ACS in the News

CTV News (Toronto, Canada: 4.94 million unique monthly visits)
“Traditional Indigenous tea from Canada could combat drug-resistant malaria: study”
May 14, 2023
Publicized in: ACS news release

In a new peer-reviewed study, scientists from Laval University in Quebec City collected what's known as dwarf Labrador tea, or Rhododendron subarcticum, from the Nunavik region in northern Quebec and extracted essential oil from its leaves… The Labrador tea study was published this month in the journal [ACS] Omega.

Forty-nine outlets, including Lenta (Moscow, Russia: 11.14 million unique monthly visits) and News Medical (United Kingdom: 873,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Futura Sciences (Canada: 2.03 million unique monthly visits)
“Certains pollens empêchent la pluie de tomber en influençant les nuages” [Some pollens prevent rain from falling by influencing the clouds]
May 12, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Un cycle en apparence simple et logique, excepté qu'une nouvelle étude publiée dans ACS Earth and Space Chemistry remet en cause une partie de ce processus. [A seemingly simple and logical cycle, except that a new study published in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry questions part of this process.]

Twenty-three outlets, including Fanpage (Naples, Italy: 2.15 million unique monthly visits) and Earth.com (Reno, NV: 142,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Heraldo de Aragón (Zaragoza, Spain: 633,000 unique monthly visits)
“Trucos para saber si está maduro un aguacate y cómo conservarlo” [Tricks to know if an avocado is ripe and how to preserve it]
May 14, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

El equipo también ha desarrollado una técnica de imagen para predecir rápidamente su caducidad, tal y como se ha publicado en la revista ACS Food Science & Technology. [The team has also developed an imaging technique to quickly predict expiration, which has been published in the journal ACS Food Science & Technology.]

Twelve outlets, including MSN Argentina (Argentina: 67.15 million unique monthly visits) and Infosalus (Spain: 177,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Earth.com (Reno, NV: 142,000 unique monthly visits)
“Plastic debris dropped into the ocean can travel hundreds of miles while sinking”
May 9, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

A new study published in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology provides insight into the behavior of lightweight plastic particles in the Mediterranean Sea, suggesting that they can drift farther underwater than previously thought.

Ten outlets covered the story.

Daily Mail (United Kingdom: 19.53 million unique monthly visits)
“Toxic cancer-causing 'forever chemicals' found in ALL contact lenses tested by scientists - as experts fear they do not know the long term effects”
May 12, 2023
Publicized in: ACS meeting release

According to the American Chemical Society, contact lenses are usually made with a mixture of poly(methylmethacrylate), silicones and fluoropolymers — which are normally in PFAS — to make a softer material which allows oxygen to pass through to the eye.

Nineteen outlets, including Star Kenya (Nairobi, Kenya: 195,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

The Guardian (United Kingdom: 31.72 million unique monthly visits)
“‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed”
May 9, 2023

Recent scientific research, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, found that the west coast of Turkmenistan was “one of the largest methane hotspots in the world.”

Twenty-three outlets, including Der Standard (Vienna, Austria: 1.36 million unique monthly visits), covered the story.

The Economic Times (Delhi, India: 6.97 million unique monthly visits)
“How shocking the ocean could turn it into a carbon removal powerhouse”
May 15, 2023

The researchers called SeaChange’s energy demand “formidable” in a 2021 paper published in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

Three outlets covered the story.

Newsweek (New York, NY: 6.33 million unique monthly visits)
“The countries at risk from rising sea levels”
May 9, 2023

A study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology on May 2 this year, found that hundreds of hazardous sites on the California coast, including sewage treatment plants and gas and oil facilities, will flood more regularly as sea levels rise.

CTV News (Toronto, Canada: 4.94 million unique monthly visits)
“Cleaning products used daily during COVID-19 may be doing more harm than good: study”
May 9, 2023

The study, published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science & Technology, reviewed scientific literature performed both before and after the start of the pandemic and found that the use of products containing QACs has been on the rise and are lacking in proper regulation and research.

Fifty-four outlets, including Prokerala (China: 831,000 unique monthly visits) and Study Finds (United States: 398,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

La Nacion (Argentina: 4.44 million unique monthly visits)
“Una esponja filtrante de metales elimina el plomo del agua” [A metal filter sponge removes lead from water]
May 11, 2023

El estudio se publica en la revista ACS ES&T Water. El documento describe la nueva investigación y establece reglas de diseño para optimizar plataformas similares para eliminar y recuperar otras toxinas de metales pesados. [The study is published in the ACS ES&T Water journal. The document describes the new research and establishes design rules to optimize similar platforms to remove and recover other heavy metal toxins.]

