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Chemists share a love of science at 2026 ACS Singapore Chapter Youth Challenge
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (307+ words) Chemists share a love of science at 2026 ACS Singapore Chapter Youth Challenge The one-day event, celebrating achievements of young chemists, took place on Valentine's Day The latest in scientific conferences, symposiums, industry events, and more. On Feb. 14, young chemists from…...
Stereo Chemistry revisited: ‘Wicked amazing scientist’ James Harris’s untold story
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (1931+ words) Little was publicly known about the first Black scientist to codiscover an element by Jonathan Forney, Kerri Jansen Hear voices and stories from the world of chemistry with the Stereo Chemistry podcast. Boyd, a polymer chemist, previously researched James Harris…...
Aluminum learns to ride a redox cycle
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (523+ words) Aluminum learns to ride a redox cycle Main-group metal performs like a transition-metal catalyst to build aromatics from alkynes The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. Aluminum is…...
Chemistry in Pictures: Festive glow
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (128+ words) ACS Applications may be fully or partially inaccessible on Dec. 11, 2025, from 6 PM to 8 PM EST due to planned system maintenance. This may affect your ability to log into C&EN. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your patience....
Chemistry in Pictures: Predicting a polymer palette
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (84+ words) Chemistry in Pictures: Predicting a polymer palette Showcasing the beauty of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related sciences. See more Chemistry in Pictures. Brianna Barbu is a physical sciences reporter at C&EN. Chemistry matters. Join us to get the news…...
Chemistry in Pictures: These crystals leak acid
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (139+ words) ACS Applications may be fully or partially inaccessible on Dec. 11, 2025, from 6 PM to 8 PM EST due to planned system maintenance. This may affect your ability to log into C&EN. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your patience....
How RNA helped build life’s first proteins
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (145+ words) New findings show how thioesters could have been built, an important step to providing the energy needed for protein biosynthesis by Tosin Thompson, special to C&EN Proteins are essential to all life on Earth but, unlike nucleic acids such…...
Getting PFAS out of biosolids isn’t easy
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (1703+ words) by Britt E. Erickson A dairy farm in Arundel, Maine, triggered an alarm in 2016 when high levels of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) were detected on the property in a monitoring well for a public drinking-water system. The chemical hasn't been produced in…...