The EU warns that AI-boosted chemical synthesis is helping European drug gangs develop new “designer” drug precursors that evade existing product blacklists
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47979979 [https://lemmy.world/post/47979979] > Paywall removed [https://archive.ph/3z5rV]
Carbon dioxide can selectively oxidize alkenes
Coming of the heels of "OMG our model is too good a hacker to be let loose in genpop", #Anthropic now says they are so powerful they it can't be trusted with #biology or #chemistry (but oddly not #physics Wait till they work out it shouldn't be trusted with #economics or #finance . All those poor student's homework assignments. #AI #LLM
💁🏻♀️ TIL: ♻️🧪 Researchers at #Aarhus University in #Denmark converted #polystyrene from #Styrofoam cups, takeout containers, and CD cases into a solid material that captures CO₂ from #air and smokestacks.
The two-step process adds amines to the #plastic, creating a sponge that grabs CO₂ when cool and releases it when heated for reuse.
👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/your-empty-cuppa-could-capture-carbon/
#carboncapture #plasticwaste #polystyrene #upcycling #chemistry #materialscience #climate #co2 #aarhusuniversity #styrofoam #recycling #science #engineering #environment #denmark
Gold isn't inert, it just has bodyguards protecting it
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/gold-isnt-inert-it-just-has-bodyguards-protecting-it/
The first analysis of the fatal triple bolt breakage in #Kalymnos earlier this year: https://cragchemistry.com/2026/06/08/kalymnos-catastrophic-anchor-failure/
Even left-right-left eye movement is additional effort for customers which makes them read less about our company’s offer.
#startup #business #companywebsite #customeracquisition #customerbehavior #chemistry #chemicaldata #datasystem #science #laboratoryworkflow #labwork #formulationworkflows
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