News
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChem E) names its 85th President
10+ hour, 23+ min ago (262+ words) Currently Head of Process Engineering at Costain, Dr Ollie Folayan has more than two decades of experience spanning traditional energy industries and emerging low-carbon technologies including hydrogen and carbon capture "Chemical engineers possess an extraordinary ability to affect the lives…...
AI model accelerates molecular simulations by 10, 000-fold
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (310+ words) Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg have developed an AI model capable of running molecular simulations more than 10, 000 times faster than conventional methods " a development with significant implications for early-stage drug development and chemical screening…...
Scripps Research chemists crack stereoretention challenge in radical cross-coupling
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (238+ words) The radical rebound. Computational visualisation showing the carbon-centred radical (orange spin density) binding to the nickel-centred radical (blue spin density). Two perspectives are shown. Chemists at Scripps Research have developed a nickel-catalysed cross-coupling reaction that joins two carbon fragments while…...
Ion chromatography in pharmaceutical analysis: a long road to acceptance
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (300+ words) John Welch, Associate Director, Butterworth Laboratories, writes on how ion chromatography evolved into a mature and widely adopted pharmaceutical analysis technique Early IC systems relied on suppressed conductivity detection, in which chemical or electrolytic suppression reduces the eluent background to…...
Aragen launches Chemi SHE, India's first women-led chemistry synthesis laboratory
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (301+ words) The firm has inaugurated Chemi SHE, a pioneering all-women chemistry synthesis laboratory at its Hyderabad campus, as part of a broader diversity initiative targeting the addition of up to 1000 women employees across scientific and leadership roles during the next three…...
Chemify founder publishes three papers validating Chemputation platform for automated drug discovery
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (291+ words) Lee Cronin, CEO of deep-tech company Chemify, has published three papers in PNAS, Nature Communications Chemistry and Nature Communications Biology, demonstrating how Chemputation can digitise chemistry The three papers were published in PNAS, Nature Communications Chemistry and Nature Communications Biology…...