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Sharing the world of #chemistry: News🗞 Research⚗️ Infographics #PeriodicGraphics ℹ Pictures #CENChemPics 📷 Comics #SketchChemistry 🗯 #FluorescenceFriday ❇️
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    Jan 15
    C&EN’s Weekly Newsletter has evolved. Meet C&EN Elements, redesigned to deliver the essential developments in chemistry across research, industry, and policy: connect.discoveracs.org/weeklynewslett…
    The essential chemistry newsletter. A concise weekly briefing from C&EN, covering the research, policy, and industry developments that matter most to chemists.
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    Sep 6, 2019
    Read an old book lately? These 15 compounds help make up the smell of old books! ow.ly/WdLf50vZkXq #ReadABookDay
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    Sep 13, 2020
    .@LiangbingHu and his lab have made an elastic wood with rubber-like proprieties that make it perfect for bouncing like a ball. Check out the procedure in the latest #CENChemPics: ow.ly/ys5750BomG5
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    Oct 7, 2020
    #CRISPR wins the 2020 #ChemNobel! Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier are awarded for the #GeneEditing tool. Discovered less than a decade ago, the tool has already changed research and set off a race to develop therapies. Our story coming soon:
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    CRISPR genome editing gets 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
    Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna recognized for their invention of gene-editing tool
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    Oct 9, 2019
    BREAKING: John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham & Akira Yoshino win 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of lithium-ion batteries." Stay tuned for our story. In the meantime, tune into our #StereoChemistry chat w/ Goodenough last month: cen.acs.org/people/profile…
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    Apr 7, 2021
    Pfizer unveils the first orally administered inhibitor of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease to enter clinical trials. Inhibiting this protease will prevent the virus from cleaving parts it needs to reproduce itself. Our reporter, @beth_halford, has more at
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    Pfizer unveils its oral SARS-CoV-2 inhibitor
    The antiviral candidate is the first orally administered compound to enter clinical trials that targets the virus’s main protease
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    Jan 15, 2021
    For the first time, the Presidential Science Advisor has been raised to cabinet level. @PresElectBiden has appointed @eric_lander to the post. And chemical engineer @francesarnold & geophysicist @maria_zuber will the cochair the council of advisors: cen.acs.org/policy/Eric-La…
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    Jul 12, 2021
    A lack of signs for many scientific terms impedes deaf people’s entry into the sciences. Deaf scientists are trying to lower these barriers by developing more scientific American Sign Language signs. Learn how they’re expanding ASL's scientific vocabulary: ow.ly/m2iT50Fu2mY
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    Dec 15, 2022
    Announcing C&EN’s 2022 Molecule of the Year! Read all about this year's contenders in the 2022 Year in Chemistry issue. fal.cn/3usXb
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    Oct 2, 2023
    #NobelPrize winners Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman share the prize for their research that made it possible to develop mRNA vaccines that are effective against COVID-19. Learn how RNA vaccines are made in this edition of #PeriodicGraphics: cen.acs.org/pharmaceutical…
    An infographic shows how RNA-based vaccines are made.
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    Jul 30, 2019
    Pyruvate dehydrogenase converts pyruvate, which the body derives from food, to acetyl-CoA, a fuel that cells can “burn” in the citric acid cycle. But when animated, Twitter user @SaHreports points out, it looks like a cartoon bar fight. #cenchempics ow.ly/cI8L50vfD09
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    Feb 1, 2021
    This month, in honor of Black History Month, we wanted to highlight 17 Black chemists you might have missed in class:
    Collage of pictures from Black Chemists
In text: Black Chemists you should know about
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    Aug 15, 2022
    What causes acne, and how can it be treated? In this #PeriodicGraphics, Andy Brunning of @compoundchem explains the chemistry of acne medications: fal.cn/3r2Kk
    Infographic on the chemistry of acne treatment. The left-hand column explains how acne forms. The right-hand side of the graphic explains the various treatments.
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    Jan 4, 2021
    Now that RNA vaccines have joined the fight against #COVID19, take a look at how they're made. See more #PeriodicGraphics by @compoundchem at ow.ly/NxUC50Cydea
    An infographic shows how RNA-based vaccines are made