Puerto Rico’s universities are on the road to recovery
A year after being knocked down by Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rican university chemists and students are back to work—but not quite back to normal
How new beneficial microbes are performing on the farm
Companies have bet big on the organisms, but growers are waiting to see real-world results
Periodic graphics: Platinum drugs for cancer
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning examines the chemistry and impact of cisplatin and its sibling compounds
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Plants signal danger through nervelike process
Glutamate, a neurotransmitter in mammals, triggers calcium signals to spread through plant after damage
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Odor-sensing protein spurs hair growth
Sandalwood-scented molecule stimulates growth in cultured follicles
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Chemical producers in the Carolinas and Virginia restart operations after weathering Hurricane Florence
Rising floodwaters remain a concern
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Periodic graphics: Platinum drugs for cancer
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning examines the chemistry and impact of cisplatin and its sibling compounds
Profiles
C&EN talks with Barbara Minor, Perkin Medal winner
Chemical engineer Barbara Minor talks about a career that advanced environmentally safer refrigerants
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Where are Wikipedia’s women scientists?
Efforts to create a more balanced picture of chemistry on the online encyclopedia are gathering steam
The making of a Ph.D. chemist
Learning how to navigate the graduate school years can be a lesson in itself
How to prepare for life after grad school
Chemistry students have more ways than ever to determine their next moves
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- Northwestern University: Director -Integrated Molecular Structure Education and Research Center (IMSERC)
- Northwestern University: Mass Spectrometrist-Integrated Molecular Structure Education and Research Center (IMSERC)
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Bile acids sneak nanoparticles into the bloodstream
Researchers fed rats nanoparticles coated in bile acids in a step toward to making more drugs orally available
Periodic graphics: Platinum drugs for cancer
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning examines the chemistry and impact of cisplatin and its sibling compounds
Novo Nordisk R&D restructuring signals move to finding innovation externally
The drug company is cutting 400 R&D positions and opening 4 new research centers to boost its stem cell therapy work
Chemists predict ghostly molecule
Electromagnetic fields could create molecule-like electron density around single atom, according to computer simulations
Designer protein tackles binding
For the first time, researchers have designed a protein from scratch that can bind a specific target molecule