Currently, one-quarter of these facilities operate where water demand can exceed supply, and climate change could increase ...

On behalf of the American Chemical Society, President Rigoberto Hernandez congratulates today’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Henri B. Kagan and Kensō Soai.

CHICAGO, Aug. 27, 2026 — What does a clean room smell like? Many people say citrus, pine, or flowers because these fragrances are common in cleaning products. A research team led by Brandon Boor found ...

Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is addressing this problem by creating products that self-destruct on command, ...

Our current fascination with high-protein foods means plant-based protein now shows up in many food products. But rather than growing plants just for their protein, researchers wondered if edible ...

Temporary tattoos aren’t just for kids anymore — semi-permanent versions have become a favorite among adults who don’t want the commitment of the real thing. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Sensors ...

For more than 30 years, scientists from around the world have flocked to a museum in the Italian Alps to learn from a 5,300-year-old man. He’s known as Ötzi the Iceman, nicknamed for the nearby Ötzal ...

It’s almost time to dust off the Halloween decorations and adorn the house with all manner of spooky things, including the classic polyester spider webs. Scientists reporting in ACS Nano have made ...

How do you turn nuclear waste into a $30,000-per-gram commodity? Tritium, once discarded as a by-product of Canadian nuclear reactors, is now one of the most expensive materials on Earth. This rare ...

The swirl of milk and espresso — a small storm in your mug — doesn’t impact the dynamics of the milk proteins, according to research published in ACS Food Science & Technology. Researchers took a ...

The story is so improbable it defies belief: a soil sample from Japan stops suffering in Africa. It starts when a scientist discovers a lowly bacterium near a golf course outside Tokyo. A team of ...

Designated August 29, 2013, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center in Albany, California. Flavor is caused by receptors in the mouth and ...