COVID-19 lockdowns had strange effects on air pollution across the globe
Unusually low emissions earlier this year are providing chemists with a unique opportunity to study the atmosphere, and they’re discovering new complexities
Pirouetting reactor can run and purify multistep reactions
Simple system uses centripetal force to organize solutions of different densities for individual reactions
Black chemists you should know about
These inventors, educators, and unsung heroes changed lives through their work in chemistry
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The tiny tweak behind COVID-19 vaccines
Prepandemic coronavirus research by Jason McLellan and Barney Graham led to a trick for stabilizing the prefusion form of spike proteins
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HHMI announces immediate open-access policy
High-profile research funder joins Coalition S, says its scientists will have to publish in open-access journals starting in 2022
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C&EN and CAS present Brazilian Women in Chemistry awards
Honorees will be recognized during the Brazilian Chemical Society virtual meeting in October
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The Nobels
Who will win the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
C&EN and guest panelists share their predictions during the annual #ChemNobel Webinar
Chemistry in Pictures
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Coronavirus concerns dampen chemists’ economic outlook
ACS survey shows members are more concerned about the overall economy than the chemical enterprise, but hardships are already hitting younger respondents and those of color
It’s time to reenvision the faculty hiring process
Chemistry can learn lessons from the academic hiring practices of other disciplines
Trump proposes student and postdoc visa time limits
Rule would force many students to reapply while working toward their degree
Job Listings
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- National Institutes of Health: Tenure-Track or Tenure-Eligible Position in the Laboratory of Chemical Physics
- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University: Professors, associate professors, assistant professors
- Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg: Full Profesorship (W3) for Organic Chemistry (successor of Prof. Brückner)
Alder-ene-catalyzing enzymes discovered
Fungal enzymes could be used to make compounds with substituted pentenes
Regeneron offers early look at COVID-19 antibody cocktail data
The drug appears to lower viral load in a subset of patients, but its use could be limited
California bans PFAS firefighting foams
State also prohibits 24 chemicals from use in cosmetics
Oil companies push into biorefining
French firm Total is latest to convert a fossil fuel refinery to biofuels, but the trend has its limits
Scripps agrees to pay $10 million to settle lawsuit over misspent NIH funds
‘Soft money’ policy led to improper charges, whistleblower alleged
Data integrity specialist worked to keep published images honest at ASBMB
Kaoru Sakabe describes how her former group combs through images for signs of manipulation before publication