New $132 million chemistry building opens at University of Maryland

The University of Maryland in College Park, US has opened a new state-of-the-art chemistry building that will serve as a hub for quantum chemistry, molecular nanoscience and sustainability research. The $132 million (£106 million) 9756m² facility will house research on antibody-based therapeutics and HIV vaccine development, new materials and technologies for energy conversion and storage or chemical remediation, developing novel mass spectrometry instruments, and quantum-state controlled chemical reactions under extreme conditions.