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Your votes have been counted and the final matchup is now live as part of The Lone Pair! Only one #CENChemPics will emerge victorious! Vote for your favorite chemistry image of 2025: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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Your votes have been counted and the final matchup is now live as part of The Lone Pair! Only one #CENChemPics will emerge victorious! Vote for your favorite chemistry image of 2025
December 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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In the latest edition of #PeriodicGraphics, we take a look at C&EN’s top stories of the year: cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

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Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning counts down C&EN’s top stories of the year
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Each dot in these glowing green patterns is a molecule resting on a gold surface. Specifically, each is a phenyl-functionalized trioxatriangulenium, a molecule with a phenyl ring sticking out of a base shaped like an upside-down bowl: cen.acs.org/physical-che...

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In a scanning tunneling microscope image, hundreds of glowing dots organize themselves in hexagons and wavy diagonal lines. The diagonal lines have somewhat regular spacing between each other.
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Congratulations to #CENChemPics November winner Yilei Wu, who set up this thermite demonstration as part of an introductory chemistry course: cen.acs.org/education/un...

Enter our contest by tagging your post with #CENChemPics or submit a photo at cen.acs.org/collections/...
Glowing-hot material erupts from a terra-cotta pot on a ring stand.
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Considering risks to both those inside the lab and people in the community can help minimize hazards—and make chemistry more sustainable: cen.acs.org/environment/...

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Why green chemistry makes science safer for everyone
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Our next Tetrahedron matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the nanocrystals of Felipe Quiroga-Suavita facing off against Carina Crucho's starburst-like crystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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anisotropic nanocrystals—a fancy name for nanoparticles that grow faster in some directions than others. starburst-like crystals glowing with bright orange fluorescence under an ultraviolet lamp.
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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For the December #Newscripts, @fmorningstar.bsky.social took a look at the chemistry of two pop culture moments from the past year: An explosive scene in 28 Years Later and the GBBO sugar dome disaster. Read more: cen.acs.org/education/sc... #chemsky 🧪
An illustration of a red-eyed, gray-skinned zombie chef holding a cake topped with a transparent dome that is exploding and releasing a bluish-purple cloud.
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Our first Tetrahedron matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the scanning electron microscope of Gustavo P. Caraballo facing off against Alyssa Redge's accidental ice cube. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...
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A scanning electron microscope image of polymer clusters, one of which resembles a skull. A cylindrical block of ice held in a gloved hand.
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Structural color, which comes from light waves interacting with matter on the nanoscale, is found in many places in nature. Ming Xiao and his team published a physics-based model that can determine what polymer architecture will create a given color. cen.acs.org/materials/po...

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An image of a butterfly printed using a structural-color polymer.
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Who inspires you? Nominate an early-career chemist for the 2026 Talented 12 at cen.acs.org/sections/tal... by January 20.

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Meet Tejas Shah. Who inspires you? In the annual Talented 12 program, C&EN highlights extraordinary early-career chemists shaping the future of chemistry.
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Our next Tetrahedron matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the starburst-like crystals of @carinacrucho.bsky.social facing off against Felipe Quiroga-Suavita's nanocrystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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starburst-like crystals glowing with bright orange fluorescence under an ultraviolet lamp. anisotropic nanocrystals—a fancy name for nanoparticles that grow faster in some directions than others.
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Our first Tetrahedron matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the accidental ice cube of Alyssa Redge facing off against Gustavo Porrata Caraballo's scanning electron microscope. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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A cylindrical block of ice held in a gloved hand. A scanning electron microscope image of polymer clusters, one of which resembles a skull.
December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Your votes have been counted and the next set of matchups are now live as part of the Tetrahedron! Check out the two matches and vote for your favorites. Only one #CENChemPics will emerge victorious! cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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Your votes have been counted and the next set of matchups are now live as part of the Tetrahedron! Check out the two matches and vote for your favorites. Only one #CENChemPics will emerge victorious!
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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A new study identifies many more PFAS than are commonly acknowledged to exist. Read more from C&EN: cen.acs.org/policy/intel...

For more on the science of #PFAS, check out CAS Insights from CAS: www.cas.org/resources/ca... #chemsky 🧪
The good and the bad of PFAS Researchers are still inventing new molecules, as well as ways to destroy them
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Our last Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the dyes of Prodipta Samadder facing off against Felipe Quiroga-Suavita's anisotropic nanocrystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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A flower with five petals on a black background with a soft purple glow and flecks of vibrant green, orange, blue, and purple. The center of the flower glows strongly orange. Out of focus behind the flower are six vials with glowing powders, each of a different color. anisotropic nanocrystals
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Our next Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the crystals of Prodipta Samadder facing off against Carina Crucho's starburst-like crystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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Long spikes of crystals emanate from a single point. They glow bright blue but are slowly being overtaken by splotches of bright orange. starburst-like crystals glowing with bright orange fluorescence under an ultraviolet lamp
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Our next Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the separation funnel of Alexander Krappe facing off against Gustavo P. Caraballo's scanning electron microscope. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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A separation funnel in a fume hood with two fluorescing phases. The top phase is a smoky cyan, and the bottom phase is bright orange. A scanning electron microscope image of polymer clusters, one of which resembles a skull.
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Our first Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the accidental ice cube of Alyssa Redge facing off against Killiann Heinz's colorful photocatalysis liquids. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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A cylindrical block of ice held in a gloved hand. Four syringes stick into four vials that glow green and yellow under ultraviolet irradiation.
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Just before the Thanksgiving break, Scarlett Lin Latt, an undergraduate in Jocelyn Lanorio’s lab at Illinois College made these colorful solutions of “related” cobalt compounds. cen.acs.org/articles/95/...

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An overhead view of five volumetric flasks each containing a differently colored solution: deep pink, deep green, yellow, orange, and pale pink.
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Our last Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the anisotropic nanocrystals of Felipe Quiroga-Suavita facing off against Prodipta Samadder's dyes. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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anisotropic nanocrystals A flower with five petals on a black background with a soft purple glow and flecks of vibrant green, orange, blue, and purple. The center of the flower glows strongly orange. Out of focus behind the flower are six vials with glowing powders, each of a different color.
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Our next Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the starburst-like crystals of @carinacrucho.bsky.social facing off against Prodipta Samadder's crystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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starburst-like crystals glowing with bright orange fluorescence under an ultraviolet lamp Long spikes of crystals emanate from a single point. They glow bright blue but are slowly being overtaken by splotches of bright orange.
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Our next Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the scanning electron microscope of Gustavo Porrata Caraballo facing off against @rubialab.bsky.social's separation funnel. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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A scanning electron microscope image of polymer clusters, one of which resembles a skull. A separation funnel in a fume hood with two fluorescing phases. The top phase is a smoky cyan, and the bottom phase is bright orange.
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Our first Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the colorful photocatalysis liquids of @roundflask.bsky.social facing off against Alyssa Redge's accidental ice cube. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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Four syringes stick into four vials that glow green and yellow under ultraviolet irradiation. A cylindrical block of ice held in a gloved hand.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Your votes have been counted and the next set of matchups are now live as part of The Full Octet! Check out all 4 matches and vote for your favorites. Only one #CENChemPics will emerge victorious! cen.acs.org/education/sc...

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Your votes have been counted and the next set of matchups are now live as part of The Full Octet! Check out all 4 matches and vote for your favorites. Only one #CENChemPics will emerge victorious!
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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It's that time again: C&EN's molecule of the year poll is now open! Vote for your favorite molecule of 2025: cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...

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November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM