Eli Sloutskin and Alexander Butenko watched this droplet transform as they lowered and then raised its temperature. As it cools, the spherical droplet of hexadecane briefly becomes an icosahedron ...

For 150 years, the American Chemical Society has served as the premier professional home for chemists to convene, collaborate, and shape the future through the transformative power of chemistry, and ...

In December 2024, the American Chemical Society Board of Directors approved the 2025–29 ACS Strategic Plan to guide the organization over the next 5 years. This strategic plan is intended to be a ...

The products’ health effects still need to be studied, but several compounds were found to exceed EU limits for consumer products ...

In other developments, the EPA adds another PFAS to its Toxics Release Inventory program and the Interior Department proposes seabed mining rules ...

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The Schrödinger equation rewrote the rules of matter and forever changed the field of chemistry. Donald Truhlar, a chemist at the University of Minnesota, calls it the “greatest advance of the 20th ...

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The real test, Kildahl says, was whether the glove-derived polyamines would function well as carbon capture materials. He was ...

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The UN gathering focused on conversations around inclusivity of women in AI, social sciences, STEM, and finance ...