Baker also expects that scientists will experience similar interruptions in the grant funding process at other federal ...

After a breakdown in US-Russia relations, Riken finds itself ahead of its rivals. And Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...

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Abstract submissions are now being accepted for the 2025 Great Lakes Regional Meeting. The meeting will take place June 4–6 at the Hilton Appleton Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton, Wisconsin. This site ...

The Nov. 25 edition of C&EN addresses the importance of scientific involvement in public policy. In the letters to the editor (page 3), Olivia Harper Wilkins writes that she led a discussion with ...

Shell and China National Offshore Oil are planning a large expansion of their petrochemical joint venture in Daya Bay, China. The partnership is planning a third ethylene cracker, with 1.6 million ...

The US Department of Commerce has signed a nonbinding agreement to give Sumitomo Chemical $52.1 million toward the construction of a semiconductor-grade isopropyl alcohol plant in Baytown, Texas.

A decade ago, chemical makers saw the writing on the wall. Concerns about the toxicity of phthalates—inexpensive, versatile chemicals that are used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC) flexible ...

Change is coming for Air Products and Chemicals after the industrial gas company lost a boardroom fight with the activist investment firm Mantle Ridge. This site uses cookies to enhance your user ...

As a child, Dorothy J. Phillips dreamed of becoming a president. She intended to major in history, become a lawyer, and then be elected president of the US. “For my era, this was something that ...

The American Chemical Society is starting 2025 with a new strategic plan. The plan was approved by the ACS Board of Directors in a December 2024 meeting and includes an updated vision and mission ...