The year in quotes

Look back at the stories C&EN told in 2016 through some of the year’s most powerful quotes.

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We now have a zoo of aromaticity, and no matter which way you view it, we need to think about how we might use this new information.In the equality movement, we’ve gotten the door open, gotten ourselves at the table, and have conditioned younger people to expect equal treatment.When we understand how the environment impacts our health, we can do something about it.There are 20 million of us in the chemistry community, plus all the people they know. Imagine if we were all mobilized.Chemistry is not an exact science.Don’t just take for granted that all tattoo artists are good or all inks are good. You are also responsible for your own health.As scientists with a natural tendency to collaborate, we owe it to our society to try to build a bridge to understanding.We need research funding to do with the mycobiome what was done with the microbiome. We don’t even know what 1% of the mycobiome is doing.The OLED display industry is at tipping point.The brain is just replete with interesting problems that chemists can help us understand.Some people have said these compounds redefine persistence.Chemists today don’t make catalysts—they buy, open the bottle, and let the genie do its magic.We felt the explosion rattle the floor and walls eight floors up.This is a huge, serious threat, but it’s not primarily a technology problem. ... We have good methods for detecting explosives.Virtual reality enables us to compute and visualize in a seamless wayYears ago, chemistry postdocs would get multiple job offers, but now getting one is a success.My worry is that by the time we get something out the door, this outbreak will have already burned out.The technique “allows the chemist to initiate the reaction of a single molecule and then see the bonding changes in that very same molecule."States know that science is where the jobs areAndrew Feiring, chemist for DuPont Central R&D from 1974 to 2006

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