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Diplomats from nearly 200 countries, as well as tens of thousands of observers, are gathering in Belém, Brazil, from Nov. 10 to 21 for the annual United Nations climate summit. cen.acs.org/policy/COP30... #chemsky 🧪
As COP30 begins, countries face ‘hard truth’ of 1.5 °C global warming
The average global surface temperature passed a key threshold last year. Meanwhile, the US does not have an official delegation at the UN climate conference now underway in Brazil
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November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Diplomats from nearly 200 countries, as well as tens of thousands of observers, are gathering in Belém, Brazil, from Nov. 10 to 21 for the annual United Nations climate summit. cen.acs.org/policy/COP30... #chemsky 🧪
How a cigarette maker quietly replaced menthol
A decades-old shaving product ingredient and a legal loophole helped R.J. Reynolds evade a state ban. cen.acs.org/policy/globa...
A decades-old shaving product ingredient and a legal loophole helped R.J. Reynolds evade a state ban. cen.acs.org/policy/globa...
How a cigarette maker quietly replaced menthol
A decades-old shaving product ingredient and a legal loophole helped R.J. Reynolds evade a state ban
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November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
How a cigarette maker quietly replaced menthol
A decades-old shaving product ingredient and a legal loophole helped R.J. Reynolds evade a state ban. cen.acs.org/policy/globa...
A decades-old shaving product ingredient and a legal loophole helped R.J. Reynolds evade a state ban. cen.acs.org/policy/globa...
Crossword: WAcKY ReAcTiONS
This crossword has all the elements of a great puzzle: cen.acs.org/people/Cross...
This crossword has all the elements of a great puzzle: cen.acs.org/people/Cross...
Crossword: WAcKY ReAcTiONS
This crossword has all the elements of a great puzzle
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November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Crossword: WAcKY ReAcTiONS
This crossword has all the elements of a great puzzle: cen.acs.org/people/Cross...
This crossword has all the elements of a great puzzle: cen.acs.org/people/Cross...
The next big breakthroughs in #chemistry start here. Explore 10 innovative #startups in fields including food, agriculture, industrial chemicals, textiles, energy, mining, and drug discovery: cen.acs.org/business/sta...
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10 Start-Ups to Watch 2025
Amid a tough funding environment, chemistry start-ups shine
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November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The next big breakthroughs in #chemistry start here. Explore 10 innovative #startups in fields including food, agriculture, industrial chemicals, textiles, energy, mining, and drug discovery: cen.acs.org/business/sta...
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Crossword: WAcKY ReAcTiONS This crossword has all the elements of a great puzzle: cen.acs.org/people/Cross... #chemsky
Crossword: WAcKY ReAcTiONS
This crossword has all the elements of a great puzzle
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November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Crossword: WAcKY ReAcTiONS This crossword has all the elements of a great puzzle: cen.acs.org/people/Cross... #chemsky
As regulators pressure big food companies to eliminate synthetic colors, natural-color producers see a major opportunity. cen.acs.org/food/food-in... #chemsky 🧪
Under pressure
Synthetic colors like red no. 40 and yellow no. 5 are under pressure from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., states, and consumers alike
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November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
As regulators pressure big food companies to eliminate synthetic colors, natural-color producers see a major opportunity. cen.acs.org/food/food-in... #chemsky 🧪
Court ruling could prompt stricter GMO labeling requirements
In other news, the FDA moves to restrict use of fluoride supplements by children and the EPA approves more pesticides that some consider PFAS. cen.acs.org/policy/Nov-7...
In other news, the FDA moves to restrict use of fluoride supplements by children and the EPA approves more pesticides that some consider PFAS. cen.acs.org/policy/Nov-7...
Nov. 7 Policy Watch: Court ruling could prompt stricter GMO labeling requirements
In other news, the FDA moves to restrict use of fluoride supplements by children and the EPA approves more pesticides that some consider PFAS
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November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Court ruling could prompt stricter GMO labeling requirements
In other news, the FDA moves to restrict use of fluoride supplements by children and the EPA approves more pesticides that some consider PFAS. cen.acs.org/policy/Nov-7...
In other news, the FDA moves to restrict use of fluoride supplements by children and the EPA approves more pesticides that some consider PFAS. cen.acs.org/policy/Nov-7...
From the archives: As nuclear waste piles up, scientists seek the best long-term storage solutions.
Researchers study and model corrosion in the materials proposed for locking away the hazardous waste. cen.acs.org/environment/...
Researchers study and model corrosion in the materials proposed for locking away the hazardous waste. cen.acs.org/environment/...
As nuclear waste piles up, scientists seek the best long-term storage solutions
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November 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
From the archives: As nuclear waste piles up, scientists seek the best long-term storage solutions.
Researchers study and model corrosion in the materials proposed for locking away the hazardous waste. cen.acs.org/environment/...
Researchers study and model corrosion in the materials proposed for locking away the hazardous waste. cen.acs.org/environment/...
With advancements in computational science, high-resolution spectroscopy, and sophisticated sky surveys, astronomers are observing new puzzles and correcting the older diagnoses about the mysterious and invisible objects of the sky. cen.acs.org/analytical-c... #chemsky 🧪
How to detect hidden stars using elemental signatures
Chasing the invisible
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November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
With advancements in computational science, high-resolution spectroscopy, and sophisticated sky surveys, astronomers are observing new puzzles and correcting the older diagnoses about the mysterious and invisible objects of the sky. cen.acs.org/analytical-c... #chemsky 🧪
This electrochemical cell uses a small amount of electricity and water to extract lithium from ground-up lithium iron phosphate battery electrodes. cen.acs.org/energy/energ... #chemsky 🧪
Cheap, practical recycling of lithium iron phosphate batteries
Scalable process extracts 94% of lithium using electricity and water
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November 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This electrochemical cell uses a small amount of electricity and water to extract lithium from ground-up lithium iron phosphate battery electrodes. cen.acs.org/energy/energ... #chemsky 🧪
Researchers have shown experimentally that reactions between magma and hydrogen produce a surprising amount of water. The results indicate that these reactions could be hydrating the surface of distant exoplanets. cen.acs.org/physical-che... #chemsky 🧪
Distant planets might form their own water
Experiments at high temperatures and pressures reveal chemistry that can generate water on the surface of exoplanets
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November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Researchers have shown experimentally that reactions between magma and hydrogen produce a surprising amount of water. The results indicate that these reactions could be hydrating the surface of distant exoplanets. cen.acs.org/physical-che... #chemsky 🧪
Despite long-term global efforts to curb it, mercury use is on the rise worldwide, according to data from the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
Mercury use is on the rise despite a UN push for phaseout
Parties to the UN Minamata Convention on Mercury met this week to discuss illegal trade, gold-mining pollution, and other challenges
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November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Despite long-term global efforts to curb it, mercury use is on the rise worldwide, according to data from the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
Researchers are asking wildland firefighters to wear silicone bands in an effort to better track the complex chemical cocktail they may be exposed to: cen.acs.org/environment/...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Researchers are asking wildland firefighters to wear silicone bands in an effort to better track the complex chemical cocktail they may be exposed to: cen.acs.org/environment/...
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As we make plans for 2026 Future of Chemistry events, we'd like to hear what interests you! No subject is too niche, and no format is too difficult. These events are for our community, so help us shape them into the best they can be! form.jotform.com/252515016875054
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As we make plans for 2026 Future of Chemistry events, we'd like to hear what interests you! No subject is too niche, and no format is too difficult. These events are for our community, so help us shape them into the best they can be! form.jotform.com/252515016875054
Check out our holiday gift guide for the scientists in your life: cen.acs.org/business/con... #chemsky 🧪
Holiday gift ideas
Chemistry-themed goodies for the scientists in your life
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November 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Check out our holiday gift guide for the scientists in your life: cen.acs.org/business/con... #chemsky 🧪
James Watson, a Nobel laureate and former director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), died Nov. 6 at the age of 97. cen.acs.org/people/obitu... #chemsky 🧪
Codiscoverer of DNA structure James Watson dies at 97
Watson was awarded a Nobel for his contributions in discovering the DNA double helix and faced much controversy throughout his life
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November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
James Watson, a Nobel laureate and former director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), died Nov. 6 at the age of 97. cen.acs.org/people/obitu... #chemsky 🧪
Thermite burns at more than 2,200 °C—hotter than molten lava—and yields aluminum oxide and metallic iron. It’s an excellent way to teach chemistry students about activation energy and exothermic reactions, says Yilei Wu: cen.acs.org/education/un...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Thermite burns at more than 2,200 °C—hotter than molten lava—and yields aluminum oxide and metallic iron. It’s an excellent way to teach chemistry students about activation energy and exothermic reactions, says Yilei Wu: cen.acs.org/education/un...
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Sharing @cenmag.bsky.social's Holiday gift ideas with the new collage art
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Holiday gift ideas
Chemistry-themed goodies for the scientists in your life
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November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Sharing @cenmag.bsky.social's Holiday gift ideas with the new collage art
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For the last 3 years, the story of the biotech financing environment has been much the same. Venture funding is slow, IPOs are few and far between. Mergers and acquisitions are beginning to pick up, but they tend to be smaller transactions: cen.acs.org/business/fin... #chemsky 🧪
Biotech markets aren't picking up just yet
Despite some recent eye-catching deals, the financing environment is still sluggish
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November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
For the last 3 years, the story of the biotech financing environment has been much the same. Venture funding is slow, IPOs are few and far between. Mergers and acquisitions are beginning to pick up, but they tend to be smaller transactions: cen.acs.org/business/fin... #chemsky 🧪
Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biotechnology firm founded last year by several science heavyweights, has shut down, according to a company press release on Tuesday. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪
Billionaire-backed Arena BioWorks closes less than 2 years after launch
The company aimed to be a privately funded equivalent to the Broad Institute
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November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biotechnology firm founded last year by several science heavyweights, has shut down, according to a company press release on Tuesday. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪
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Have a bit of #holiday #FridayFun with the 2025 #Newscripts Gift Guide in @cenmag.bsky.social. Find a chemistry-themed gift for the scientist on your list.
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Holiday gift ideas
Chemistry-themed goodies for the scientists in your life
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November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Have a bit of #holiday #FridayFun with the 2025 #Newscripts Gift Guide in @cenmag.bsky.social. Find a chemistry-themed gift for the scientist on your list.
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Researchers have engineered a fungus to lure mosquitoes in with a scent they can’t resist—and then kill them after they land. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
Engineered fungus is mosquito death trap
Dengue spreader <i>Aedes albopictus</i> is drawn in by fungus’s pine scent and then killed with its spores
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November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Researchers have engineered a fungus to lure mosquitoes in with a scent they can’t resist—and then kill them after they land. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
In 2024, Belén González-Gaya tagged along on a tourist cruise to get to Antarctica and study contaminants of emerging concern. Among the chemicals she found were a human metabolite of nicotine, and degradation products of an ingredient in sunscreen. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
To measure Antarctic pollutants, this researcher took a cruise
Belén González-Gaya recounts hitching a ride on a commercial cruise to measure contaminants in a remote region
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November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
In 2024, Belén González-Gaya tagged along on a tourist cruise to get to Antarctica and study contaminants of emerging concern. Among the chemicals she found were a human metabolite of nicotine, and degradation products of an ingredient in sunscreen. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
Researchers extracted proteins from spent beer-brewing yeast and spun them into strong textile fibers that avoid the environmental impact of petroleum-based polymers, and the ethical as well as land- and water-use concerns of cotton and wool. cen.acs.org/materials/Br... #chemsky 🧪
Brewing waste: The solution to sustainable fashion?
Biodegradable fibers spun from yeast protein avoid the resource use and pollution of cotton, wool, and polyester
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November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Researchers extracted proteins from spent beer-brewing yeast and spun them into strong textile fibers that avoid the environmental impact of petroleum-based polymers, and the ethical as well as land- and water-use concerns of cotton and wool. cen.acs.org/materials/Br... #chemsky 🧪
Ginkgo Bioworks is extending a partnership agreement with Bayer to continue developing microbial nitrogen fixation technologies for agriculture. cen.acs.org/business/agr... #chemsky 🧪
Ginkgo Bioworks and Bayer extend partnership
Ginkgo will continue developing microbial nitrogen fixation technologies for agriculture
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November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Ginkgo Bioworks is extending a partnership agreement with Bayer to continue developing microbial nitrogen fixation technologies for agriculture. cen.acs.org/business/agr... #chemsky 🧪