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Who was the first Asian American President of AIChE? Yuan-Cheng "Bert" Fung 37.51% Yuan T. Lee 19.44% - More -

EPA set to act on small-refinery RFS waiver requests

The Environmental Protection Agency will soon address a backlog of 161 small refinery exemption requests from Renewable Fuel - More -

FDA approves new lung cancer treatment

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to AbbVie's Emrelis, or telisotuzumab vedotin, for adults with previously treated ad - More -

OpenAI, Babylon refine AI to predict trial success

OpenAI and Babylon Biosciences have collaborated to enhance AI models for clinical trials using reinforcement fine-tuning. - More -

Getting around the additive problem in plastics recycling

One reason only 10% of plastics are recycled is that a majority of plastics include additives that kill catalysts, stymying c - More -

Dow teams up with X-energy for nuclear project

Dow Chemical has partnered with X-energy to introduce advanced nuclear reactors at its Seadrift operations in Texas. - More -

Tailored gene editing helps infant with rare disease

An experimental gene editing treatment helped an infant with severe CPS1 deficiency, a rare genetic disease, to grow and thri - More -

FDA approves Novavax vaccine with restrictions

The FDA has granted full approval for Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine but only for adults aged 65 and older, or individuals aged 1 - More -

Chemical leaders in Asia eye ethane for cost efficiency

Chemical companies in Asia, including YNCC, SP Chemicals and Mitsui Chemicals, are reconfiguring crackers to process more eth - More -

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