C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)

Call it stalling out. Call it bumping along the bottom of the business cycle amid an industry downturn driven by oversupply and meager demand. But the global chemical industry hasn't been going anywhere recently, according to C&EN's Global Top 50 survey. cen.acs.org/business/finan…

Less than a decade ago, reactions for adding, deleting, and swapping single atoms in complex organic molecules were almost unheard of. Now there’s a growing community of researchers working on them. cen.acs.org/synthesis/Skel…

New myosin inhibitors can drug the brain without stopping the heart Potential indications for these more-specific compounds include brain cancer and methamphetamine addiction. cen.acs.org/biological-che…

.@herdelineardona, a biomaterials engineer at @UCIrvine and one of C&EN's Talented 12, will be speaking at the #CENT12 Symposium on Monday, August 18 in Washington, DC. RSVP here: connect.discoveracs.org/talented-12-sy… Read more: cen.acs.org/materials/biom…

With a treasure trove of structured data, the CAS BioFinder Discovery Platform is set to transform how #chemists, #biologists, and #toxicologists collaborate. Learn more about its impact in the latest @cenmag article: ow.ly/Ix3h50Wh4yp #LifeSciences #innovation

Join us at the Talented 12 Symposium at #ACSFall2025 to meet 12 early-career researchers driving innovation across sustainable materials, chemical biology, machine learning, and more. RSVP here: connect.discoveracs.org/talented-12-sy… #CENT12 #ChemPowered

Watch a new self-driving molecular machine in action Chemists use a cycle of enzymatic oxidation and chemical reduction to drive molecular rotation. cen.acs.org/materials/mole…

Gutting the National Climate Assessment is just one way the Trump administration is undermining the legal justification to limit greenhouse gas emissions. cen.acs.org/environment/cl…

A new kind of artificial intelligence tool that is organized like a team of specialists aims to make quantum chemistry calculations more accessible. cen.acs.org/physical-chemi…

Sonny Brebels decided to illustrate the fundamentals of fluorescence and how the building blocks of the near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes he had worked on could be found in kitchen staples such as turmeric. cen.acs.org/food/food-ingr… #CENChemPics

What skills should chemistry students graduate with in 2025? Join us at #ACSFall2025 for a panel exploring the future of #chemistry education, featuring perspectives from academia and industry. RSVP here: connect.discoveracs.org/ACS-Fall-2025-…

We asked a pair of experts what they thought about measles, the vaccine, and the virus’s ability to mutate. And though the news is grim, there is some reason for optimism—most people can protect themselves from infection. cen.acs.org/biological-che…

Renasant Bio has launched with $54.5 million in seed financing to develop treatments for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), which causes severe kidney damage. cen.acs.org/business/start…

The study found that distributed peer review shortens the assessment and decision-making process for grant applications. cen.acs.org/policy/researc…

This spring, the American Chemical Society named two new National Historic Chemical Landmarks (NHCLs) as part of their program that tells the stories of, and acts as a record of, the contributions of significant landmarks to chemistry and society. cen.acs.org/acs-news/progr…

On July 13, at a ceremony held in the United Arab Emirates, the 57th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) gave awards to student competitors from around the globe. The event took place from July 5 to July 14. cen.acs.org/acs-news/progr…

New AI-assisted methods take aim at ‘undruggable’ proteins Intrinsically disordered proteins have been historically difficult to target. cen.acs.org/physical-chemi…

Researchers demonstrate how the complement system—a group of proteins that are part of the innate immune system’s defense against pathogens and contribute to initiating an inflammatory response against injuries and infections— drives acute chest syndrome. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutical…

Biology is full of molecular machines that operate self-sufficiently through cycles of oxidation and reduction. A team of chemists has now borrowed that concept to create a single-molecule motor driven by an enzyme oxidant and a chemical reductant. cen.acs.org/materials/mole…

For the fourth time, President Trump has proposed eliminating the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, an independent body that investigates the causes of significant chemically related incidents and proposes ways accidents could be avoided. cen.acs.org/safety/industr…