2024
Read summaries of cutting-edge chemistry research and news based on articles from ACS journals. Registered journalists can subscribe to the Ìý´Ç²Ô to access embargoed and public science press releases. For media inquiries, contact newsroom@acs.org.
December
- This prototype sunscreen protects your skin and cools you off, too
- Elevated levels of ‘forever chemicals� found in several smartwatch wrist bands
- Potentially harmful bacteria slip through antimicrobial showerheads
- What brings richness to sparkling wines?
- Uncovering the pigments and techniques used to paint the Berlin Wall
- Fast, rewritable computing with DNA origami registers
- Durian helps rice plants thrive in salty soil
- Preventing brain injury complications with specialized optical fibers
- New hydrogel could preserve waterlogged wood from shipwrecks
- How a middle schooler found a new compound in a piece of goose poop
November
- Using sunlight to recycle black plastics
- An innovative antibiotic for drug-resistant bacteria
- Real-world chemists are more diverse than generative AI images suggest
- An advance toward inhalable mRNA medications, vaccines
- A step toward safer X-rays with new detector technology
- Research update: Chalk-coated textiles cool in urban environments
- Detecting evidence of lung cancer in exhaled breath
- Fueling greener aviation with hydrogen
October
- A paper-aluminum combo for strong, sustainable packaging
- Some wildfire suppressants contain heavy metals and could contaminate the environment
- Making scents of aromas that differentiate beer and wine
- Lab-grown pork gets support from sorghum grain
- Pushing the boundaries of traditional ceramic techniques
- US air pollution monitoring network has gaps in coverage, say researchers
- Changing watering practices to improve tomato plant health
- Six proteins implicated in early-onset preeclampsia
- Plastic-eating enzyme identified in wastewater microbes
- Three beer-related discoveries to celebrate Oktoberfest
- Turning plants into workout supplement bio-factories
- A new injectable to prevent and treat hypoglycemia
September
- Fruit juice offers a fresh take on kombucha
- Who lives in the treetops? DNA-collecting drone provides insights
- Shrinking AR displays into eyeglasses to expand their use
- Spinning artificial spider silk into next-generation medical materials
- Alleviating depression in mice by restoring gut microbiome
- Four recent discoveries involving olives or their oil
- Folded or cut, this lithium-sulfur battery keeps going
- Carbohydrate polymers could be a sweet solution for water purification
- Separating viruses from saliva with sound waves for therapeutic studies
- How fish guts might play a role in future skin care products
- Research update: Recreational tubing, swimming leaves an impact on streams
- Scientists use magnetic nanotech to safely rewarm frozen tissues for transplant
- Why dinosaur collagen might have staying power
- Levels of one ‘forever chemical� are increasing in groundwater, study finds
August
- Upcycling excess carbon dioxide with tiny microbes
- Getting the stink out of smoke-tainted wine
- Chalk-based coating creates a cooling fabric
- Pilot study uses recycled glass to grow plants for salsa ingredients
- Extraterrestrial chemistry with earthbound possibilities
- Improving access to heart-failure screening with saliva
- Expanding a child’s heart implant with light
- Evidence stacks up for poisonous books containing toxic dyes
- Peering into the mind of artificial intelligence to make better antibiotics
- Researchers develop an instant version of trendy, golden turmeric milk
- Exploring the structures of xenon-containing crystallites
- Rising mercury pollution in soil could be related to climate change, study says
- Treating radiation wounds with aspirin hydrogels
- Getting trapped in freshwater ice changes microplastics� sink-or-swim tendencies
- How do butterflies stick to branches during metamorphosis?
- Researchers show pesticide contamination is more than apple skin deep
- Improving cat food flavors with the help of feline taste-testers
July
- Improving Alzheimer’s disease imaging � with fluorescent sensors
- Mucus-based bioink could be used to print and grow lung tissue
- Enzyme-powered ‘snot bots� help deliver drugs in sticky situations
- Designing safer opioids
- Completely stretchy lithium-ion battery for flexible electronics
- Sporty chemistry news ahead of the Summer Olympics
- Predicting long-lasting pain from LASIK with tear proteins
June
- Revealing the dynamic choreography inside multilayer vesicles
- Some landfill ‘burps� contain airborne PFAS, study finds
- Small, adsorbent ‘fins� collect humidity rather than swim through water
- Melamine sponges shed microplastics when scrubbed
- Wooden surfaces may have natural antiviral properties
- Mobile monitoring for an airborne carcinogen in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley�
- Four-legged, dog-like robot ‘sniffs� hazardous gases in inaccessible environments
- Scientists ‘read� the messages in chemical clues left by coral reef inhabitants
- How milk proteins interact with caffeine in espresso
May
- This self-powered sensor could make MRIs more efficient
- Four advances that curd change your next cheese tasting
- New anti-counterfeit technique packs two light-reactive images into one material
- Electrochromic films � like sunglasses for your windows?
