Linking pollution and infectious disease
Chemicals and pathogens interact to weaken the immune system, reduce vaccine efficacy, and increase pathogen virulence
Crop residue burning pollutes Delhi’s urban air, studies say
Rural biomass burning contributes nearly half of winter air quality woes in megacity
Podcast: Real talk with social media sensation Jen Heemstra
Stereo Chemistry caught up with this Emory supramolecular chemist to talk about leadership, adversity, and blowing up on Twitter
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Green method makes methanesulfonic acid from methane
The metal-free, low-temperature process produces the biodegradable strong acid by reacting methane with sulfur trioxide
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US EPA proposes 20 high-, 20 low-priority chemicals for risk evaluation
Agency includes formaldehyde as high-priority candidate
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Succinic acid, once a biobased chemical star, is barely being made
The fermentation-derived molecule, conceived in an era of high oil prices, became a victim of the shale revolution
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C&EN talks with Paula T. Hammond, chemical engineering leader
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Your March 18, 2019 Issue
- Linking pollution and infectious disease
- Artificial intelligence tools could benefit chemists with disabilities. So why aren’t they?
- Open-access chemistry textbooks gain popularity
- Colorado chemist updates tattoo chemistry with an eye toward medical diagnostics
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Podcast: Real talk with social media sensation Jen Heemstra
Stereo Chemistry caught up with this Emory supramolecular chemist to talk about leadership, adversity, and blowing up on Twitter
Artificial intelligence tools could benefit chemists with disabilities. So why aren’t they?
Automation scientists in academia and industry have created devices to make lab work more efficient, but they haven’t yet made accessibility for this small population a priority
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Amyloids found in human cataracts
2-D infrared spectroscopy also detects amyloids in lenses without diagnosed cataracts
New method catches cystic fibrosis inflammatory enzyme in the act
A combination of two techniques offers a clinically feasible way to measure inflammatory response in chronic lung diseases
Boron helps to gently couple dinitrogen
Organoboron compounds offer a direct route for synthesizing nitrogen chains that may be used in explosives and pharmaceuticals
Recovering rare earths from fertilizer waste
A biological acid extracts the valuable elements from phosphogypsum
Genetic tests reveal that the ancestry of some cancer cell lines is misclassified
A common prostate cancer cell line classified as African-American actually carries more than 90% European ancestry, study reports
Scientists probe STING structure and activity
Drug companies want to use STING to fight cancer. New insights into the structure and activity of the protein could help that quest.