Simple method creates stretchy color-changing films

The easy-to-make materials could find use in medicine and robotics

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CSB issues long-stalled report on pressure vessel incident

Release of Loy-Lange report is first in nearly a year

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Can Europe replace animal testing of chemicals?

As revisions to the EU’s regulatory system look certain to increase toxicity tests on animals, the region ponders whether it will ever be able to conduct chemical safety assessments with alternative methods

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In Japan, start-up culture is starting to emerge

Long given short shrift, young chemistry-related companies are winning government and business attention

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Periodic Graphics: The chemistry of acne treatment

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning explains what causes acne and how different medications treat it.

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A custom ink stores data in stable polymers

New mass spectrometry method decodes the data by reading the polyurethane strands and placing the monomers in the correct order

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Recycled beer and ancient wine

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Patent inventors must be human, a US federal court rules

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Laser-controlled white blood cells deliver nanosized cargo

Optical tweezers steer cellular inside a fish’s tail

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Chemical research vital to US economy, report says

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