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Petrochemicals giant Sabic is to close its olefins cracker in Teesside, UK. The plant has been offline since 2020 and was in ...

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An analysis of US surface water monitoring records has found that less than 1% of chemicals of potential environmental ...

Chemistry came alive in a reimagined form at the 75th Yusuf Hamied Chemistry Camp for Visually Challenged Students, hosted at ...

Drug discovery efforts based on DNA-encoded chemical libraries are inadvertently overlooking numerous potential drug ...

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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to fund seven year project headed by sustainable chemistry pioneer Paul Anastas ...

Milko van der Boom talks to Chemistry World about dealing with destruction at the Weizmann Institute, saving samples and ...