3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (285+ words) West Chester University undergraduate Jake Gallahan and his instructor Kurt Kolasinski saw a familiar shape in the electron microscope image Gallahan made for a physical chemistry class project: the outline of Rammy, the school mascot. Rammy's distinctive visage emerged among…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (552+ words) A study of mother-pup pairs found PFAS levels that exceeded human safety thresholds by Carolyn Wilke, special to C&EN Northern elephant seal females and pups go through intense cycles of fueling and fasting. Thanks to extremely fatty milk, pups…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1747+ words) Professional rivalries in an insular field impede progress for a promising new material by Dalmeet Singh Chawla, special to C&EN Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. Valentin Rodionov, an organic chemist at Case Western Reserve University,…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (980+ words) The school joins several others that have considered eliminating their chemistry degrees as more students turn to other majors, like biochemistry On the morning of Feb. 2, students and professors within the St. John's University chemistry department received an unexpected email....

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (401+ words) Making the blood thinner without animals could strengthen a vulnerable supply chain After an exploration of an enzyme's evolution, scientists are one step closer to manufacturing the blood thinner heparin using enzymes instead of pigs. The finding could open a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1528+ words) Hazardous chemicals pile up in K12 science labs As US teachers discover more and more legacy chemicals in schools, funding for cleanup is hard to find. Educators, nonprofits, and local governments are stepping in to help by Myriam Vidal Valero, special…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1481+ words) Lessons from nanoparticle toxicology help guide path forward by Britt E. Erickson A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 19 Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. When scientists at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (188+ words) Plant protein that detects singlet oxygen can also protect against it by Soumya Sagar, special to C&EN Plants deploy a brilliant arsenal of biophysical and molecular defenses against this singlet oxygen, including moving around chloroplasts, producing anthocyanin pigments, and…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (618+ words) Too much work on graphene and related materials cannot be repeated'a problem that wastes time and holds back commercialization. New rules could help solve it by Mark Peplow, special to C&EN Ever since graphene's debut in 2004, this atom-thin sheet…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (217+ words) The cage, which acts as a nanoscale tuning knob, reveals a new way to manipulate actinide bonding by Victoria Corless, special to C&EN "The challenge lies in the complex, often unpredictable nature of 5f orbital involvement in bonding," Wang says,…...