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If people show confidence in the value of green chemistry, it will empower our students and colleagues to do the same: cen.acs.org/environment/...

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How to expand your career horizons Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN): Keeping you up to date with the chemistry news that matters most. Published by the American Chemical Society.

Sometimes the job market is tight, and it seems like there are no available options that match your skills and interests. But if you take a close look at your abilities, interests, and values, you will probably realize your skills are much more widely applicable than you thought they were. #chemsky🧪

This tiny plant holds a secret to making photosynthesis more efficient Researchers have figured out how hornworts, a relative of mosses, condense RuBisCO into specialized compartments

This tiny plant holds a secret to making photosynthesis more efficient: Researchers have figured out how hornworts, a relative of mosses, condense RuBisCO into specialized compartments.

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Wine-making waste helps recycle cobalt and nickel from batteries Tartaric acid from grapes separates the critical elements electrolytically, avoiding complex solvent-based extraction

Cobalt and nickel are difficult to separate during battery recycling. Researchers have now found a way to tease the elements apart electrochemically with the help of tartaric acid, which is found in grapes and is a wine-industry by-product.

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Scientific sleuths come in from the cold Research integrity investigators are starting to organize, but the field, and the people, remain idiosyncratic

Research sleuths are starting to organize, but the field, and the people, remain idiosyncratic — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

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@mcintold.bsky.social, @reeserichardson.bsky.social, @elisabethbik.bsky.social, @sholtodavid.bsky.social,
@eugenie-reich.bsky.social

@fmorningstar.bsky.social and I tried a synthetic ice rink so you don't have to! The company that made it says it could be the future of ice sports. I'm not convinced.
(thanks to Prachi Patel, David Anderson, and everyone else who helped make video happen!)

The publishing of subpar or bogus academic papers is on the rise. Increasing numbers of sleuths are dedicated to exposing this fraud. Some sleuths want to organize, while others prize their independence. Read more: cen.acs.org/research-int...

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Join us for a meet and greet with Jennifer Doudna, the 2026 Priestley Medalist, at #ACSSpring2026. Stop by the ACS Booth Theater to meet her and receive a signed copy of her recent C&EN feature.

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First radiocarbon dating of ancient art in France’s Dordogne caverns After these researchers unexpectedly found carbon-based drawings in the Font-de-Gaume cave, they returned to pinpoint when the figures were drawn

For the first time, researchers have directly measured the age of the ancient artwork on the walls of the Font-de-Gaume grotto, a cavern in France painted with colorful motifs of bison, horses, and other large fauna.

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March 10 Business Watch: Syngenta ends paraquat production; Moderna settles lipid patent case Here’s what we’re watching in chemistry business news this week

March 10 Business Watch: Syngenta ends paraquat production; Moderna settles lipid patent case

Here’s what we’re watching in chemistry business news this week:

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2 start-ups expand plans to make fuel from carbon dioxide AirCo goes modular as Prometheus unveils kerosene pathway

Two start-ups are reporting advances in their quest to make CO₂ a feedstock for fuel: Air Company (AirCo) plans to make modular units for the US military, and Prometheus Fuels has an electrochemical pathway to kerosene. cen.acs.org/energy/2-sta...

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This is what skating on plastic looks like! Read more on our website: cen.acs.org/environment/...

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Meet the C&EN team in person at the #ChemSocial. This event offers an opportunity to connect with C&EN editors, ask questions about our coverage, share story ideas, or simply enjoy conversation over chemistry trivia and snacks.

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Breakout Ventures eyes neuroscience and AI with new fund The venture capital firm has $114 million to invest

Investment firm @breakout-ventures.bsky.social has $114 million in new venture capital funds that it expects to put toward #neuroscience start-ups and firms using technology to make “science scalable,” as managing partner Lindy Fishburne puts it.

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Researchers have prepared flat, porous sheets of just carbon and hydrogen arranged in a hexagonal network. The 2D material is the first crystalline covalent organic framework (COF) with an all-carbon backbone. Read more: cen.acs.org/materials/2-...

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How ancient pottery preserves plant-eating proof Organic residues on pots from northern and eastern Europe show plants were an important part of the local diet several thousand years ago

Analysis of 85 pieces of Mesolithic pottery from hunter-gatherer-fisher communities in northeastern Europe shows the value of combining analytical techniques to improve the understanding of ancient diets and cooking methods.

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Chemistry labs make tons of plastic waste. Can we recycle it? Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful.

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AI agent automates literature scans, synthesis, and structural analysis for COF discovery The large language model automates literature search, synthesis, and structural analysis to speed up materials discovery and development

A team led by 2025 chemistry Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi has developed an artificial intelligence agent to speed the discovery of covalent organic frameworks (COFs).

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The latest Discovery Report examines how chemical engineers address real-world challenges across clean energy and advanced manufacturing. The report highlights current pressures and new advancements in the field. Read more: cen.acs.org/sections/dis...

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GRAS update proposal coming this spring, says FDA food chemical safety chief ‘No one knows’ how many food ingredients have been generally recognized as safe and introduced without FDA review, Mark Hartman says

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing updates to how the agency reviews food ingredients entering and already in the marketplace.

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Join us for C&EN’s Future of Chemistry panel on designing out pollution. Hear from experts advancing new approaches to reduce pollution and waste across a product’s lifecycle. RSVP here: connect.discoveracs.org/cen-future-o...

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Research emerging from the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) suggests that taking a daily multivitamin can slow two epigenetic markers of aging in older adults: cen.acs.org/biological-c...

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C&EN is conducting focused user testing at #ACSSpring2026 to better understand how audiences navigate our onsite experience. These conversations take only 15 minutes, and participants will receive a limited‑edition C&EN chemistry hoodie.

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Opinion: A new role for chemists: Tackling toxic air in conflict zones As modern warfare weaponizes the very air we breathe, chemists should leverage their skills and knowledge to detect, neutralize, and reclaim toxic atmospheres in the world’s most devastated conflict z...

As modern warfare weaponizes the very air we breathe, chemists should leverage their skills and knowledge to detect, neutralize, and reclaim toxic atmospheres in the world’s most devastated conflict zones.

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This biomaterial becomes stronger when wet Nickel-linked chitosan forms a biodegradable plastic replacement

Most biobased materials soften when they’re wet. A team led by Javier G. Fernández at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia has now shown that the opposite can happen: add a dash of nickel to chitosan, and the material grows stronger in water. #chemsky 🧪

The Schrödinger equation turns 100 Century-old quantum formulation continues to be one of chemistry’s most-used tools

The Schrödinger equation was integral to changing the way the world saw chemistry as a science.

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US companies providing gut-microbiome home-testing kits can give consumers very different results. That’s the finding of researchers from the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. cen.acs.org/biological-c...

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C&EN's brand-new short video series is here! Each month, ChemReels features science communicators diving into chemistry subjects you've been curious about, with all the technical detail intact. Join Maciek Majdecki as he guides us through the incredible science of fluorescence:

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“It looks like a tiny solar system. But instead of planets, it’s a snapshot of my research journey in the lab,” says Sadiya Tanga, a chemistry graduate student at Ashoka University. Read more: cen.acs.org/synthesis/Ch...

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