Congress Considers Drastic Budget Cuts to Chemical Safety Board Amid Longview Disaster Investigation

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 Iron Catalyst Boosts Sustainable Ammonia Production from Nitrate

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 EPA’s HFC phasedown delay could raise food costs, critics say  - Move will increase demand for current refrigerants as production continues to drop, but the agency didn’t include this projection in their savings estimates

 Introducing boron buckyballs  - Theory predicts B 80 cages can’t be made. Experimentalists just proved otherwise

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 CAS Connections brings trusted scientific data and AI to leading R&D platforms

 White House move to step up political role in US research sparks alarm  - An Office of Management and Budget proposal would insert political oversight into federal grant decisions, downgrade peer review, and expose all grants to termination without cause

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 BASF Intermediates receives Responsible Care Energy Efficiency Award  - The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has recognized BASF’s Geismar Acetylene Unit with the Responsible Care ® 2026 Energy Efficiency Award, honoring the site’s achievements in reducing energy consumption through the implementation of an advanced process control (APC) system.

 Ebola: How it continues to challenge modern outbreak science  - As a new Ebola outbreak emerges, research into this devastating disease continues to accelerate. Discover how scientists are developing vaccines and therapeutics while confronting the challenge of sustaining innovation between crises.

 Dow to showcase AI thermal management materials at COMPUTEX Taipei 2026