11+ hour, 35+ min ago  (253+ words) Biggest deal of the year so far shows that the recent surge in M&A is not limited to US companies Organon had been bought and sold a few times before ending up at Merck & Co after its parent company,…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago  (237+ words) The tool was designed for science The latest news in meetings, awards, governance, ACS publishing, and more. "We don't look at Newton as just pure AI, right? Newton is a marriage of AI and peer-reviewed, proven science. And only CAS…...

13+ hour, 15+ min ago  (741+ words) The future ACS president describes why project management is a key skill for chemists The American Chemical Society's 2026 president-elect, Christina Bodurow, has followed a career path that many aspiring chemists might not be thinking about in the laboratory. Her roles…...

14+ hour, 21+ min ago  (241+ words) Sandwiching ligands finally make iron(I) stable in air by Louisa Dalton, special to C&EN A new sandwiched iron complex allows chemists to put iron(I) to work in catalytic reactions in the same way chemists use precious metals like palladium…...

14+ hour, 32+ min ago  (255+ words) There's no standard for differentiating light and dark roasts. And that's where electrochemistry comes in At your local coffee roaster you're likely to find a host of beans on offer'from acidic, juicy-tasting light roasts to bold, rich dark roasts. But…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (197+ words) Morphing metal-organic material harvests water from thin air by Fernando Gomoll'n Bel, special to C&EN When it's exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light, a new metal-organic material (MOM) can reversibly capture water from air (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, DOI: 10. 1021/jacs. 6c01019). The…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (525+ words) by Jonathan Feakins, special to C&EN C&EN profiles leaders and rising stars in the field of chemistry. Hometown: San Sebasti'n, Spain Current position: Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow and associate professor of igneous petrology and volcanology, University…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1192+ words) Medicinal chemists think a lot about minimizing off-target effects. But for this family of transcription factors, hitting several targets seems to lend greater efficacy Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. In ancient Greek mythology, Ikaros was the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (226+ words) Radicals settle into 6-membered rings and create valuable functional groups for pharmaceuticals by Victoria Atkinson, special to C&EN The team began by combining aldehyde and amine starting materials and treated the resulting intermediate with a light-activated catalyst. This radical-forming…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (456+ words) Marijuana products approved by the FDA and regulated by state marijuana licenses are now considered lower-risk drugs The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced on Thursday that they will be reclassifying some marijuana products as…...