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

When combined with a protective sugar, the tardigrade proteins preserve red blood cells better than a conventional technique.

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.

A few licks of the lollipop-like prototype collect enough saliva to test for the common pain reliever acetaminophen, quickly measuring whether levels are safe or not.

Scientists at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are developing a new approach to sustainable food production by using microbes to transform plastic-derived compounds into protein-rich ...

CHICAGO, Aug. 24, 2026 — Plastic might be the last ingredient you would ever add to a cookie recipe. But a team of researchers is looking to change that. They’ve programmed yeasts to turn plastic and ...

Magnesium supplements are gaining popularity to treat conditions such as insomnia, migraines, and constipation. Most magnesium salts are extracted from rocks by crushing and heating them, which ...

The fellows program began in 2009 to recognize and honor ACS members for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and ACS. Nominations for the 2027 class of ACS ...

A few tears may someday reveal important clues about a person’s neurological health. Researchers reporting in ACS Omega developed a low-cost electrochemical sensor designed to detect dopamine, a ...

After the success of Artemis II, longer space journeys are expected, raising new health and nutritional challenges for astronauts. Current space foods rely on dried, shelf-stable items. A study ...

This work defines an electrified path for cement production that could reduce the industry’s massive carbon footprint by as much as 98% when using waste cement as a feedstock.” — Curtis Berlinguette ...

Medications are designed to treat diseased tissues while sparing healthy ones, often by attaching the drug to something that helps guide it directly to its target. But drugs also need time to work, ...