Thirty-eight outlets, including Interesting Engineering (San Francisco, CA: 948,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Daily Express (London, United Kingdom: 4.39 million unique monthly visits)
“5,000 tons of cancer-causing toxic chemicals released in California”
May 9, 2023

More than 5,000 tons of toxic chemicals are released from consumer products every year inside homes and workplaces in California, new research has found… The study was published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.

Thirteen outlets, including NewBeauty (Boca Raton, FL: 104,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

The Sydney Morning Herald (Syndney, Australia: 1.89 million unique monthly visits)
“How smelly T-shirts and AI helped unlock secret to detecting Parkinson's disease”
May 10, 2023

But an AI program developed by a team of researchers from the University of NSW and Boston University has shown early promise. In a study published in the ACS Central Science Journal on Wednesday, it predicted Parkinson’s disease with 96 per cent accuracy – and up to 15 years before symptoms appeared.

The story was covered by 162 outlets, including The Conversation Australia (Australia: 3.45 million unique monthly visits) and Wired Italia (Milan, Italy: 794,000 unique monthly visits).

Verywell Fit (New York, NY: 1.86 million unique monthly visits)
“Is Hiking Good for You?”
May 10, 2023

And, further research has confirmed that exercising in nature, such as while hiking, has immense health benefits. [Adapted from research published in Environmental Science & Technology.]

Interesting Engineering (San Francisco, CA: 948,000 unique monthly visits)
“Breakthrough in cellular agriculture, a game changer for cultured meat industry”
May 11, 2023

According to a recent study that was published in the journal ACS Synthetic Biology, researchers at the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA) have developed immortalized bovine muscle stem cells (iBSCs) that can grow rapidly, divide hundreds of times, and possibly continue to do so indefinitely.

Eighty-six outlets, including Rambler (Moscow, Russia: 7.81 million unique monthly visits) and La Nacion (Argentina: 4.44 million unique monthly visits), covered the story.

The Guardian (United Kingdom: 31.72 million unique monthly visits)
“Are you a mosquito magnet? Help may be at hand”
May 7, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Tested against the tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, it was found to protect 95% of people for eight hours at a time (DEET lasts for about two) and is a less toxic and odorous blend than those currently available. The results, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, could make it another welcome addition to the market.

Seven outlets, including The Straits Time (Singapore: 1.01 million unique monthly visits), covered the story.

New York Times (New York, NY: 38.17 million unique monthly visits)
“Common Consumer Products Contain Multiple Toxic Chemicals, New Study Shows”
May 3, 2023

More than 100 types of common consumer products contain at least one, and often multiple, chemicals linked to cancer or reproductive and developmental problems, according to research published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

The story was covered by 223 outlets, including CNN (United States: 33.91 million unique monthly visits), Daily Mail (United Kingdom: 19.53 million unique monthly visits) and The Boston Globe (Boston, MA: 1.16 million unique monthly visits).

CNN (United States: 33.91 million unique monthly visits)
“Hundreds of hazardous sites in California are at risk of flooding as sea level rises, study finds”
May 2, 2023

If planet-warming pollution continues to rise unabated, 129 industrial sites are estimated to be at risk of coastal flooding by 2050 according to the study, published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology by researchers from University of California at Los Angeles and Berkeley, as well as Climate Central.

Sixty-nine outlets, including CBS News (New York, NY: 10.70 million unique monthly visits), covered the story.

AZO Materials (Sydney, Australia: 182,000 unique monthly visits)
“New Skin-Friendly and Wearable Touch Panel”
May 3, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Researchers report in ACS Nano that they have developed a method to make playing video games, drawing cartoons, and signing documents easier. Their silk armband proof-of-concept converts a person’s forearm into a keyboard or sketchpad.

Thirty outlets, including BollyInside (United States: 210,000 unique monthly visits) and Nanowerk (Honolulu, HI: 179,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Phys.org (Isle of Man, United Kingdom: 996,000 unique monthly visits)
“‘Gluing’ soft materials without glue”
May 3, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

But researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces now have a brand-new way to weld squishy stuff together without the need for glue at all. They've demonstrated a universal, “electroadhesion” technique that can adhere soft materials to each other just by running electricity through them.

Fifteen outlets, including Science & Technology Daily (China: 166,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Interia (Kraków, Poland: 5.99 million unique monthly visits)
“Zamieniają włosy z salonów fryzjerskich w kremy do opalania i opatrunki” [They turn salon hair into sun creams and dressings]
May 2, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Krem do opalania z filtrem, który będziecie na siebie nakładać na urlopie w ciepłym kraju, mógł być w "poprzednim życiu" włosami z podłogi salonu fryzjerskiego. [The sunscreen you wear while on vacation in a warm country may have been hair from the floor of a hair salon in its “past life.” Adapted from research published in ACS Omega.]

Five outlets, including Akharink Habar (Iran: 141,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Novinky (Prague, Czech Republic: 3.08 million unique monthly visits)
“Miniroboti plavající v pivu urychlují proces kvašení. Za jejich vznikem stojí Češi” [Mini robots swimming in the beer speed up the fermentation process. Czechs are behind their creation]
May 4, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Studie popisující roboty zaměřené na vylepšení výroby piva…byla zveřejněna ve vědeckém časopise ACS Nano. [A study describing robots aimed at improving beer production...was published in the scientific journal ACS Nano.]

Six outlets, including Kaldata (Sofia, Bulgaria: 141,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Benzinga (Detroit, MI: 1.31 million unique monthly visits)
“CDC Report: Fentanyl Killed 70K People In 2021, NIDA Director Volkow Says Findings Not Surprising”
May 4, 2023
Publicized in: ACS meeting release

Scientists at Indiana University Bloomington have developed CBD-based compounds that could be a potential substitute for naloxone, the only drug currently available to reverse opioid overdoses. CBD-based compounds have been found to reduce fentanyl binding and enhance the effectiveness of naloxone, reported the American Chemical Society.

Two outlets covered the story.

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong, China: 2.63 million unique monthly visits)
“Why Asia needs to wake up to plastic waste in our oceans”
May 7, 2023

A 2012 study [published] by the American Chemical Society shows the impact of microplastics via two groups of mussels. Over the study period, one group was fed a normal diet while the other group’s diet was supplemented with microplastics.

Naszemiasto (Poland: 2.32 million unique monthly visits)
“Kawa z mlekiem – nareszcie wiadomo, czy zdrowa, czy nie!” [Coffee with milk - it's finally known whether it's healthy or not!]
May 8, 2023

Według duńskich badań filiżanka zwykłej zabielonej kawy może mieć cenne działanie przeciwzapalne w organizmie… Niezwykle obiecujące rezultaty swoich prac opisali na łamach Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. [According to Danish research, a cup of ordinary whitened coffee can have a valuable anti-inflammatory effect in the body... Extremely promising results of their work were described in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.]

The story was covered by 175 outlets, including Gazetawroclawska (Poland: 435,000 unique monthly visits).

Der Standard (Vienna, Austria: 1.36 million unique monthly visits)
Warum die Kohlensäure im Champagner geradlinig nach oben steigt [Why the carbon dioxide in champagne rises in a straight line]
May 7, 2023

Vor einigen Jahren erschien eine Studie der Universität Reims (in der Champagne) im Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, die die beste Einschenkmethode analysierte. Demnach sei es empfehlenswert, das Glas zu neigen und den Sekt langsam auf den Glasrand fließen zu lassen. [A few years ago, a study by the University of Reims (in Champagne) appeared in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry analyzing the best pouring method. It is therefore advisable to tilt the glass and let the sparkling wine flow slowly onto the edge of the glass.]

IFL Science (United Kingdom: 1.15 million unique monthly visits)
“Microplastics Found In Arctic Algae Are Bad News For The Rest Of The Food Chain”
May 5, 2023

After analyzing the samples using Raman and fluorescence microscopy, the team found that all of them contained microplastics in concentrations ranging from 13,000 to 57,000 microplastics per cubic meter within the ice algae… The study is published in Environmental Science and Technology.

Thirteen outlets, including Fanpage (Naples, Italy: 2.15 million unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Interesting Engineering (San Francisco, CA: 948,000 unique monthly visits)
“New cryopreservation technique promises to extend the lifespan of cells and tissues”
May 4, 2023

Scientists leveraged the properties of soluble ice nucleating polysaccharides and successfully overcame the limitations of traditional cryopreservation… The results were published in the journal JACS Au.

Fourteen outlets, including Technology Networks (United Kingdom: 234,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

STAT News (Boston, MA: 464,000 unique monthly visits)
“Study: Ingredient found in salad bowls and burger wrappers less safe than previously thought”
May 2, 2023

A compostable salad bowl seems like an Earth-friendly way to enjoy a healthy lunch. But the toxic chemicals used in containers like molded-fiber salad bowls, sandwich wrappers, and French fry pouches may be leaching into food despite efforts to make those materials safer, according to the results of a study published in March in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.

