C&EN’s World Chemical Outlook 2019
Looking ahead to the biggest issues for chemistry worldwide, including geopolitical and economic drivers, market prospects, and environmental factors
What is the price of fire safety?
As lawsuits pile up and government pressure rises, firefighting-foam makers reconsider the environmental cost of fluorosurfactants
Is this the decade of RNA?
Stereo Chemistry explores why RNA is having kind of a moment in the drug discovery world
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Growing quality graphene at low temperatures
Researchers build machine to grow the material under cooler conditions, which could encourage development of graphene-based devices
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Custom 3-D printed implants heal spinal cord injuries in rats
Formfitting implants precisely bridge lesions and help neurons grow across them
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Chemists make first Re-Zn-Zn-Re molecule
Rhenium salt acts as both reductant and ligand to make the unique product
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Chemistry in Pictures
Bench & Cubicle
When and how to say no
The struggle is real, but the best way to respond is with sincerity
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Chemjobber on when and how to say no
The struggle is real, but the best way to respond is with sincerity
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Moderna, maker of mRNA therapies, files for record IPO
Planned $500 million stock offering will open books of secretive biotech firm to the public
Engineered E. coli scavenges excess ammonia in the gut
Synlogic’s therapeutic bacterium passes Phase I trial
Building a DIY plate reader
Undergraduates design a low-cost instrument for taking spectrophotometric measurements
Brazil eyes new law for agriculture chemicals
Advocates say the proposal would modernize regulation and use of new chemicals; critics worry about human health and environmental impacts