American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society, ACS is a congressionally chartered independent membership organization which represents professionals at all degree levels and in all fields of chemistry and sciences that involve chemistry.

Most Recent Articles by American Chemical Society:

Survey reveals improving salary and employment picture for chemists September 25, 2013
Full-time employment for chemists is at its highest level in five years
Using a form of ‘ice that burns’ to make potable water from oil and gas production September 25, 2013
A new type of gas hydrate desalination technique
Making a common cosmetic and sunblock ingredient safer September 25, 2013
Titanium dioxide powders
Flame retardant ban reduces exposures in pregnant women September 25, 2013
Biomonitoring
Improved smartphone microscope brings single-virus detection to remote locations September 25, 2013
A portable imaging system that harnesses the digital power of today’s smartphones to detect individual viruses and determine viral load
The next era in discovering drugs in nature’s own medicine cabinet September 4, 2013
Then computer models can figure out what molecules the genes encode, and organize the information in searchable databases.
A greener, more sustainable source of ingredients for widely used plastics September 4, 2013
The scientists sought a more sustainable alternative source of olefins.
QR code access to Nobel Prizes in Chemistry September 4, 2013
Mobile technology is transforming the way students learn in the classroom
A new form of aspirin to overcome ‘aspirin resistance’ September 4, 2013
They linked aspirin to a carrier consisting of a fragment of protein that can transport aspirin directly to damaged parts of blood vessels where clots form
Almost 20 percent of grain in China lost or wasted from field to fork September 4, 2013
About 19 percent of rice, wheat and other grain in China is lost or wasted, with consumer waste accounting for the largest portion, 7 percent
Remembering a famous debate 400 years ago and water’s still-unsolved mysteries August 28, 2013
How scientists met in Florence in July to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the debate
Material in dissolvable sutures could treat brain infections, reducing hospital stays August 28, 2013
Development of PLGA fibers that release vancomycin, a powerful antibiotic that kills many microbes, including the infamous “MRSA,”
Producing hydrogen from water with carbon/charcoal powder August 28, 2013
Traditional approaches to breaking down water, which consists of hydrogen and oxygen, involve use of expensive catalysts or electric current passed through water.
Butterfly wings + carbon nanotubes = new ‘nanobiocomposite’ material August 28, 2013
Growing a honeycomb network of carbon nanotubes on Morpho butterfly wings, creating a composite material that could be activated with a laser.
Using a form of ‘ice that burns’ to make potable water from oil and gas production August 28, 2013
Salty wastewater is a byproduct of oil and gas production, including hydraulic fracturing, or fracking
What to do if your dog gets ‘skunked’ wins American Chemical Society video contest August 26, 2013
Sally B. Mitchell, a chemistry teacher from East Syracuse Minoa High School in Syracuse, N.Y.
First update in a century in testing drugs for elemental impurities August 21, 2013
Makers of the instruments needed for the new tests are working with drug companies to prepare for the new era
Insect-inspired super rubber moves toward practical uses in medicine August 21, 2013
Engineered mosquito-based resin to act like human cartilage and developed a hybrid material for cardiovascular applications
Home cooking, traffic are sources of key air pollutants from China August 21, 2013
A powerful carbon-14 identification method to trace fully four-fifths of the black carbon emitted in China to incomplete combustion of fossil fuel
New tests for determining health and environmental effects of nanomaterials August 21, 2013
Quick, cost-effective and reliable approaches for gathering certain types of information
First scientific method to authenticate world’s costliest coffee August 21, 2013
Identifying unique chemical fingerprints that can be used to identify authentic Kopi Luwak
The chemistry behind lobster color and shell disease August 20, 2013
New American Chemical Society video
A new sense of urgency for energy cane and other energy crops August 14, 2013
Far beyond providing raw material for biobased fuels, such crops also have potential for supplying inexpensive, abundant, sustainable raw materials
Watermelon juice relieves post-exercise muscle soreness August 14, 2013
Both the natural juice and the enriched juice relieved muscle soreness in the volunteers
Better way of checking authenticity of Earth’s smallest, most valuable bits of paper August 14, 2013
Successful use of a lab test called infrared spectroscopy to test all of the multiple components that make up a stamp
Successful deployment of an autonomous deep-sea explorer to search for new forms of microbial life August 14, 2013
Development and successful deployment of the deep-sea ESP (D-ESP) at an active methane vent in California’s Santa Monica Bay
Toward a safer form of acetaminophen August 7, 2013
Preventing liver toxicity
Material in dissolvable sutures could treat brain infections, reducing hospital stays August 7, 2013
Vancomycin, a powerful antibiotic that kills many microbes; MRSA
New insights into the one-in-a-million lightning called ‘ball lightning’ August 7, 2013
A special video technique that reveals more information than ever before about the structure of the lightning balls and how they move
Chemical company giants stall with global economy July 31, 2013
The effect of their slowdown and other economic factors rippled through the global chemical industry