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Frank Blum named 2025 Oklahoma Chemist of the Year

Blum is recognized for his significant impact in promoting chemistry in Oklahoma...

Going big with δ-cyclodextrin

The first scaled-up synthesis of this 9-sugar ring could expand its applications

What tariffs could mean for the pharmaceutical industry

Experts say the tariffs are unlikely to bring back production of generic medicin...

Business briefing for April 14

LanzaTech gets takeover offer, low-carbon ammonia advances, Kuraray acquires Ber...

Opinion: How patents can serve the common good

We want wide, fast, and affordable access for our new antiviral. It might sound ...

Dire wolf debate raises concerns on scientific overhype

Even de-extinction advocates say that Colossal Biosciences’ claims are misleading

Deep-sea mining company eyes US approval to extract cri...

The company plans to seek seabed mining permits from the US, bypassing internati...

Personal care pulls away from synthetic polymers

Biobased and biodegradable ingredients got a lot of attention at the In-Cosmetic...

Oceans as climate change allies

Can climate catastrophe be stymied by tweaking seawater chemistry?

Call for papers: 2025 Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting

The meeting will take place Oct. 23–25 in Albuquerque

Trump pauses most new tariffs

Many large-volume chemicals would have been spared from new duties

Girl Scout cookies are safe to eat, scientists confirm

A recent chemical analysis of toxic substances in the popular treats is misleadi...

Editorial: After funding cuts to US science, what comes...

As the government reshapes many federal agencies, C&EN seeks to understand the c...

LanzaTech gets lowball takeover offer

Potential buyer says that purchase would be an alternative to bankruptcy

Small molecule rescues unstable mitochondrial enzyme

Pretzel Therapeutics’ polymerase stabilizers could treat mitochondrial DNA-based...

Chemistry start-ups hot in Paris

But European funding is cooling and could hamper commercialization

Science and engineering students are hit as US revokes ...

Unclear how many chemistry students have been affected by ‘brand-new . . . scary...

500-plus US facilities could duck chloroprene, other em...

Environmental group’s analysis shows which chemical, other plants could dodge so...

Inhance sues EPA to keep PFAS data confidential

Disclosure of R&D test results would cause competitive harm, firm claims

Competitive cycling embraces biochemistry

Racers are looking for an edge with hemoglobin boosts and glycolysis acceleration

Praseodymium powers up to +5

Isolating the lanthanide in this oxidation state suggests a shift in some period...

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