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Researchers in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering report a simple way to remove yellow stains using a high-intensity ...
“Our biosensor offers a fast, affordable and sensitive way to detect microplastics in environmental samples within hours,” ...
Two ACS members per year are placed on Capitol Hill as part of the larger, AAAS-administered program. The ACS Science Policy Fellowship is a one-year opportunity that is renewable for a second year.
This award provides a post-doctoral fellow/associate or faculty who have started their position no earlier than August 2024 who plans to launch an independent research career in academia, funds to ...
Never in history has scientific information been so easily accessible to so many. While this promotes awareness and collaboration, it has also fueled a troubling rise in misinformation and ...
A team of researchers has designed a two-stage pimple patch set with an array of tiny spikes that grabs onto a pimple and ...
Izaak Maurits Kolthoff (1894–1993) has been described as the father of modern analytical chemistry for his research and teaching that transformed the ways by which scientists separate, identify, and ...
Infamous for their environmental persistence and potential links to health conditions, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called forever chemicals, are being discovered in unexpected ...
Benzoic acid, the simplest benzene-based carboxylic acid, has been known since the 16th century. One of its discoverers was the legendary clairvoyant Nostradamus. Its most common natural source is gum ...
NEW ORLEANS, March 19, 2024 — Vapes have often been heralded as a “safer” way to consume either nicotine or cannabis, where legal to do so. But the devices present their own suite of risks that are ...
Mountains of used plastic bottles get thrown away every day, but microbes could potentially tackle this problem. Now, researchers in ACS Central Science report that they’ve developed a plastic-eating ...
March is MOTW Solvent Month! This is the second of four articles about key solvents—Ed. Ethyl acetate is one of the simplest carboxylate esters. (Former Molecule of the Week methyl formate is the ...