Researchers have designed a specialized electrode that captures airborne CO2 and directly converts it into a useful chemical ...

“We may never know precisely how life began, but understanding how some of its ingredients take shape is within reach.

Researchers report how Paenibacillus avoids harm by its own antibiotic — information that is crucial for developing new drug ...

To promote the environmental and economic benefits of developing and using novel green chemistry. The Green Chemistry Challenge Awards recognize novel green chemistry technologies that reduce or ...

The Indiana Local Section received this award for hosting the first Juneteenth Celebration & Chemistry of Fireworks event. The activity supports the 2024 strategic goals of empowering members and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wastewater can provide clues about a community’s infectious disease status, and even its prescription and illicit drug use. But looking at sewage also provides information on persistent and ...

Cutting boards are handy tools found in most homes and restaurant kitchens. But a small-scale study in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology suggests that they are an overlooked source of micrometer ...

Waking up with a pimple is no longer cause for panic, thanks to pimple patches — small, sticker-like bandages that cover and help heal the unwanted zit. A team of researchers publishing in ACS Applied ...

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 ...