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Hyaluronic acid is just getting started
Expanding markets and new chemical modifications will make the cosmetic and medical ingredient even more common than it already is
Career Ladder: George Dai
A book recommendation inspired this chemist to pivot to a career in finance
Lithium-ion battery soaks up the sun for recharge
Light-harvesting electrode allows the hybrid device to produce and store solar energy
Zeroing in on magnesium
Chemists make the first stable Mg(0) complexes
Grace agrees to $7 billion takeover by Standard Industries
After months of resistance, the specialty chemical firm will be taken private
Synthetic biology firm Zymergen raises $500 million in IPO
Public sale of stock comes soon after launch of its first product, a polymer film for electronic displays
People exposed to PFAS could sue for medical monitoring costs under US legislation
Chemical makers could have to pay for tests
Magic methyls added with ease
One-step radical reaction adds methyl groups to drug-like molecules
Christopher Austin reflects on translational science at the NIH's 10-year-old NCATS, now that he's heading for the exit
Austin, founding director of the NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, is joining the venture capital firm Flagship Pioneering
MXenes make durable solid lubricants
Titanium carbide nanosheets offer low friction and long-lasting wear resistance
Polymer-coated lenses could help prevent a common cataract surgery complication
Heating the coating with an infrared laser prevents cells from clouding the implanted lens
Physical chemist Geraldine Richmond tapped to head US DOE science programs
Biogeochemist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe nominated to lead DOE Office of Science