Four outlets covered the story.

Technology Networks (United Kingdom: 234,000 unique monthly visits)
“3D Printing Filaments Made From Recycled Coffee Pods”
May 3, 2023

An article published in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering brings good news for coffee buffs: the plastic in used coffee pods can be recycled to make filament for 3D printers, minimizing its environmental impact.

Twenty-four outlets, including Gizmodo Brazil (Sao Paolo, Brazil: 416,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

The Independent (London, United Kingdom: 8.58 million unique monthly visits)
“Watch: Tiny ‘BeerBot’ robots could help brew beer quickly and more efficiently”
April 28, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Reporting in ACS Nano, the team shows that magnetic packages of yeast can make the fermentation phase go faster and cut out the need to filter the beverage.

Sixty-four outlets, including Metro (United Kingdom: 3.30 million unique monthly visits) ADSL Zone (Madrid, Spain: 2.23 million unique monthly visits) and Interesting Engineering (San Francisco, CA: 948,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

CNBC TV 18 (Mumbai, India: 631,000 unique monthly visits)
“Scientists discover new RNA focussed treatment to beat COVID virus”
April 27, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

According to a new study published in ACS Central Science, the researchers led by Gonçalo J.L. Bernardes, Konstantinos Tzelepis, and Sigitas Mikutis, have developed a new system to target and degrade the viral RNA genome.

Eleven outlets, including Phys.org (Isle of Man, United Kingdom: 996,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Technology Networks (United Kingdom: 234,000 unique monthly visits)
“Ecofriendly Tongue Depressor Checks Vitals”
April 26, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

That’s the premise of an ecofriendly disposable sensor, reported in ACS’ Analytical Chemistry, that can check levels of glucose and other biomarkers in saliva.

Nine outlets, including Pourquoi Docteur (Nanterre, France: 180,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Phys.org (Isle of Man, United Kingdom: 996,000 unique monthly visits)
“Researchers develop ‘green’ way to extract hair compounds that could be used for bandages, sunscreens”
April 27, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Researchers reporting in ACS Omega have now designed a simple, green process to extract both keratin and melanin from human hair for these possible applications without harsh chemicals or excessive waste.

Ten outlets, including New Atlas (Australia: 638,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Wirtualna Polska (Warsaw, Poland: 7.67 million unique monthly visits)
“Jak brzmią pierwiastki chemiczne? ‘Udźwiękowienie’ układu okresowego” [What do the chemical elements sound like? “Sounds” of the periodic table]
April 26, 2023
Publicized in: ACS meeting release

Unikalne promieniowanie emitowane w określonych okolicznościach przez pierwiastki zostało przekształcone w dźwięki, dzięki czemu możemy usłyszeć, jak brzmi każdy pierwiastek w układzie okresowym. [The unique radiation emitted by elements under certain circumstances has been converted into sounds, so we can hear what each element in the periodic table sounds like. Adapted from research presented at ACS Spring 2023.]

Four outlets, including Economic Daily (Taiwan: 3.71 million unique monthly visits), covered the story.

La Vanguardia (A Coruña, Spain: 778,000 unique monthly visits)
“El camuflaje perfecto para volvernos invisibles: logran mezclar células de humano y de calamar” [The perfect camouflage to make us invisible: they manage to mix human and squid cells]
April 29, 2023
Publicized in: ACS meeting release

…ahora el grupo de científicos capitaneados por Alon Gorodetsky ha conseguido sorprendentes avances y lo han mostrado en un congreso de la American Chemical Society. […now the group of scientists led by Alon Gorodetsky has achieved surprising advances and they have shown it at a meeting of the American Chemical Society.]

Báo Mới (Vietnam: 692,000 unique monthly visits)
“Chất hóa học từ giấy vệ sinh có thể gây ung thư” [Chemicals from toilet paper can cause cancer]
April 28, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Trong nghiên cứu mới được công bố trên tạp chí Environmental Science & Technology Letters vào 1/3, các nhà nghiên cứu phát hiện các chất iPAP, hoặc perfluoroalkyl phosphate diester, trong giấy vệ sinh. [In the new study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters on March 1, researchers found PFAS, or per-and polyfluoroalkyl, substances in toilet paper.]

