ACS Spring 2023 in Indianapolis
Lots to celebrate at ACS’s fourth hybrid meeting (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 30, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Emily Abbott, ACS staff Source Type: research

Aramco expands petrochemical presence in China
Oil giant strikes 2 big deals as China-Saudi relations improve (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 30, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Hepeng Jia, special to C&EN Source Type: research

This machine learning model takes MOF simulations to the next level
The MOFTransformer model takes inspiration from the same technology that powers ChatGPT (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 30, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Ariana Remmel Source Type: research

Making biologics on demand
Systems make flipping the switch on biopharmaceutical production faster and easier, potentially enabling personalized medicine (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 30, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Celia Henry Arnaud Source Type: research

Albemarle attempts to buy Australian lithium miner
Liontown Resources has rejected the $3.7 billion offer (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 30, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Matt Blois Source Type: research

Fast-food packaging can emit volatile PFAS
Study suggests polymers with fluorinated side chains degrade into toxic fluorotelomer alcohols (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 29, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Britt E. Erickson Source Type: research

Cinven beats Ineos to buy MBCC Admixtures
UK competition authority is forcing Sika to find another buyer (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 29, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Alex Scott Source Type: research

Small molecule treats multiple sclerosis in rodents
Compound inhibits receptor associated with signaling in certain cells in the central nervous system (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 29, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Bethany Halford Source Type: research

Oil is more likely to stick around in a cold, sunny ocean
Photochemical weathering could make oil spills more viscous and less able to disperse or dissolve in seawater at low temperatures (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 28, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Brianna Barbu Source Type: research

Chemistry in Pictures: Technology, a mirror to nature
(Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 28, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Sydney Smith Source Type: research

Advisory panel recommends accelerated approval for ALS drug
Despite a failed clinical trial, experts agree that the biomarker data reasonably predict benefit for patients (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 28, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Shi En Kim Source Type: research

Peptide nucleic acids progress for gene editing and antisense drugs
These lab-made molecules can bind to genes more strongly than DNA and RNA do, making them promising drug candidates and genetic tools (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 28, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rachel Brazil, special to C&EN Source Type: research

Chemists create chiral molecules using cobalt catalysts and a zap of electricity
Electrochemical C–H activation builds diverse compounds enantioselectively (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 28, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Bethany Halford Source Type: research

Reclassifying curls, coils, and kinks
New research aims to make hair typing more inclusive (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 28, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Gina Vitale Source Type: research

Regenerative engineering: Polymeric chemistry and materials science for regeneration
Priestley Medal address 2023 (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - March 26, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Cato T. Laurencin, 2023 Priestley Medalist Source Type: research