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Will community air monitoring bring 'Cancer Alley' cleaner air?
6+ hour ago (1733+ words) Armed with sensors and real-time data, community groups further their fight against dangerous air pollution in Louisiana. Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. She mourns the loss of her backyard kitchen garden, which once thrived with peas,…...
Nickel foam reaction yields valuable aromatic amines
15+ hour, 57+ min ago (380+ words) Turning nitroarenes into aromatic amines is a bread-and-butter organic chemistry reaction. And although there are many ways to do this transformation'commonly used to make aromatic amine motifs in drug candidates'there are drawbacks to all of them. Some require high temperature…...
Women are twice as likely as men to leave academia after having a child
21+ hour, 11+ min ago (231+ words) Even in countries with family-friendly policies, like Denmark, women's careers in academia are more affected by parenthood than men's The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. Having a…...
How bathwater forensics can provide DNA data
22+ hour, 48+ min ago (86+ words) Analysis of bathwater samples via short tandem repeat profiling can provide identifying information by Ada Mc Vean, special to C&EN The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more....
Obituary: Theodore L. Brown
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (50+ words) by ACS News staff C&EN honors the lives of ACS members who have died. Theodore'L.'Brown, 97, of North Branford, Connecticut, died March 24, 2026.' See all our subscription options Stay on top of the chemistry world with your editor-curated roundup of…...
Opinion: Europe can't "simplify' itself out of a toxic-chemical health crisis
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (174+ words) But investing in nontoxic materials and products, manufactured and recycled in Europe, rather than deregulation can make a difference by Dorota Napierska, special to C&EN Essays from our readers on issues that impact the scientific community The recent tsunami…...
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1+ day, 20+ hour ago (17+ words) April 7 Business Watch: Iran war hits Persian Gulf facilities; Trump throws tariffs on pharma'cen. acs. org...
A breath test reveals infections deep inside tissues of mice
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (172+ words) A breath test reveals infections deep inside tissues Bacteria turn sugars labeled with carbon-13 into detectable carbon dioxide, quickly identifying infections in mice by Anirban Mukhopadhyay, special to C&EN The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and…...
Connections, community, and partnerships on display at Founders Day Celebration
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (132+ words) On the same day that astronauts prepared to lay eyes on the far side of the moon, scientists from the around the globe tuned in to ACS's Founders Day Celebration The latest in ACS initiatives, educational programs, outreach activities, and…...
Chemistry in Pictures: Nanocabbage
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (326+ words) This nanomaterial has a leafy appearance, but in fact, it's made of thin sheets of an inorganic material that grow around one another. Himanshu Panda, a Ph D scholar at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, created these cabbage-looking…...