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Craig Bettenhausen

Craig Bettenhausen

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Reporter, C and EN

Baltimore

Biography

Craig is a business reporter at Chemical & Engineering news, where he covers specialty chemicals, carbon capture, industrial gases, biofuels, instrumentation, and intellectual property. He also writes for C&EN’s Chemistry in Pictures feature. Craig has been at the magazine in various writing, editing, and production roles for 10 years, before which he was in academia doing synthetic inorganic chemistry. In addition to his work at C&EN, Craig does some freelance scientific editing and general-audience writing. He’s based in Baltimore City, where he lives with his wife and four young daughters.

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Total articles 721

  • Climate-friendly concrete

    By Craig Bettenhausen Verified| C and EN Verified By It's hard to beat the scale of concrete. Humanity makes 30 billion metric tons per year, mostly through a process that emits massive amounts of CO 2. Researchers and entrepreneurs are working on ways to turn that around and make concrete with a milder impact on climate change.

    By Craig Bettenhausen Verified · C and EN

    Apr. 10, 2025

  • Chemistry in Pictures: Beautiful waste

    By Craig Bettenhausen Verified| C and EN Verified Column chromatography is a double-edged sword. It is often a time-consuming way to purify a target chemical, and it tends to consume a lot of solvent. But sometimes you get a range of pretty colors. Prashansa Kannangara captured this image while working on a synthesis at Indiana University Bloomington. She was looking in particular for ((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)-λ1-oxidane, 1,3,5-trimesitylpyridin-1-ium salt, a name that will certainly win you some Scrabble points.

    By Craig Bettenhausen Verified · C and EN

    Apr. 02, 2025

  • Turning tides for endotoxin testing

    By David Anderson, Craig Bettenhausen Verified| C and EN Verified In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN assistant editor Laurel Oldach about the use of horseshoe crab blood in pharmaceutical endotoxin testing, the challenges of transitioning to synthetic alternatives, and the regulatory hurdles involved. Stereo Chemistry offers a deeper look at subjects from recent stories pulled from the pages of Chemical & Engineering News.

    By David Anderson, Craig Bettenhausen Verified · C and EN

    Mar. 31, 2025

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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