ACS Discovery Reports

A series of reports on current topics in chemistry for members of the American Chemical Society

Discovery Report March 2025

March 2025

Laboratory Safety:  Then, Now, and in the Future

 

Discovery Report May 2024

December 2024

The Power of Lithium

 

Discovery Report May 2024

September 2024

Empowering Chemical Technical Professionals

 

Discovery Report May 2024

May 2024

Reimagining Sustainable Chemistry Education

 

Discovery Report March 2023

March 2023

How Will Chemistry Help Solve World Hunger?

Discovery Report June 2022

December 2022

The Future of Clean Water

Discovery Report June 2022

September 2022

The Future of Covalent Drugs

Discovery Report June 2022

June 2022

The Future of Sustainable Textiles

Discovery Report March 2022

March 2022

The Future of Cancer Immunotherapy

Discovery Report December 2021

December 2021

Beating the Heat

Discovery Report July 2021 Artificial Intelligence

September 2021

Antivirals for the Future

Discovery Report July 2021 Artificial Intelligence

July 2021

Artificial Intelligence for Materials Discovery

 

Discovery Report issue March 2021 Gene Editing

March 2021

The Future of Gene Editing

 

Powering Up

November 2020

Feeding the World

 

Powering Up

September 2020

The Future of Antibiotics

 

Powering Up

June 2020

Powering Up

 

The Future of Plastic

March 2020

The Future of Plastic

 

Artificial Intelligence

October 2019

Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery:  Hope or Hype?

 June 2019

Rechargeable Battery Science:  A Survey of Advancement in Materials and Technology

Cover Image: Metabolomics

August 2018
Plastic Contamination of the Environment:  Sources, Fate, Effects, and Solutions

Cover Image: Metabolomics

March 2018
Chemistry is Driving Discovery in Metabolomics

Cover Image: Healthspan

September 2017
Increasing Healthspan:  Tissue Engineering and Medicinal Chemistry for Aging Bodies and Brains

Cover Image: Forensic Science Report

March 2017
Forensic Science:  The Promise and Perils of Using Science in the Courtroom

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September 2016
Advances in Analytical Chemistry:  Processes, Techniques, and Instrumentations

a-global-transition-to-clean-energy

June 2016
A Global Transition to Clean Energy:  Challenges and Opportunities

an-emerging-concern

March 2016
An Emerging Concern:  The Health and Environmental Implications of Chemical Persistence

nanotechnology

December 2015
Nantechnology:  The Promises and Pitfalls of Science at the Nanoscale

new-strategies

September 2015
Agricultural Chemistry: New Strategies and Environmental Perspectives to Feed A Growing Global Population