2025
Read summaries of cutting-edge chemistry research and news based on articles from ACS journals. Registered journalists can subscribe to the ACS journalist news portal on EurekAlert! to access embargoed and public science press releases. For media inquiries, contact newsroom@acs.org.
May
- Dental flosser for at-home stress monitoring
- Uncovering compounds that tame the heat of chili peppers
- Mercury levels in the atmosphere have decreased throughout the 21st century
- Specialized face mask can detect kidney disease with just your breath
- Research Update: Okra, fenugreek extracts remove most microplastics from water
- Topical gel relieved ear infections in animals after just one dose
April
- Research update: Plant-based calamari that rivals real seafood in texture
- Some protective resin coatings may damage metal artifacts
- