Henri B. Kagan and Kensō Soai win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on nonlinear effects and asymmetric ...

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A chemical plant with many pipes and towers is illuminated against a darkening sky. BASF’s flagship facility in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Credit: BASF In a deal that would combine Germany’s two largest ...

The University of Georgia PhD candidate and ACS member is being recognized for passion, innovation, and impact in the ...

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A clever modification of surface sugars may turn mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into an effective weapon against osteoporosis.

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel receive the prize for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics ...

Start-up seeks to take artificial intelligence beyond generating molecules and into the lab to help medicinal chemists save ...

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Legislation introduced last week could speed up federal approvals for energy and other major projects, but its fate remains uncertain ...

Led by Arya Akhavan, a surgical fellow at the University of Michigan who moonlights as a gemologist, the group set out to ...

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