Ten outlets, including Dial (Spain: 157,000 unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Gadzetomania (Poland: 366,000 unique monthly visits)
“Piwo z butelki czy z puszki? Odpowiedź nie jest taka prosta” [Beer from a bottle or from a can? The answer is not that simple]
April 25, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Na łamach periodyku ACS Food Science & Technology naukowcy opublikowali badania dotyczące tej dla wielu ważnej kwestii. Okazuje się, że odpowiedź jest skomplikowana i zależy od rodzaju piwa. [In the journal ACS Food Science & Technology, scientists published research on this important issue. It turns out that the answer is complicated and depends on the type of beer.]

Four outlets, including MSN Poland (Poland: 67.15 million unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Healthgrades (Denver, CO: 3.93 million unique monthly visits)
“Where is the male contraceptive pill?”
April 29, 2023
Publicized in: ACS meeting release, ACS PressPac

Also in 2022, researchers from the University of Minnesota presented the results of a preliminary animal study testing a nonhormonal oral contraceptive candidate at the American Chemical Society spring meeting…. In a study in mice — whose findings appeared in The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry in January 2023 — the researchers found that EF-4-177 was able to bind well to a CDK called CDK2, which is implicated in sperm production.

Two media outlets covered the story.

Green Matters (United States: 187,000 unique monthly visits)
“Microplastics Have Become Omnipresent in Our Blood and Bodies”
April 26, 2023
Publicized in: ACS meeting release

In August 2020, researchers from Arizona State University studied 47 human tissue samples from human organs such as the lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys, and presented their findings to the American [Chemical] Society.

Chemistry World (United Kingdom: 107,000 unique monthly visits)
“Orange climbers make fluorescent blue molecules”
April 28, 2023
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Two coumarin compounds with nearly identical structures but contrary fluorescent properties have been isolated from the orange climber plant. One may find use in biomedical imaging due to its unconventional behaviour when aggregated in solutions. [Adapted from research published in ACS Central Science.]

Daily Mail (United Kingdom: 19.53 million unique monthly visits)
“Study of single protein ‘paves way to improved understanding of disease’”           
April 30, 2023

According to the study, published in the Nano Letters journal, the technology is able to detect how the light is scattered.

More than 210 media outlets, including MSN Health & Fitness (United States: 64.48 million unique monthly visits) and The Independent (London, United Kingdom: 8.58 million unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Globo (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: 17.23 million unique monthly visits)
“Pesquisadores da Unicamp e UFSCar transformam cápsulas de café usadas em fios para impressão 3D: ‘Lixo em valor agregado’” [“Researchers from Unicamp and UFSCar transform used coffee capsules into wires for 3D printing: 'Value-added garbage’”
April 30, 2023

Os resultados foram publicados na revista ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, da Sociedade Americana de Química. [The results were published in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering of the American Chemical Society.]

Twenty-three outlets, including Terra (Sao Paulo, Brazil: 2.83 million unique monthly visits), covered the story.

The Hill (Washington, DC: 3.85 million unique monthly visits)
“Former federal officials slam WHO for misleading guidance on ‘forever chemicals’”
April 27, 2023

The WHO draft, which focuses on the two most well-known types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), suggests guidance levels that are 25 times higher than those recently proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to the paper, published on Thursday in Environmental Science & Technology.

Fourteen outlets, including MSN News (United States: 3.85 million unique monthly visits), covered the story.

I News (United Kingdom: 1.20 million unique monthly visits)
“How algae is soaking up microplastics and carrying them into our food”
April 26, 2023

Scientists studying algae in the Arctic found that it contained 10 times as many tiny plastic fragments as the water around it, raising concerns that it could be funnelling them into the food chain in huge amounts around the world… The study is published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.

More than 40 outlets, including Rambler (Moscow, Russia: 7.81 million unique monthly visits), The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem, Israel: 1.37 million unique monthly visits) and El Espectador (Bogota, Colombia: 1.08 million unique monthly visits), covered the story.

Eat This, Not That (United States: 1.61 million unique monthly visits)
“Is Asparagus Good for You? 9 Science-Backed Benefits of Eating It”
April 25, 2023

Quercetin has its own powerful antioxidant activity and also increases the amount of glutathione found in the body, per a May 2020 article in ACS Omega.

IFL Science (United Kingdom: 1.15 million unique monthly visits)
“20 New Self-Assembling Crystal Forms Discovered”
April 28, 2023

In a new paper, they announce the work has yielded 20 previously unknown crystal structures…. The study is published in ACS Nano.

Fourteen media outlets covered the story.