Highlights
ACS Central Science: These Graphene Experts Are Trying to Close the Reproducibility Gap in Two-Dimensional Materials Research
14 May 2026Too much work on graphene and related materials cannot be repeated — a problem that wastes time and holds back commercialization. New rules could help solve it.
C&EN Talented 12: Aisulu Aitbekova
13 May 2026Combining light and heat to produce sustainable chemicals.
C&EN Talented 12: Martina Benešová-Schäfer
13 May 2026Building targeting systems for radioactive cancer treatments.
C&EN: Silicon insertion methods join skeletal-editing toolbox
06 May 2026Two teams take different approaches to squeeze silicon atoms into molecular scaffolds.
ACS Central Science: Pharm to Table Podcast Duo Bridges the Academia–Industry Divide
29 April 2026The Merck colleagues and cohosts advocate closer collaboration between academic and industry chemists.
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Category Archives: Highlights
C&EN: How one university built a COVID-19 screening system
Campus testing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign holds important lessons about the strengths and limitations of routine testing regimen.
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C&EN: Click chemistry sees first use in humans
Targeting mechanism could help to avoid side effects of powerful anticancer drug.
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C&EN: Database brings clarity to chemical weapons lists
Molecular structures and other identifiers will help to compare and contrast chemical warfare agents controlled by three different international frameworks.
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C&EN: DMSO poses decomposition danger
Acids produced by heating dimethyl sulfoxide can trigger a runaway reaction.
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C&EN: COVID-19 antigen assay set to triple US testing capacity
Abbott aims to produce 50 million of the 15-minute, $5 tests per month.
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Nature: Can the history of pollution shape a better future?
The poisonous legacy of industry holds lessons, two books show.
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C&EN: Saliva tests show promise for COVID-19 surveillance at universities and workplaces
Protocols developed at University of Illinois and Yale School of Public Health join growing list of spit-and-test diagnostics.
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C&EN: Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reaches Resolution Milestone
Detailed protein structures are fuelingdrug-discovery efforts.
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C&EN: Artificial intelligence finds alternative routes to COVID-19 drug candidates
If drug-repurposing studies hit pay dirt, backup recipes could help antiviral manufacturers avoid supply chain problems.
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C&EN: Rapid COVID-19 testing breaks free from the lab
Fast, portable systems could help to deliver routine infection screening as countries ease lockdowns.
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