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Why a human expert must be in the loop for AI to boost chemistry
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (205+ words) Hiding a machine’s reasoning inside a closed box won’t help our science move forward by Scott Reed, special to C&EN Essays from our readers on issues that impact the scientific community The AI Chemist is a column covering what…...
ACS names 2026 fellows
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (334+ words) 59 new fellows are honored for their contributions to science and the society The latest in awards across ACS, including program and grant funding and celebrating achievements, service, and breakthroughs across chemistry. The American Chemical Society has named 59 members as ACS…...
AI-designed nucleases build on nature’s design
1+ week, 6+ day ago (405+ words) Researchers used AI to create variants of a CRISPR-Cas12-like nuclease, some of which show increased editing activity Artificial intelligence is already great at predicting how proteins fold. And soon, AI might become great at designing new proteins from scratch....
Editorial: AI needs chemistry for better or worse
2+ week, 3+ day ago (504+ words) Fabricating the chips that make artificial intelligence possible provides opportunities for chemists and society Opinion pieces from C&EN staff addressing core issues in chemistry. Three companies tend to get top billing when pundits talk about the physical underpinning of…...
AI-designed proteins stabilize unruly membrane proteins
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (304+ words) The new method may help further characterize and utilize previously difficult membrane proteins David Baker’s research team at the Institute for Protein Design has unveiled a new technique for sequestering membrane proteins (Science 2026, DOI: 10.1126/science.adr3817). Proteins bound in cell membranes…...
Self-driving labs are changing how chemists work
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1770+ words) A slew of start-ups and academic labs are leaning on AI agents and bots, rather than humans, to speed up their chemistry Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. Atinary has raised at least $10 million in outside investment…...
The AI Chemist: To be trustworthy, LLMs need to show their work
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (248+ words) Good scientists reveal how they do their experiments and report their results; so should any machine-driven research by John Trant, special to C&EN Commentary on issues of enduring interest to the chemistry community, written by experts. Artificial intelligence and…...
Google DeepMind and Sanger Institute form AI genomics consortium
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (108+ words) The collaboration will focus on creating high-quality datasets for AI models Artificial intelligence company Google DeepMind and Google.org have announced a new partnership with the UK’s Wellcome Sanger Institute to build high-quality genomic datasets, which will form the basis…...
Exclusive: Lundbeck taps Cradle for antibody design
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (203+ words) Lundbeck scientists will use Cradle’s artificial intelligence software for 2 programs The Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck has tapped the artificial intelligence firm Cradle to help develop two antibodies to treat neurological disorders. Scientists at Lundbeck will use Cradle’s AI software to…...
Around $1,000 can buy you first authorship on a dodgy scientific paper
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (616+ words) Cost varies across paper mills, but the least expensive one is in India, according to a new analysis of social media advertisements by Dalmeet Singh Chawla, special to C&EN The average cost of buying the first-author slot on a…...