ACS News Service Weekly PressPac: June 17, 2015
ACS News Service Weekly PressPac: June 17, 2015
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Novel battery uses light to produce power (video)
To move the world toward sustainability, scientists are continuing to explore and improve ways to tap the vast power of sunlight to make fuels and generate electricity. Now they have come up with a brand-new way to use light...
Wine-making shortcut gives bubbly a fruitier aroma
The best sparkling wines take months to ferment to perfection. In recent years, many winemakers have turned to commercial yeast products to give this process a boost. How they ultimately affect bubbly has been an open question, but now...
Toward nanorobots that swim through blood to deliver drugs (video)
Someday, treating patients with nanorobots could become standard practice to deliver medicine specifically to parts of the body affected by disease. But merely injecting drug-loaded nanoparticles might not always be enough to get them...
Perfume researchers lend their noses to design less odorous latrines
About 2.5 billion people worldwide don't have access to sanitary toilets. Latrines are an option for many of those people, but these facilities' overwhelming odors can deter users, who then defecate outdoors instead. To improve this situation...
On the road to needle-free medicine
Needle injections have been around since 1657 and remain a key delivery method for many drugs, including vaccines that have prevented countless illnesses. But for patients that require daily pricks or for people in remote...
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ACS Editors' Choice
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ACS National Meeting News
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ACS Webinars®
Science Communication in the Digital Media Age
Advanced Pyrotechnics 2: Ignition, Sensitivity and Analysis of Energetic Materials
Thursday, June 18, 2015, 2-3 p.m. ET
What are the pyrotechnic reactions that occur in fireworks, and how are different colors and shapes made this Independence Day? Join Chris Mocella, co-author on the second edition of The Chemistry of Pyrotechnics, as he returns to the program to share what puts the sparkle in the skies on the 4th of July.
Toolkits on Global Challenges/Research Funding
Journalists covering some of the great global challenges of the 21st century and federal funding of research and development (R&D) can find videos and scores of other resources in websites that the American Chemical Society has prepared on those topics.
ACS Press Release Archive
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ACS Videos
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ACS Video of the Month
No, Your Microwave Isn't Dangerous - by Reactions
Kitchen know-it-alls beware! We’re going to fact check all those health warnings you’ve grown up with. We all want to take care of ourselves, but some of these myths can actually get in the way of good healthy decisions. Let's start with one we've heard a lot: microwaving your food zaps the nutritional value. Watch the video to find out why that's a load of malarkey
Check out more Reactions videos and subscribe to the series at http://youtube.com/ACSReactions and follow Reactions on Twitter @ACSReactions.
C&EN Video Spotlight
Critter Chemistry
Insects may not be the most charismatic creatures on the planet, but what they lack in cuddliness, they make up for with chemical ingenuity. In this episode of Speaking of Chemistry, Matt Davenport looks at three of the craziest six-legged chemists out there.
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