Monday, April 30, 2018

April 30, 2018 at 11:38PM Stonewall Kitchen Voluntarily Recalls a Limited Amount of Basil Pesto Aioli due to Mislabeling and Undeclared Presence of the Dairy Allergen, Egg

Stonewall Kitchen is voluntarily recalling a limited amount of 10.25oz Basil Pesto Aioli with an Enjoy By date of 28 Sep 2019 which may contain the undeclared allergen egg, as we may have inadvertently placed the label for our Basil Pesto on a small portion of our most recent production run.

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Let’s hear it from the ACS national meeting

More than 16,000 people showed up to the meeting in New Orleans. Here are a few of their stories.

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Testing how much trisubstituted amines can bulk up

Using a multitude of methods, chemists make unprecedented crowded alkyl amines; but one elusive target remains out of reach

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April 30, 2018 at 05:05PM Les nouveaux enjeux de la filière cacao

Séminaire co-organisé par Montpellier SupAgro et le Cirad.



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Sunday, April 29, 2018

April 29, 2018 at 02:26PM Van's Foods Voluntarily Recalls Gluten Free Waffles in Eleven States

Van's Foods is voluntarily recalling approximately 1,584 cases of Van's Gluten Free Waffles with a lot code date of #A640234710–WL2, BEST BY AUG 22, 2018 and UPC CODE 8994730206. The products were distributed solely to food retailers in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.

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AkzoNobel to build chelates plant for Ineos in Cologne



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AkzoNobel choses innovation contest finalists



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Citrine raises funds, strikes deal with UL



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Fujifilm develops new imaging technology for cancer



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JEOL to open nanoscale research center



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Ginkgo, Transcriptic get DARPA grant



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Third Rock-founded Cedilla launches with $56.2 million to tackle protein stability

The biotech firm will first go after tough oncology drug targets

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Biogen and Ionis join in $1 billion neuroscience pact

The 10-year deal is a substantial bet on antisense technology

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U.S. Supreme Court upholds Patent & Trademark Office administrative inter partes review process



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GenX-related fluoroether taints water in wells near West Virginia Chemours plant

Granulated activated carbon filters remove HFPO-DA, U.S. EPA says

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Scientific journal publishers take different tacks against ResearchGate

One group settles with and another sues the scientific networking site

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Industrious bees fill in for coworkers, inspire Mars mission



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Helium ion microscopy reveals mysteries of spiky bacterial filaments

Iron-oxidizing bacteria make organic scaffold that accumulates iron minerals

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Strengthening the chemical technician community



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EU coughs up $140 million for biobased research projects



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Stratasys to make parts for NASA



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BenevolentAI raises $115 million



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Italy’s Dipharma will acquire Kalexsyn



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Sanofi’s Zerhouni stepping down as research chief



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Bankrupt Orexigen to sell for $75 million



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Business Roundup



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IP concerns hamper China R&D

Survey shows most foreign firms assign a secondary role to their Chinese R&D operations

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Turning down the temperature on ethylene production

Proof-of-concept electrochemical cell suggests a more selective, less energy-intensive route to ethylene from ethane

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NanoMARM: 46th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting



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Reactions



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Friday, April 27, 2018

EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides outdoors

Move follows report by food safety agency on health risks to bees

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April 27, 2018 at 05:22PM Ethnic Foods Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanuts in “Bhavnagri Mix”

Ethnic Foods Inc. of 76 South Bayles Avenue, Port Washington, NY 11050, is recalling its 19 ounce package of Bhavnagri Mix snack mix because they may contain undeclared peanuts. People who have allergies to peanuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.

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Helium ion microscopy reveals mysteries of spiky bacterial filaments

Iron-oxidizing bacteria make organic scaffold that accumulates iron minerals

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Chemistry in Pictures: Totally tubular



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April 27, 2018 at 12:24PM Un défi pour la planète : les Objectifs de développement durable en débat

Une table ronde avec des interventions du Cirad et de l'IRD, suivie de la visite de l’exposition « La recherche au service du développement, 17 objectifs pour un futur durable » et d’une séquence de dédicaces de l'ouvrage "Un défi pour la planète : les Objectifs de développement durable en débat" paru aux éditions Quae et IRD sous la direction de Patrick Caron du Cirad et Jean-Marc Châtaigner.

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April 25, 2018 at 02:23PM Pl@ntNet opens up to tropical Africa

1300 African flora species can now be identified using the Pl@ntNet app, which is continuing to be enriched by its six million amateur botanist users worldwide.



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Thursday, April 26, 2018

April 26, 2018 at 11:31PM FDA Approves Application for AquaBounty Salmon Facility in Indiana



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Scattered light weighs single biomolecules

Microscopy technique monitors protein aggregation and molecular binding in real time, without fluorescent tags

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Strong, stable polymer can be recycled again and again

Heat or chemical treatment converts plastic back to its pure monomer repeatedly

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U.S. EPA chief proposes that agency regulations rely only on publicly available data

Debate swirls around whether proposal will improve or hinder agency’s work

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DNA i-motifs found in human cells

Similar to G-quadruplexes, these folded DNA structures could be selective drug targets

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Ultrasound triggers porous nanoparticles to attack tumors in mice

Metal-organic framework forms particle-embedded porphyrin-zinc complexes that generate reactive oxygen species

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China reshuffles science governance

Moves may generate conflict between basic and applied research programs

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This electronic pill could help diagnose gastrointestinal disorders

Using a swallowable gas sensor, researchers get data straight from the gastric source

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April 25, 2018 at 02:23PM Pl@ntNet s’ouvre à l’Afrique tropicale

1300 espèces de la flore africaine sont désormais identifiables grâce à l’application Pl@ntNet que continuent d’enrichir, de par le monde, ses 6 millions d’utilisateurs, botanistes amateurs.



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Microfluidic device draws kidney dialysis buffer from blood

The new method offers a way to make portable renal dialysis a possibility

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Chemistry in Pictures: Chemical smile



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April 25, 2018 at 02:23PM Pl@ntNet s’ouvre à l’Afrique tropicale

1300 espèces de la flore africaine sont désormais identifiables grâce à l’application Pl@ntNet que continuent d’enrichir, de par le monde, ses 6 millions d’utilisateurs, botanistes amateurs.



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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Science is full of personal stories. York’s David Smith thinks scientists should share them

Supramolecular chemist supports LGBTQ+ scientists by talking about his personal journey

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Confusion, lack of safety concern led to three deaths at Packaging Corporation of America mill

Crack in tank allowed flammable vapor to reach welders above

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GenX-related fluoroether taints water in wells near West Virginia Chemours plant

Granulated activated carbon filters remove HFPO-DA, U.S. EPA says

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April 19, 2018 at 10:42AM ICOPE 2018: science-based solutions for sustainable palm oil production

For the sixth time since 2007, CIRAD is working with the Indonesian Sinar Mas Group and WWF Indonesia to organise the ICOPE Conference on Oil Palm and Environment. This year, the theme is “Solutions for Local Production and Global Change”. The conference will be held from 25 to 27 April 2018 in Bali, Indonesia.



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Third Rock-founded Cedilla launches with $56.2 million to tackle protein stability

The biotech firm will first go after tough oncology drug targets

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Monday, April 23, 2018

April 23, 2018 at 08:53PM Ziegenfelder Company Recalls Certain Ice Pops For Possible Health Risk

As a precaution, the Ziegenfelder Company of Wheeling, WV is voluntarily recalling approximately 3,000 cases of Budget $aver Cherry Pineapple Monster Pops and Sugar Free Twin Pops because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, but Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

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Turning down the temperature on ethylene production

Proof-of-concept electrochemical cell suggests a more selective, less energy-intensive route to ethylene from ethane

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IP concerns hamper China R&D 

Survey shows most foreign firms assign a secondary role to their Chinese R&D operations

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Sunday, April 22, 2018

Slippery microgrooves help harvest fog

Tuning surface shape and chemistry lets hydrophilic materials shed clingy water droplets

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Ancient reaction inspires method for making porous catalysts

A nontoxic variation on the ‘pharaoh’s snakes’ reaction yields high-surface-area catalysts for fuel cells

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Microbes help release CO2 from eroding rocks

Carbon oxidation happens at a faster rate than scientists expected

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March for Science pushes onward

Fewer, smaller events in 2018 than in 2017

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Semiconductor silver sulfide stretches like metal

As the first known room-temperature ductile inorganic semiconductor, the material could boost flexible electronics applications

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