing methylene chloride in paint strippers

Questions remain about the safety and effectiveness of alternative solvents




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Taiwan’s biotech industry stands at a crossroads

After years of heady expansion, sector is feeling growing pains




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Science in Spain and China




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Chemistry in Pictures: Raise a glass to fluorescence




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LanzaTech raises funds and expands its footprint




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Indian castor bean sustainability program a success




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Covestro deploys novel chlor-alkali technology in Spain




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Kuraray, partners plan a butadiene derivatives venture in Thailand




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Decibel raises $55 million for hearing loss




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Gene therapy start-up Freeline Therapeutics raises $116 million




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Exploring the claims of an electric bandage

The electroactive material’s makers say it can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria and battle body odor




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Dow Chemical wins $1 billion judgment against Nova Chemicals

An Alberta court agrees with Dow that Nova’s operation of an ethylene joint venture was self-serving




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Raman spectra of bloodstains could reveal age range of suspects or victims

Study with blood donors pinpoints age-related intensity differences of particular peaks




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Nanocrystals give hematite rainbow flair

Mineral’s microstructure causes natural iridescence




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Air Liquide sues Carlyle over theft of trade secrets

Lawsuit says the private equity firm sought an edge in auction of Praxair and Linde U.S. industrial gas assets




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Obituary: William Martin McClain




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




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Bain buys antibiotics maker DSM Sinochem




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




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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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Empowering a sustainable world

These members of the new guard of scientists are using systems thinking to make green chemistry mainstream




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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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These new textile dyeing methods could make fashion more sustainable

Large and small suppliers vow to help a resource-intensive, cost-sensitive industry change with the times




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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