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Organic chemist and nanoscientist named 2026 MacArthur Fellows (opens the original)
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Organic chemist and nanoscientist named 2026 MacArthur Fellows Song Lin and Liangfang Zhang are awarded $800,000 ‘genius grants’ The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. Organic chemist Song Lin of Stanford University and chemical and nanoengineer Liangfang Zhang of the University of California San Diego are among the 20 people who have received 2026 MacArthur Fellowships. The John D. and C
One small step for phosphate, one giant leap for molecular machine-kind (opens the original)
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Phosphate steps into new role as autonomous molecular machine The first chemically fueled small-molecule walker dances around a sugar molecule without falling off The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. Researchers at the University of Ulm have described the first autonomous walking small-molecule machine: a simple phosphate group (Nat. Chem. 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41557-026-02240-4). The wal
Polarity switch enables easier alkylation (opens the original)
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Polarity switch enables easier alkylation Sequential decarboxylation lets chemists attach electron-rich groups to carbon-carbon double bonds The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. Julian West and his team at Rice University have developed a method for attaching electron-rich alkyl groups to electron-rich double bonds using, effectively, a polarity bait and switch (Nat. Catal. 2026, DOI: 1
Skeletal editing can transform molecules’ biological activity (opens the original)
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Skeletal editing can transform molecules’ biological activity Oxygen-to-nitrogen swap changes a natural product’s mechanism of action The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. Researchers in Korea have used an oxygen-to-nitrogen atom swap reaction to dramatically alter the biological activity of natural products (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c14447). The work highlights how sin
Enzymes open a new path to improve antifungal drugs (opens the original)
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Enzymes open a new path to improve antifungal drugs A biocatalytic platform could offer a scalable strategy for tailoring natural products The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. The world desperately needs new medicines to treat deadly fungal infections. According to a report from the World Health Organization, only four antifungals were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration bet
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