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100-Year-Old Chemistry Law Proven False Forcing Textbook Updates Worldwide A 100-year-old rule in chemistry just got shattered. Scientists at UCLA have created molecules long thought impossible, flipping a cornerstone of science on its head.

Some very cool chemistry at UCLA - making transient "Bredt" olefins: dailygalaxy.com/2026/01/100-...

Amazing @calacs.bsky.social

If you’re in SF on Saturday (October 25th, 2025), come see us at the Bay Area Science Festival at the Mission Bay Campus of UCSF! There will be hands-on chemistry and National Chemistry Week souvenirs for all.
www.bayareasciencefestival.org

Gowned workers adjust a bioprocessing reactor.

Fewer Steps, Greater Strides: Celebrating Breakthroughs in Sustainable Manufacturing - FREE ACS webinar - Register here: www.acs.org/acs-webinars...
This year’s 2025 Peter J Dunn Award for Green Chemistry & Engineering Impact in the Pharmaceutical Industry shines a spotlight on two innovative teams.

ACS Careers

ACS Virtual Office Hours: Academia vs Industry

Thursday, July 3, 2025, 9 AM to 10:30 AM PDT

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ACS Career Consultant Lori Spangler will help identify your career “sweet spot”
- overall market outlook
- key responsibilities of the Industry and Academia sectors

RFK Jr. Says AI Will Approve New Drugs at FDA 'Very, Very Quickly'

This is a catastrophe in the making

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I want to invite you to a lecture by Dr. Arlene Blum on Wednesday night, May 7, at 7 PM at the Berkeley City Club entitled "From Mountains to Molecules: Tackling Toxics to Protect People and Our Planet." You can register for a cost of $10 at this link:
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The Power to Edit DNA: CRISPR-Cas9 and Sickle Cell Disease - American Chemical Society Dr. Jennifer Domm will offer audience members a grounding in the history of CRSPR Cas 9 and explain how that has led to new therapies for Sickle Cell Disease that can eventually be commercialized and...

The Power to Edit DNA: CRISPR-Cas9 and Sickle Cell Disease

Register for this FREE webinar:
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Nation’s top chemistry group sued over race-based scholarship - Washington Examiner The American Chemical Society faces a lawsuit alleging its scholarship program illegally excludes white and Asian students based on race, violating federal law.

Conservative group has sued ACS over the ACS Scholars program: www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3337653... #chemsky

The Career Growth Formula: Plan, Pivot, and Prosper
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We’ve all heard “Hard work leads to success,” and “Self-made.” But the truth is, building a thriving career in the chemical sciences requires strategy, resilience, and intentional growth.

The California Section is proud to join in celebrating Women's History Month.

North Bay Science Disoovery Day

Join Cal ACS and close to 100 other community organizations, labs, and schools for some hands-on science at this FREE event on Saturday, March 8th, 10 AM to 4 PM at the Sonoma County Fair Grounds in Santa Rosa www.northbayscience.org

Disrupt & Destroy: Starving Tuberculosis with Smarter Science - American Chemical Society Learn about the research at the forefront of drug discovery and gain critical insights into cutting-edge TB research and the fight against drug-resistant strains.

Disrupt & Destroy: Starving Tuberculosis with Smarter Science - FREE ACS webinar, Wednesday March 6th at 8 AM PST
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Surely, H. pylori is just the first of many possible metabolic profiles @calacs.bsky.social

Likely to affect companies in northern California @calacs.bsky.social

Exciting work right here in here in Berkeley @calacs.bsky.social, where the first actinide sandwich compound was made by Andrew Streitwieser in 1968 calacs.org/2022/03/in-m...

Great history for members of the ACS California Section @calacs.bsky.social

Announcing the Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair -- acsef.org -- you can be a judge at our upcoming 14th annual science and engineering fair on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at Chabot College in Hayward.

Kind regards,
Patti Carothers

29th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference Attend ACS Green Chemistry Institute's 29th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference Pittsburgh, PA | June 23-26, 2025

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Thurs., Jan. 23rd | 11:00 PM – 12:30 PM PST

Innovating Everyday Chemicals with Green Chemistry: More Sustainable Lubricants, Solvents, and Fertilizers
Co-produced with the ACS Green Chemistry Institute

Register for FREE: www.acs.org/acs-webinars...