Chemical News
Moderna and Merck’s cancer vaccine shows promise in trials
In positive sign for field, personalized mRNA vaccine reduced risk of recurrence or death in melanoma
Lithium firms hope direct extraction will boost production in Chile
But it will take years to build desalinated water infrastructure to feed the process
Collaborations announced for antibody-drug conjugate development
Merck KGaA and Merck & Co. announce end-of-year pacts to develop ADC cancer treatments
New method rapidly identifies art-damaging emissions from museums’ display materials
Researchers improve on an analytical test that determines which materials could harm artwork
Creating graphene from asphaltenes
Flash joule heating could be a quick and cheap way to manufacture graphene from petroleum waste
This semiconductor breaks the rules of physics under pressure
Boron arsenide’s thermal conductivity decreases when it’s squeezed
Rattlesnake protein provides antivenom clues
A single rattlesnake protein blocks about 20 venom molecules
Pele’s hair can provide insight into the Mauna Loa eruption
Hairlike glass filaments produced by the Hawaiian volcano can help geochemists learn more about the lava’s chemistry
Membrane proteins open door into the cell for large bivalent molecules
Researchers report entry path for molecules once thought too big to be drugs
EPA to reconsider sulfoxaflor’s risks
Agency violated the law when it expanded uses of the insecticide in 2019, court rules
DOE details how it will dole out DAC dollars
Energy Department sets a brisk pace for deploying federal dollars on carbon management
US funding for science to increase all around
Congress clears omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2023
Lithium firms hope direct extraction will boost production in Chile
But it will take years to build desalinated water infrastructure to feed the process
Using designer proteins to make quantum dots
A synthetic protein catalyzes a chemical reaction that forms high-quality cadmium sulfide nanocrystals
Combination method peers into tissues to study early disease processes
Researchers combine tissue clearing with proteomics