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Chemical companies preview second-quarter COVID-19 impact
Sales to the auto industry plummeted, but other sectors held up
Nanoscale chains forged from a simple molecule
Assembly process can link up to 22 rings using noncovalent interactions
Ruth Woodall wins Parsons Award
Award recognizes high school chemistry teacher's lifetime of public service
Methane emissions reach record levels
Regulations on agriculture could help keep the greenhouse gas in check
Communicating in the socially-distanced workplace
How will we talk to one another once we're all back in the office?
Rhenium add-on tracks gold's moves in cancer cell cultures
Fluorescent labels hint at why potential gold antitumor compounds behave differently around different cancer cell types
Microplastics catch an atmospheric ride to the oceans and the Arctic
Plastic particles travel on the wind from urban centers to remote areas
Corteva to pay $3 million for pollution problems at former DuPont site in La Porte, Texas
Settlement aimed at cleaning up plant where 4 workers died
Gold nanowires take on a new twist
Palladium salt spurs bundles of gold threads to coil themselves into nanoropes
Ester dance moves substituents around arene rings
Palladium catalyst offers unusual route to high-value compounds
Selenium helps synthetic melanin prevent radiation damage
The melanin analogue may be found in nature too
Look at them grow: Meniscus channels spur bacteria, biofilm growth
Simple stamping technique patterns bacteria and accelerates their growth
Can Europe be a contender in electric-vehicle batteries?
Europe wants to break the Asia-US stranglehold on lithium-ion car batteries, but the road ahead is steep
Why limiting PFAS in drinking water is a challenge in the US
The EPA faces legal and other hurdles as it attempts to regulate PFOA and PFOS
UN human rights specialist Baskut Tuncak weighs risks of workplace hazards and chemical pollution
A chemist and lawyer, he has investigated the effects of chemical exposure across the globe
Transient droplets organize biochemical reactions inside cells
Called condensates, the droplets pull together proteins and RNA when and where they're needed. Now, they're on pharma's radar
Mussel-inspired polymer glue sticks to wet surfaces
New adhesive can be applied and cured with UV light in a range of salty and acidic conditions
