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Glowing cave compounds could aid search for extraterrestrial life

Fluorescence signatures from underground caves may help find signs of life on icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn

Interstellar benzene likely can’t form as predicted

Experimental data refute decades-old theoretical ion-molecule reaction pathway of benzene formation in space

A bioluminescent probe to track RNA

New ‘RNA lantern’ lets scientists peer into cellular dynamics in real time

Publishing

Chemistry journals take just under 3 years to retract papers with self-plagiarism

Plagiarized chemistry papers are retracted in an average of 1.1 years

Research Funding

NIH cancels RECOVER grants for long COVID projects

Termination ‘a waste of the money we’ve spent already’

Biobased Chemicals

Shrinking the carbon footprint of yoga pants

Biobased chemical makers aim to scale-up nylon precursors

Policy

US Department of Health and Human Services to lay off 10,000 employees

Cuts will affect the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health
Petrochemicals

Shell to pull back from chemicals

‘We do not believe we are the natural owners of this chemical portfolio,’ CEO says
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Food Ingredients

West Virginia enacts nation’s first broad ban on synthetic food dyes

Citing health concerns, state enacts strictest food additive law in the US
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Trickles of layoff plans at EPA, NIH hint at big cuts

Most US federal agencies have not released their reduction-in-force plans, but leaked documents show EPA’s proposal to kill its research arm

NIH cancels RECOVER grants for long COVID projects

Termination ‘a waste of the money we’ve spent already’

Policy

White House pulls CDC director nomination hours before hearing

David Weldon says he was told he didn’t have the votes to be confirmed

Food Ingredients

What is infant formula, and how can scientists make it more like human milk?

Infant formula contains all the molecular building blocks a baby needs to grow, but some ingredients have extra benefits

Polymers

Sustainable polymer makers Danimer, Brightmark file for bankruptcy

Failure of biobased polymer and plastics recycling firms signal challenging economics

Newscripts

Computational Chemistry

AI doesn’t know how to depict chemistry

Opinion

Business

Priestley Medal address 2025: A random (mostly) uphill walk

A version of this essay will be presented at the American Chemical Society Spring 2025 meeting by 2025 Priestley Medal winner Frances H. Arnold, Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology.