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Scripps Research Chemist Jin-Quan Yu Elected Fellow of the Royal Society

In a landmark recognition of scientific excellence, Professor Jin-Quan Yu of Scripps Research has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, a prestigious institution globally...

Building AI models that understand chemical principles

Connor Coley works at the interface of chemistry and machine learning, to discover and design new drug compounds.

Canada Research Chair chemist Janusz Pawliszyn joins Chinese university

Janusz Pawliszyn, the 71-year-old recipient of the Chemical Institute of Canada’s highest honour and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, has joined Guangzhou’s Sun Yat-sen Uni...

Chemists Thought Phosphorus Was Fully Understood – They Were Wrong

A team of chemists has uncovered an unexpected way to use phosphorus to perform chemical reactions typically reliant on rare and costly metals. UCLA chemists have uncovered an unex...

Carbon-Free Ferrocene Alternative Paves the Way for Next-Generation Materials

Approximately seventy-five years ago, the serendipitous synthesis of ferrocene revolutionized the field of transition metal chemistry. This compound, wherein an iron (Fe) atom is s...

LLNL Leads ARPA-E Project on Quantum Materials Simulation

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been selected to lead a project that will receive $4.1 million in funding from the U.S. Department o...

UC Names Katherine Yelick for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The University of California Board of Regents on May 5 approved Katherine Yelick as the next director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkel...

Nobel laureate Eric Cornell brings 'big bang' fossil hunting to K-State

The annual Chester Peterson Jr. public lecture series offered Kansas State University students and faculty the chance to hear from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.

Announcing the 2026 Carbon Future Young Investigator Award Winners

In a significant milestone for the field of carbon science, the 2026 Carbon Future Young Investigator Award has been announced, celebrating rising stars whose groundbreaking resear...

Innovative Photocatalytic Approach Distinguishes Reactant Activation from Product Release

In the relentless quest to refine catalytic processes, particularly hydrogenation reactions pivotal to the chemical industry, researchers have long grappled with a fundamental chal...

Faculty Spotlight: Decoding the Arctic Ocean’s Chemical Clues

Laramie Jensen’s interest in inorganic and analytical chemistry led her to the ocean. And then to the North Pole.

Scientists Achieve Breakthrough in Molecular ‘Sandwich’ Assembly

For decades, metallocenes have captivated chemists as iconic examples of organometallic compounds, with their distinctive sandwich-like structure where a metal atom is nestled betw...

Hu Jiaqi Holds Academic Exchange with Konstantin Novoselov, Father of Graphene and Nobel Laureate in Physics

On May 22, Mr. Hu Jiaqi, Chairman of Humanitas Ark, met with Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov, the "father of graphene"and 2010 Nobel Laureate in Physics. The two engaged in more...

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AACR: Former Genentech leader engineers startup with vision for ‘smart’ cancer drugs

Just a few years ago, Daniel Chen, M.D., Ph.D., was spending his days in his backyard, sketching out designs for new antibody-drug conjugates with a friend. Now, he’s sharing with...

William James MacNeven: The father of American chemistry and Irish Republican rebel

The fascinating life of William James MacNeven, one of the most featured figures at the American Irish Historical Society in New York.

Scientists Reveal Key to Intense Acidity in Fluorinated Aluminas

In a remarkable advancement in the field of catalysis, a research team at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), under the leadership of Professors HOU Guangjin and JI Yi...

Muon g-2 Collaboration, Featuring Major Contributions from Mainz, Secures Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

In a monumental advancement for particle physics, the Muon g-2 collaboration has garnered the esteemed Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their painstakingly precise mea...

Jacob Andreas and Brett McGuire named Edgerton Award winners

The associate professors of EECS and chemistry, respectively, are honored for exceptional contributions to teaching, research, and service at MIT.

Breakthrough in Precise Synthesis of Chiral Cyclic Imine Esters via Transient Binary Copper Co-Catalysis

In a groundbreaking advance at the forefront of asymmetric catalysis and chiral molecule synthesis, a research collaboration spearheaded by Guoqiang Yang, Wanbin Zhang, and Jianmin...

Triple-Factor Closed-End Fund Report: EFR Stands Out (March 2026)

Quantum Circuit Simulates Chemistry

Author(s): Ryan WilkinsonA tunable quantum device can model the energy profiles of chemical reactions and improve physicists’ understanding of reaction dynamics.[Physics 19, s48] P...

AI helps chemists design molecules step by step

AI guides molecular design by combining language models with traditional chemistry tools, helping plan reaction steps and decode mechanisms with expert-level strategic reasoning.

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