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• Fragrance makers under investigation

  16-03-2023 19:48
  European regulators look to sniff out cartel activity among leading fragrance ingredient firms
  
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• Los cárteles en México reclutan estudiantes de química para fabricar fentanilo

  01-12-2024 06:30 via nytimes.com
  
  Los grupos delictivos convierten los campus universitarios mexicanos en centros de reclutamiento, atrayendo a estudiantes de química con grandes ganancias.
  
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• Mexican Cartels Lure Chemistry Students to Make Fentanyl

  01-12-2024 06:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Criminals turn college campuses into recruitment hubs, recruiting chemistry students in Mexico with big paydays.
  
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• Chemist Identifies Mystery ‘Blobs’ Washing Up in Newfoundland

  14-11-2024 19:55 via nytimes.com
  
  A researcher thinks he has knows what has been come ashore on miles of beaches. Canada’s environmental agency says it is still looking into it.
  
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• Reinventing Concrete, the Ancient Roman Way

  19-10-2024 09:00 via nytimes.com
  
  By learning the secrets of 2,000-year-old cement, researchers are trying to devise greener, more durable modern options.
  
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• David Baker, Demis Hassabis y John Jumper reciben el Premio Nobel de Química

  09-10-2024 15:55 via nytimes.com
  
  El Nobel, concedido a David Baker, de la Universidad de Washington, y a Demis Hassabis y John Jumper, de Google DeepMind, es el segundo de esta semana que involucra la inteligencia artificial.
  
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• Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to 3 Scientists for Predicting and Creating Proteins

  09-10-2024 13:35 via nytimes.com
  
  The Nobel, awarded to David Baker of the University of Washington and Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper of Google DeepMind, is the second this week to involve artificial intelligence.
  
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• Chemistry Nobel Prize Recognizes Three Protein Researchers

  09-10-2024 13:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper were part of a Google DeepMind team whose A.I. technology predicts protein shapes. The University of Washington’s David Baker designed “a new protein that was unlike any other,” the Nobel committee said.
  
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• Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work With Proteins

  09-10-2024 12:17 via nytimes.com
  
  Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper were part of a Google DeepMind team whose A.I. technology predicts protein shapes. David Baker designed “a new protein that was unlike any other,” the committee said.
  
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• The U.S. Lost the Battery Race to China. Can It Make a Comeback?

  23-09-2024 21:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The cutting edge of American battery technology is rusty.
  
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• Could Altering Ocean Chemistry Help Slow Global Warming?

  23-09-2024 09:00 via nytimes.com
  
  By tweaking the chemistry of rivers and oceans, humans could remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air. But huge challenges loom.
  
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• With Purple Gold and Bouncy Metal, a Canadian Chemist Shines on YouTube

  17-08-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Disillusioned with grad school, Nigel Braun dropped out to film chemistry videos in his parents’ garage in Montreal. Then millions began viewing his whimsical and occasionally dangerous experiments.
  
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• The Beginning of the End for PFAS, or ‘Forever Chemicals’

  22-04-2024 12:36 via nytimes.com
  
  To reduce the risk PFAS pose, we need far more comprehensive mandates that test, monitor and limit the entire class of chemicals.
  
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• We Regulate a Tiny Fraction of the 12,000 ‘Forever Chemicals.’ There’s a Better Way.

  21-04-2024 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  To reduce the risk PFAS post, we need far more comprehensive mandates that test, monitor and limit the entire class of chemicals.
  
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• Frank Popoff, Who Sought to Lead a Friendlier Dow Chemical, Dies at 88

  06-03-2024 00:15 via nytimes.com
  
  As chief executive, he pushed a company known for Agent Orange, napalm and chlorine to undo its confrontational reputation and promote environmental sustainability.
  
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• Polluted Flowers Smell Less Sweet to Pollinators, Study Finds

  08-02-2024 20:00 via nytimes.com
  The research, involving primroses and hawk moths, suggests that air pollution could be interfering with plant reproduction.
  
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• A Shape-Shifting Plastic With a Flexible Future

  02-02-2024 13:21 via nytimes.com
  The material can be tempered into different shapes — like steel in the hands of a blacksmith — and could someday transform space travel, recycling and more.
  
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• Milk. Lemon. Salt? An American’s Tea Recipe Causes a Stir in UK.

  24-01-2024 19:03 via nytimes.com
  An American chemistry professor has a surprising thought about how to make the best cup of tea: Add a pinch of salt. Not everyone in Britain is eager to embrace the idea.
  
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• The Mystery of the Coin That Shouldn’t Exist

  07-01-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  Scientists recently analyzed a Peruvian 10-cent piece with an unexplained origin.
  
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• Bordeaux Wine Snobs Have a Point, According to This Computer Model

  05-12-2023 15:12 via nytimes.com
  With machine learning, scientists are trying to chemically define the murky concept of terroir. The models might be useful for detecting wine fraud.
  
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• Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 3 Quantum Dots Researchers

  04-10-2023 15:48 via nytimes.com
  
  Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov developed and discovered quantum dots, particles whose size governs their properties.
  
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• Chemistry Nobel Prize Revealed in Media Hours Early

  04-10-2023 14:56 via nytimes.com
  
  Some Swedish news outlets correctly reported the laureates’ names even before the choice was formally signed off, according to the academy that awards the prize.
  
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• Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work With Quantum Dots

  04-10-2023 14:52 via nytimes.com
  
  Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov were selected for the prize for their discovery and development of the nanoparticles.
  
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• Lise Meitner, the ‘Atomic Pioneer’ Who Never Won a Nobel Prize

  02-10-2023 06:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Lise Meitner developed the theory of nuclear fission, the process that enabled the atomic bomb. But her identity — Jewish and a woman — barred her from sharing credit for the discovery, newly translated letters show.
  
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• Por qué los amarillos de Miró han perdido su brillo

  21-09-2023 03:24 via nytimes.com
  
  Los investigadores descubrieron que una marca de pintura preferida por el artista español tenía una estructura atómica que la predisponía a la degradación.
  
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• Why Miró’s Yellows Have Lost Their Brilliance

  18-09-2023 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Researchers discovered that a particular brand of paint favored by the Spanish artist had an atomic structure that predisposed it to degradation.
  
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• Looming Retraction Casts Shadow Over Ranga Dias and Study of Superconductors

  26-07-2023 19:23 via nytimes.com
  
  Misconduct allegations are leading scientists to question the work of Ranga Dias, including his claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor.
  
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• Charles Lieber, Ex-Harvard Professor, Sentenced in China Ties Case

  26-04-2023 23:23 via nytimes.com
  
  Charles Lieber had been seen as a potential Nobel Prize-winning chemist, but was convicted in 2021 of lying to federal investigators and failing to report income.
  
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• Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy

  08-04-2023 20:39 via nytimes.com
  
  After she died — and just a year after her discovery — another scientist took credit for her work. It would be more than half a century until her story resurfaced.
  
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• ACS Spring 2023 in Indianapolis

  30-03-2023 23:33
  Lots to celebrate at ACS’s fourth hybrid meeting
  
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