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Forget silicon. Diamond may be the next semiconductor material
17+ hour, 30+ min ago (670+ words) Diamfab and other start-ups want to commercialize diamond wafers for demanding chip applications such as data centers, electric vehicles, and quantum computers Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. "Diamond is an even better thermal conductor than copper....
Modular syntheses: Putting function first
19+ hour, 47+ min ago (1536+ words) New synthetic approaches are helping chemists sculpt their molecules into new shapes and forms by Carrie Arnold, special to C&EN Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. Chemist Christian Schafmeister never passes up a chance to reference…...
EPA omits microplastics from water-monitoring rule, drawing concerns
19+ hour, 3+ min ago (185+ words) The agency's proposed rule calls for the monitoring of ultrashort PFAS, pesticides, and volatile organic compounds in US drinking-water systems by Bec Roldan, special to C&EN The US Environmental Protection Agency will soon collect data on 30 unregulated chemicals in…...
Companies withhold info more often for dangerous chemicals, C&EN finds
20+ hour, 34+ min ago (1558+ words) Analysis of EPA data highlights difficult balance between a company's right to confidentiality and the public's right to know about toxic chemicals by Leigh Krietsch Boerner Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. Companies claim that the amount…...
Air Products cancels blue hydrogen project in Louisiana
22+ hour, 14+ min ago (343+ words) Decision also kills the related CO2 sequestration site under Lake Maurepas The industrial gas firm Air Products and Chemicals is canceling its clean hydrogen project in Darrow, Louisiana. The Louisiana Clean Energy Complex would have produced 1, 700 metric tons (t) of hydrogen per…...
Opinion: Venture capital's software bias constrains materials start-ups
1+ day, 54+ min ago (316+ words) by Michael Burrows, special to C&EN Essays from our readers on issues that impact the scientific community Materials development rarely fits that profile. Physical technologies consume capital earlier and longer. Demonstrating a viable material process typically takes 23 years because…...
Solar energy produces hydrogen fuel from waste
1+ day, 14+ min ago (357+ words) Researchers at the University of Cambridge have scaled up a sunlight-driven panel that turns plastic bottles into hydrogen. They tested a 1 m" panel outdoors for the first time (Nat. Chem. Eng. 2026, DOI: 10. 1038/s44286-026-00406-y). Sunlight striking the semiconductor frees electrons, each one…...
Masked acid rescues popular polymer from languishing in composters
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (256+ words) Anhydride additive speeds up polylactic acid breakdown and could make it possible to compost the plastic at home "If you've ever used compostable cutlery, a plastic cup, or any kind of tableware like that, it's almost certainly PLA," says Marc…...
Business Watch: Fuller to buy wound-care company AMS; Novartis, Antares ink agreement for cancer small molecules
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (305+ words) June 30 Business Watch Here's what we're watching in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries this week by C&EN editorial team The latest short chemistry business news items from C&EN. The local hardware store appears to be an endangered species....
Obituary: Kenneth W. Raymond
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (54+ words) by ACS News staff C&EN honors the lives of ACS members who have died. Kenneth W. Raymond, 72, of Spokane, Washington, died Jan. 27, 2026. This remembrance has been edited for length, clarity, and style. To recognize your late loved one or colleague,…...