Lithium-ion batteries can catch fire because they use liquid electrolytes made of flammable organic solvents. A new ...

For example, the Nobel prize in economic science, awarded this week, underlined the importance of funding basic research.

Christina Bodurow has been elected the 2026 American Chemical Society president-elect by ACS members. Bodurow will serve as ...

Arsenic is a potent carcinogen and one of the world’s most dangerous drinking-water contaminants, particularly in South Asia, ...

This challenge is particularly relevant on Oct. 23 ...

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The synthesis features a stereoselective Diels-Alder cycloaddition and a carefully choreographed rearrangement of a ...

There are only three antivirals authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating COVID-19. If the ...

Oxetanes and other four-sided molecular rings have become increasingly common in drug design thanks to their small size and ...

Proponents of the use of synthetic biology say it could bring some species back from the brink of extinction and help fight ...

For these signs to work, lignin molecules need to be separated from one another in a close-packed crystal structure. Others ...

The American Chemical Society Northeastern Section (NESACS) is seeking nominations for the 2025 Theodore William Richards ...