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Investment programme aims to boost low-carbon technologies in Europe

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Facility would enable U.S. engineers to perform tests without going overseas

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A project in three European countries is alerting rural communities to ozone pollution

Brimming with opportunity, IYPT is putting chemistry and chemists centre stage

The American Chemical Society and 60-plus other US organisations form sexual harassment consortium to advance ethics and inclusion in Stemm

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Rodent vocal exchanges could help researchers understand disorders of communication

Fisheries’ productivity has plummeted by as much as 35% in some places

Crystal contest 2018

In 2018, more than 250 teams participated in the fifth annual US Crystal Growing Competition. Participants included thousands of K–12 students and teachers, and home-school families from 42 states and Washington, DC. Organizer Jason Benedict (shown holding an alum crystal he grew), an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Buffalo, and his volunteers sent out crystal-growing kits containing alum and suggested procedures to participants. The contestants started growing their crystals on Oct. Читать дальше...

David W. C. MacMillan, Princeton University, USA, and Chihaya Adachi, Kyushu University, Japan, honored