- Chocolate’s tasty flavors might pose a risk in other desserts
- Flexible film senses nearby movements � featured in blink-tracking glasses
- ‘Forever chemicals� found to rain down on all five Great Lakes
- Temperature, time and blueberry wine
- Scientists convert chicken fat into energy storage devices
- ‘Smart� contact lenses could someday enable wireless glaucoma detection
- Swarms of miniature robots clean up microplastics and microbes, simultaneously (video)
- Centipedes used in traditional Chinese medicine offer leads for kidney treatment
- This highly reflective black paint makes objects more visible to autonomous cars
- Marriage of synthetic biology and 3D printing produces programmable living materials
April
- The longer spilled oil lingers in freshwater, the more persistent compounds it produces
- The secret to saving old books could be gluten-free glues
- This salt battery harvests osmotic energy where the river meets the sea
- Some plant-based steaks and cold cuts are lacking in protein
- Study finds iron-rich enamel protects, but doesn’t color, rodents� orange-brown incisors
- Three advances in pavement technology � for safer, more sustainable roadways
- A new spin on organic shampoo makes it sudsier, longer lasting
- Four recent drug discoveries with unlikely inspirations
- Waterproof ‘e-glove� could help scuba divers communicate
- How mosquito larva guts could help create highly specific insecticides
- Testing environmental water to monitor COVID-19 spread in unsheltered encampments
- Water-based paints: Less stinky, but some still contain potentially hazardous chemicals
- A simple way to harvest more ‘blue energy� from waves
- Golfers� risk from pesticides used on turfgrass is likely low, studies find
March
- Nutritional rewards and risks revealed for edible seaweed around Hawaii
- New model clarifies why water freezes at a range of temperatures
- Crawfish could transfer ionic lithium from their environment into food chain
- Cleaning up environmental contaminants with quantum dot technology
- Hitting this stretchy, electronic material makes it tougher
- Toxic metal particles can be present in cannabis vapes even before the first use
- Molecular crystal motors move like microbes when exposed to light
- Is food waste the key to sustainable, plastic-free diapers and sanitary pads?
- Artificial mucus identifies link to tumor formation
- New composite decking could reduce global warming effects of building materials
- Mimicking exercise with a pill
- The many flavors of edible ants
- Better kombucha brewing through chemistry
- Animal hair structure changes from summer to winter to fend off freezing weather
- Protein fragments ID two new ‘extremophile� microbes � and may help find alien life
- You don’t need glue to hold these materials together � just electricity
- Lithium-ion batteries from drones might find second lives in less ‘stressful� devices
February
- A bright idea for recycling rare-earth phosphors from used fluorescent bulbs
- Want fewer microplastics in your tap water? Try boiling it first
- ‘Artificial tongue� detects and inactivates common mouth bacteria
- A new vibrant blue pottery pigment with less cobalt
- Highways through historically redlined areas likely cause air pollution disparities today
- Mercury levels in tuna remain nearly unchanged since 1971, study says
- Compounds in female ginseng could lead to new osteoporosis treatments
- Three unexpected foods in alternatives to traditional plastics
- Pesticides to help protect seeds can adversely affect earthworms� health
- Cleaned surfaces may be germ-free, but they’re not bare
- Lighting up Alzheimer’s-related proteins to allow for earlier disease detection
- A sleeker facial recognition technology tested on Michelangelo’s David
- Five advances that could change heart health monitoring
January
- Lifetime of ‘biodegradable� straws in the ocean is 8-20 months, study finds
- A non-allergenic wheat protein for growing better cultivated meat
- Puffed-up MOFs for improved drug delivery
- Using magnetized neurons to treat Parkinson’s disease symptoms
- Next-generation batteries could go organic, cobalt-free for long-lasting power
- Artificial ‘power plants� harness energy from wind and rain
- Glowing COVID-19 diagnostic test prototype produces results in one minute
- Microplastics from natural fertilizers are blowing in the wind more often than once thought
- A more eco-friendly facial sheet mask that moisturizes, even though it’s packaged dry
- PFAS flow equally between Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, study finds
- Recent advances in medical applications of nanoparticles
- Designing the ‘perfect� meal to feed long-term space travelers
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