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6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (149+ words) The UCLA chapter of the Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) has received two honors: the Outstanding ACS Student Communities Award, a rarity among Tier 1 research universities, and the 2025–26 Green Chemistry Student Chapter Award. The Outstanding ACS Student…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (619+ words) For chemists designing reactions to make medicines, the work of Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai has been decisive. - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 goes to Henri B Kagan and Kenso Soai for asymmetric synthesis discoveries For chemists designing reactions to make…...

11+ hour, 8+ min ago   (271+ words) | Newswise Newswise Tuning Sulfur and Selenium Mix Unlocks Record Solar Hydrogen From Eco-Friendly Quantum Dots The research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF, grant RS-2024-00444458), the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and the Korea…...

3+ hour, 19+ min ago   (359+ words) In the next Front Row lecture, Christian Diercks explains how chemists accelerate evolution in the lab to engineer potential new medicines. The therapeutic enzymes they create can break down or modify disease-related molecules, leading to more precise, effective medical care....

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (692+ words) Every fall, the winners of that year’s Nobel Prizes are announced. Announcements for the 2026 prizes kicked off this Oct. 5 and will continue to be released throughout Oct. 12, as detailed on the official Nobel Prize website. This year’s Nobel Prize winners…...

3+ hour, 46+ min ago   (217+ words) YaleNews In its citation, APS noted Mingarelli’s “pioneering contributions to pulsar timing array theory and gravitational-wave astrophysics, including foundational frameworks for anisotropic gravitational-wave backgrounds and the advancement of multimessenger gravitational-wave astronomy.” APS is a nonprofit membership organization that advances the…...

3+ hour, 32+ min ago   (253+ words) Presentation Speech by Professor Måns Ehrenberg, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, 10 December 2009 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, In 1998 Thomas Steitz solved the so called phase problem for…...

38+ min ago   (661+ words) The Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation has announced a January 2027 special issue on translational advances in pharmaceutical dosage form development, spanning particle engineering, formulation science, scale-up, and Quality by Design, with submissions due June 30, 2026....

4+ hour, 33+ min ago   (246+ words) UA.NEWS Scientists discover a new form of bismuth vanadate — ScienceDaily Scientists studying the transformation of molecular precursors during heating have identified several previously unknown intermediate materials. Among them is a new kinetically stabilized form of bismuth vanadate, BiVO4, called β…...

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