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On July 18 at a ceremony held in Uzbekistan, the 58th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) gave awards to student competitors from around the world. #chemsky 🧪

Team USA brings home gold from 58th International Chemistry OlympiadThe team was awarded 3 gold and 1 silver medal during a closing ceremony on July 18cen.acs.org

"It’s time for regulatory agencies to wholly separate the approval process of gene therapies from other drugs." #chemsky 🧪

Editorial: Gene therapies are too special to treat like other drugsA recent tragedy in China reminds us of important lessons for managing drug trials of gene therapiescen.acs.org

Senate health committee approves Erica Schwartz as CDC director + Federal agencies admit to using keywords to flag grants for termination: #chemsky 🧪

Policy Watch: DOE picks 5 state contenders for nuclear lifecycle campusA weekly roundup of policy news in the chemical arena and beyondcen.acs.org

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, created a complex alloy that has never been seen before. Researchers recently discovered the crystalline alloy within tiny glass particles collected from the beach sands of Hiroshima Bay: cen.acs.org/materials/ne... #chemsky 🧪

Almost 150 years ago, in the very first volume of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, issue 6, published in 1879, Henry Morton begins, “There is a piece of recent chemical history which has already become somewhat involved on account of the oversight of some writers.” #chemsky 🧪

Volume I of JACS came with fabric samples—to prove a pointAnalytical chemists study the nearly 150-year-old dyescen.acs.org

The world desperately needs new medicines to treat deadly fungal infections. According to a report from the WHO, only four antifungals were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration between 2014 and 2024. #chemsky 🧪

Enzymes open a new path to improve antifungal drugsA biocatalytic platform could offer a scalable strategy for tailoring natural productscen.acs.org

Abdoulaye Djimdé spent decades decoding malaria drug resistance from inside the communities where it strikes. Now, in addition to this fieldwork, he’s advising on global science policy. #chemsky 🧪

‘That is not the full story’: This malaria researcher broke with convention to get Africa better treatmentsAbdoulaye Djimdé spent decades decoding malaria drug resistance from inside the communities where it strikes. Now, in addition to this fieldwork, he’s advising on global science policycen.acs.org

The White House on Tuesday released a new policy that prevents the federal government from funding research that intentionally makes a pathogen more dangerous in order to study it. #chemsky 🧪

White House bans agencies from funding some research on pathogensThe new policy prohibits federal support of ‘gain of function’ research of concern, in which scientists manipulate pathogens and other biological agents in order to better understand themcen.acs.org

Chemists have a new tool that could make it safer to synthesize fluorinated pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and materials. The transformation is a riff on the Appel reaction, which turns alcohols into alkyl halides but until now had been incapable of making alkyl fluorides. #chemsky 🧪

Appel reaction can finally fluorinateThe classic alkyl halide–making reaction can, at long last, be used to generate alkyl fluoridescen.acs.org

A new AI-based program, dubbed Raygun, can suggest strategic cuts to a protein’s amino acid sequence to shrink the overall structure without affecting the protein’s function: cen.acs.org/physical-che... #chemsky 🧪

Mark Thiemens is recognized for discoveries that have transformed how scientists understand the solar system and origins of life on Earth and which have strengthened capabilities for monitoring human impact on the environment. #chemsky 🧪

Mark Thiemens is awarded Magellanic Premium, the US’s oldest scientific prizeThe isotope geochemist is being recognized for work that transformed scientists’ understanding of the solar system and origins of life on Earthcen.acs.org

One way to ensure that AI continues to improve is for chemists to stay engaged in what is happening in that fast-moving area. cen.acs.org/analytical-c... #chemsky 🧪

Test your knowledge of our stories on new materials, medicinal chemistry, mural analysis, and more: #chemsky 🧪

C&EN weekly chemistry news quiz, July 31Test your knowledge of our stories on new materials, medicinal chemistry, mural analysis, and morecen.acs.org

In this episode of Stereo Chemistry, we'll be taking a deeper look into a recent breakthrough in the field of structural biology, specifically an ultrabright laser technology that helps shift the phase of electrons. cen.acs.org/analytical-c... #chemsky 🧪

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Researchers collected microscopic paint samples from the areas marked in purple on Diego Rivera’s Creation (1922–23) to analyze the mural’s binding medium. The team found evidence of copal resin but no detectable beeswax. #chemsky 🧪

New analysis rewrites the recipe for Rivera’s first muralResearchers find the copal resin, but not the beeswax, Rivera described in his techniquecen.acs.org

US companies are flocking to Beijing and Shanghai to strike big-dollar deals to license therapeutic molecules developed in China. But the country’s growth as a drug innovator didn’t happen overnight; it took decades to develop. #chemsky 🧪

Editorial: How China is outpacing the US in R&D and innovationIn pharma, Chinese tactics matter, but the US government is focused on misguided measurescen.acs.org

By using molten salts and ammonia researchers have made colloidal nanocrystals of various metal nitrides, from left to right: titanium nitride, vanadium nitride, gallium nitride, niobium nitride, molybdenum nitride, and tantalum nitride. cen.acs.org/materials/na... #chemsky 🧪

How can chemistry societies stay relevant across education, policy, and global collaboration? This discussion is one of two panels in a C&EN-convened session at #ACSFall2026 marking the 150th anniversary of ACS Reserve your spot: connect.discoveracs.org/cen-future-o... #ACSFall2026 #chemsky 🧪

These blood-red clumps are what polypropylene microplastics look like in the body of a live mouse, as detected by noninvasive photoacoustic imaging. Read more: cen.acs.org/environment/... #CENChemPics by P. Stephen Patrick. #chemsky 🧪

Chemists from Nigeria or currently working in Nigeria: Apply for the Federation of African Societies of Chemistry (FASC) Travel Bursary Award. cen.acs.org/sections/cen... #chemsky 🧪