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WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2021 鈥� Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical 中国365bet中文官网 (ACS), unveiled its annual list of 10 chemistry start-ups to watch. The companies were chosen from among hundreds of firms suggested by readers and identified by C&EN reporters who scoured the chemical, biotech and materials world for young companies with great promise. The magazine鈥檚 writers and editors narrowed the list down to the final 10, and this week鈥檚 profiles these companies and their potentially world-changing innovations. 聽

Below is the full 10 Start-Ups to Watch list for 2021, along with a brief explainer of what each is being recognized for:

: Making bio-based pheromones on the cheap

: Optimizing biomanufacturing, inspired by nature

: Producing hydrogen without leaving a carbon footprint

: Analyzing protein movement to improve drug discovery

: Making a high-performing, safe, solid-state battery

: Harnessing cancer cell states

: Improving separations of biological molecules

: Making plant-based, plastic-free leather

: Exploring repeating DNA stretches

: Outperforming toxic chemicals

鈥淚nnovation in science is essential to build greener and more inclusive societies. The companies in C&EN鈥檚 10 Start-Ups to Watch are working to create a more sustainable world using the power of chemistry,鈥� says Bibiana Campos Seijo, editor-in-chief of C&EN. 鈥淭he firms in the 2021 list have devised processes to turn methane into cheap hydrogen and solid carbon without also producing carbon dioxide, have found new imaging tools that screen for molecules that change protein movement in the search for leads on tough-to-drug proteins, and have designed alternatives to pesticides using insect sex pheromones. It is possible to imagine a better future with C&EN鈥檚 10 Start-Ups to Watch.鈥