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Our next Tetrahedron matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the starburst-like crystals of @carinacrucho.bsky.social facing off against Felipe Quiroga-Suavita's nanocrystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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starburst-like crystals glowing with bright orange fluorescence under an ultraviolet lamp. anisotropic nanocrystals—a fancy name for nanoparticles that grow faster in some directions than others.
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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A new, in-depth analysis of the sugar chains in wild seal milk is challenging the paradigm that human breast milk is uniquely biochemically complex. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
Wild seal milk rivals human milk in sugar complexity
Researchers characterized hundreds of unique oligosaccharides in seal milk, shedding light on the biochemical lives of other mammals
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December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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"Much like the center pole standing as an anchor for the tetherball, professional conduct and responsible practice—or ethics—help chemists navigate turbulent seas in times of change to thrive in calmer waters," writes Glenn Larkin. cen.acs.org/acs-news/com...
Comment: Navigating change with professional conduct and responsible practice
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN): Keeping you up to date with the chemistry news that matters most. Published by the American Chemical Society.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Our first Tetrahedron matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the accidental ice cube of Alyssa Redge facing off against Gustavo Porrata Caraballo's scanning electron microscope. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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A cylindrical block of ice held in a gloved hand. A scanning electron microscope image of polymer clusters, one of which resembles a skull.
December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Two firms I wrote about this week for C&EN's business watch were connecting direct air capture, #DAC, to boosting freshwater supplies. https://cen.acs.org/business/Nov-25-Business-Watch-Flexsys/103/web/2025/11 @cenmag.bsky.social #chemsky #news
Nov. 25 Business Watch: Flexsys readies safer tire additive; Moderna halts trials of 3 mRNA drugs
Here’s what we’re watching in chemistry business news this week
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December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Our inaugural Year in Pictures at @cenmag.bsky.social takes a visual look at how chemistry shaped the world—and vice versa—in 2025. cen.acs.org/education/sc...
Photos capture some of 2025’s most notable events in chemistry
Los Angeles wildfires, a CRISPR milestone, and a de-extinction controversy are among 2025’s notable events captured in photos
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December 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, is accepting applications for the 2026 CAS Future Leaders program. The program, established in 2010, supports the growth of science leadership among early-career scientists. cen.acs.org/acs-news/CAS... #chemsky
CAS seeks 2026 CAS Future Leaders program applicants
The deadline to apply is Jan. 25
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December 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Your votes have been counted and the next set of matchups are now live as part of the Tetrahedron! Check out the two matches and vote for your favorites. Only one #CENChemPics will emerge victorious! cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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Your votes have been counted and the next set of matchups are now live as part of the Tetrahedron! Check out the two matches and vote for your favorites. Only one #CENChemPics will emerge victorious!
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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A new study identifies many more PFAS than are commonly acknowledged to exist. Read more from C&EN: cen.acs.org/policy/intel...

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The good and the bad of PFAS Researchers are still inventing new molecules, as well as ways to destroy them
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Because biology is so flexible, the genetic code is sometimes tweaked to add additional amino acids into select proteins. It turns out that some archaea, microorganisms distinct from bacteria and eukaryotes, have gone one step further. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
These archaea built a distinct genetic code to put pyrrolysine in proteins
That feat has synthetic biologists excited
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December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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For the past quarter-century, the gold standard malaria treatment has been artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs). Yet there are issues of treatment nonadherence and malaria parasite drug resistance. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪
New treatments for malaria offer hope
Existing drugs combined in new ways, as well as new molecules, deliver in late-stage trials
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December 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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The FDA may soon approve a molecule called bitopertin, which failed clinical trials in schizophrenia before Disc Medicine saw its potential for a rare blood disorder. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪
How Disc Medicine rescued a discarded drug candidate
Bitopertin could give people with the rare disease erythropoietic protoporphyria their day in the sun
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December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Bodies decompose differently in mass graves than in individual graves. By studying these changes, researchers hope to identify chemical signals that will one day help investigators find and analyze mass graves. cen.acs.org/analytical-c... #chemsky 🧪
Molecular tools may help us locate mass graves
With experimental burials, scientists are looking for chemical signposts that could help investigators
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December 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Onepot.AI, a San Francisco–based start-up, has launched with $13 million in funding to use artificial intelligence and robotics to automate one of the most time-consuming steps in drug development: chemical synthesis. cen.acs.org/business/sta... #chemsky 🧪
Molecule-maker Onepot.AI launches with $13 million
With an AI engine named Phil and a robotic platform, the start-up cuts down on synthesis turnaround
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December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Our last Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the dyes of Prodipta Samadder facing off against Felipe Quiroga-Suavita's anisotropic nanocrystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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A flower with five petals on a black background with a soft purple glow and flecks of vibrant green, orange, blue, and purple. The center of the flower glows strongly orange. Out of focus behind the flower are six vials with glowing powders, each of a different color. anisotropic nanocrystals
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Researchers have created a supersensitive and fast sensor for detecting antibodies that fight influenza and COVID-19. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
Ultrasensitive sensor tracks flu- and COVID-19-fighting antibodies
Researchers could use it to make a skin patch that measures vaccine effectiveness
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November 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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A new polymer reported in Nature may mark a turning point for needle-free insulin delivery. Researchers have developed a charge-shifting polyzwitterion that can carry insulin through intact skin and into the bloodstream. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪
A polymer for needle-free insulin delivery
New material slips past skin and ferries insulin into the bloodstream
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November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Our next Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the crystals of Prodipta Samadder facing off against Carina Crucho's starburst-like crystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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Long spikes of crystals emanate from a single point. They glow bright blue but are slowly being overtaken by splotches of bright orange. starburst-like crystals glowing with bright orange fluorescence under an ultraviolet lamp
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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QSimulate, a quantum simulation software company focused on drug discovery and materials science, has completed a seed financing round. The Boston-based firm also released the newest generation of its quantum-powered simulation platform. cen.acs.org/business/sta... #chemsky 🧪
Quantum simulation company raises cash to speed drug discovery
QSimulate has announced a round of seed funding and new software to model molecular interactions
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November 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Our next Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the separation funnel of Alexander Krappe facing off against Gustavo P. Caraballo's scanning electron microscope. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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A separation funnel in a fume hood with two fluorescing phases. The top phase is a smoky cyan, and the bottom phase is bright orange. A scanning electron microscope image of polymer clusters, one of which resembles a skull.
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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The era-spanning epiphanies that enabled gene editing

Hosts David and Gina explore how scientists over the centuries unlocked the ability to edit our genes

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Inflection Point: The era-spanning epiphanies that enabled gene editing
Hosts David and Gina explore how scientists over the centuries unlocked the ability to edit our genes
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November 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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While gene therapy can offer personalized cures, developing them is prohibitively expensive. Now, scientists report on an approach they hope could overcome those unfavorable economics: a single gene therapy. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
Prime editing suppressor transfer RNAs for gene therapy
Liu lab suggests technique could provide ‘nonstop’ treatment for genetic diseases
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November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Our first Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the accidental ice cube of Alyssa Redge facing off against Killiann Heinz's colorful photocatalysis liquids. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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A cylindrical block of ice held in a gloved hand. Four syringes stick into four vials that glow green and yellow under ultraviolet irradiation.
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Fascinating findings of 2025

These interesting science tidbits grabbed the attention of C&EN's editors: cen.acs.org/education/sc... #chemsky 🧪
Fascinating findings of 2025
These interesting science tidbits grabbed the attention of C&EN's editors
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November 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Inchworm robots driven by cunning coordination chemistry are on the march, their flexible bodies powered by nothing more than the warmth of their surroundings. cen.acs.org/materials/mo... #chemsky 🧪
Europium complex harvests ambient energy to power minirobots
Inchworms can stroll for hours using scraps of heat from the environment
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November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM