Garbage left outside starts smelling unpleasant very quickly, especially in warm, humid climates that accelerate food decay.

After inhalation, the researchers measured nicotine and nicotine metabolism by-products in the rats’ blood and tracked ...

Tests in university classes show that simple, low-cost systems can remove airborne particles with little disruption from fan ...

Though decaf fans might disagree, caffeine is a critical component of a cup of joe. This compound is incredibly bitter on its own, but regular coffee itself is not. A team reporting in ACS’ Journal of ...

Synthetic materials are made from natural resources. Synthetic materials are made by chemically changing the starting substances to create a material with different characteristics. Some examples of ...

Take Action on Our Focus Advocacy Issues Thank Congress for Protecting Science and Preventing a Shutdown Congress acted to prevent a government shutdown & block implementation of a concerning federal ...

When room-temperature washers are placed in hot water, the temperature of the washers increases and the temperature of the water decreases. Energy from the water is transferred to the washers. When ...

ACS PRF grants provide "seed money" to enable an investigator to begin a "new direction in research" in petroleum-relevant science. The Petroleum Research Fund was originally established as a Trust by ...

Note: This video is designed to help the teacher better understand the lesson and is NOT intended to be shown to students. It includes observations and conclusions that students are meant to make on ...

The Meeting Abstracts Programming System (MAPS) is the online meeting programming system of the American Chemical Society, used by ACS authors, program chairs, and symposium organizers to submit, view ...

Before the discovery of effective treatments, a diagnosis of Hansen’s disease (leprosy) often resulted in shame, stigma, physical disfigurement, and social isolation. Alice Augusta Ball, a ...

Conceived in wartime, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) managed the transition to peacetime, in part, through the production and distribution of radioisotopes, perhaps the most important scientific ...