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• Scientists use a blender to reveal what's in our smartphones

  14-03-2019 12:55
  Scientists blended an entire smartphone to dust before conducting a chemical analysis of the dissolved results to demonstrate why we should all take a keener interest in what is contained within everyday electrical items.
  
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• The Beginning of the End for PFAS, or ‘Forever Chemicals’

  22-04-2024 12:36 via nytimes.com
  
  To reduce the risk PFAS pose, we need far more comprehensive mandates that test, monitor and limit the entire class of chemicals.
  
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• We Regulate a Tiny Fraction of the 12,000 ‘Forever Chemicals.’ There’s a Better Way.

  21-04-2024 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  To reduce the risk PFAS post, we need far more comprehensive mandates that test, monitor and limit the entire class of chemicals.
  
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• Frank Popoff, Who Sought to Lead a Friendlier Dow Chemical, Dies at 88

  06-03-2024 00:15 via nytimes.com
  
  As chief executive, he pushed a company known for Agent Orange, napalm and chlorine to undo its confrontational reputation and promote environmental sustainability.
  
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• Polluted Flowers Smell Less Sweet to Pollinators, Study Finds

  08-02-2024 20:00 via nytimes.com
  The research, involving primroses and hawk moths, suggests that air pollution could be interfering with plant reproduction.
  
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• A Shape-Shifting Plastic With a Flexible Future

  02-02-2024 13:21 via nytimes.com
  The material can be tempered into different shapes — like steel in the hands of a blacksmith — and could someday transform space travel, recycling and more.
  
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• Milk. Lemon. Salt? An American’s Tea Recipe Causes a Stir in UK.

  24-01-2024 19:03 via nytimes.com
  An American chemistry professor has a surprising thought about how to make the best cup of tea: Add a pinch of salt. Not everyone in Britain is eager to embrace the idea.
  
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• The Mystery of the Coin That Shouldn’t Exist

  07-01-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  Scientists recently analyzed a Peruvian 10-cent piece with an unexplained origin.
  
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• Bordeaux Wine Snobs Have a Point, According to This Computer Model

  05-12-2023 15:12 via nytimes.com
  With machine learning, scientists are trying to chemically define the murky concept of terroir. The models might be useful for detecting wine fraud.
  
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• Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 3 Quantum Dots Researchers

  04-10-2023 15:48 via nytimes.com
  
  Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov developed and discovered quantum dots, particles whose size governs their properties.
  
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• Chemistry Nobel Prize Revealed in Media Hours Early

  04-10-2023 14:56 via nytimes.com
  
  Some Swedish news outlets correctly reported the laureates’ names even before the choice was formally signed off, according to the academy that awards the prize.
  
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• Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work With Quantum Dots

  04-10-2023 14:52 via nytimes.com
  
  Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov were selected for the prize for their discovery and development of the nanoparticles.
  
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• Lise Meitner, the ‘Atomic Pioneer’ Who Never Won a Nobel Prize

  02-10-2023 06:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Lise Meitner developed the theory of nuclear fission, the process that enabled the atomic bomb. But her identity — Jewish and a woman — barred her from sharing credit for the discovery, newly translated letters show.
  
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• Por qué los amarillos de Miró han perdido su brillo

  21-09-2023 03:24 via nytimes.com
  
  Los investigadores descubrieron que una marca de pintura preferida por el artista español tenía una estructura atómica que la predisponía a la degradación.
  
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• Why Miró’s Yellows Have Lost Their Brilliance

  18-09-2023 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Researchers discovered that a particular brand of paint favored by the Spanish artist had an atomic structure that predisposed it to degradation.
  
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• Looming Retraction Casts Shadow Over Ranga Dias and Study of Superconductors

  26-07-2023 19:23 via nytimes.com
  
  Misconduct allegations are leading scientists to question the work of Ranga Dias, including his claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor.
  
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• Charles Lieber, Ex-Harvard Professor, Sentenced in China Ties Case

  26-04-2023 23:23 via nytimes.com
  
  Charles Lieber had been seen as a potential Nobel Prize-winning chemist, but was convicted in 2021 of lying to federal investigators and failing to report income.
  
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• Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy

  08-04-2023 20:39 via nytimes.com
  
  After she died — and just a year after her discovery — another scientist took credit for her work. It would be more than half a century until her story resurfaced.
  
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• ACS Spring 2023 in Indianapolis

  30-03-2023 23:33
  Lots to celebrate at ACS’s fourth hybrid meeting
  
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• Aramco expands petrochemical presence in China

  30-03-2023 22:49
  Oil giant strikes 2 big deals as China-Saudi relations improve
  
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• This machine learning model takes MOF simulations to the next level

  30-03-2023 22:03
  The MOFTransformer model takes inspiration from the same technology that powers ChatGPT
  
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• Albemarle attempts to buy Australian lithium miner

  30-03-2023 15:02
  Liontown Resources has rejected the $3.7 billion offer
  
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• Fast-food packaging can emit volatile PFAS

  29-03-2023 21:15
  Study suggests polymers with fluorinated side chains degrade into toxic fluorotelomer alcohols
  
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• Cinven beats Ineos to buy MBCC Admixtures

  29-03-2023 19:42
  UK competition authority is forcing Sika to find another buyer
  
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• Small molecule treats multiple sclerosis in rodents

  29-03-2023 13:47
  Compound inhibits receptor associated with signaling in certain cells in the central nervous system
  
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• Oil is more likely to stick around in a cold, sunny ocean

  28-03-2023 23:12
  
  Photochemical weathering could make oil spills more viscous and less able to disperse or dissolve in seawater at low temperatures
  
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• Advisory panel recommends accelerated approval for ALS drug

  28-03-2023 19:57
  Despite a failed clinical trial, experts agree that the biomarker data reasonably predict benefit for patients
  
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• Peptide nucleic acids progress for gene editing and antisense drugs

  28-03-2023 17:53
  These lab-made molecules can bind to genes more strongly than DNA and RNA do, making them promising drug candidates and genetic tools
  
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• Chemists create chiral molecules using cobalt catalysts and a zap of electricity

  28-03-2023 17:00
  Electrochemical C–H activation builds diverse compounds enantioselectively
  
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• Reclassifying curls, coils, and kinks

  28-03-2023 12:57
  New research aims to make hair typing more inclusive
  
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