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The National Science Foundation has renewed funding for the NSF Center for Genetically Encoded Materials (C-GEM).Read more about NSF commits $15 million to renewed funding for the Center for Genetically Encoded Materials

A UC Berkeley study found that social prairie voles lacking the receptor for oxytocin are slow to form friendships and less aggressive toward unfamiliar peers. This suggests a role for oxytocin in both the “approach” and “avoid” sides of maintaining friendships.Read more about Is the ‘love hormone,’ oxytocin, also the ‘friendship hormone’?

The Priestley Medal is the highest honor given out by the American Chemical Society (ACS), annually recognizing distinguished service to chemistry.Read more about Jennifer Doudna wins Priestley Medal

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced an initiative to tackle the global plastic waste crisis, awarding five highly competitive grants to research teams across the country.Read more about Brooks Abel earns top NSF award towards polymer discovery

The Machine Shop is a vital, often unseen engine driving success at the College of Chemistry.Read more about Unsung heroes of the College of Chemistry: how the Machine Shop fuels innovation

Richmond Sarpong has been recognized for his exceptional contributions as an organic chemist, particularly in the field of natural products synthesis and the development of chemical methods.Read more about Richmond Sarpong has been awarded the Inhoffen Medal

After 12 years of transformative leadership, Dean Douglas S. Clark concludes a remarkable tenure, leaving a profound impact on the College of Chemistry.Read more about Dean Douglas S. Clark concludes remarkable 12-year tenure

By putting a carbon atom in place of a core oxygen, chemists constructed an opioid that blocks pain with less respiratory depression in miceRead more about Atom-swapped morphine may help create safer painkillers

It is with tremendous sadness that we share the news that Gabor Somorjai has passed away.Read more about Gabor A. Somorjai has passed away at the age of 90.

New molecule could set the stage for the preparation of new painkillers that are less addictive and less likely to cause death.Read more about Carbamorphine: a safer painkiller on the horizon?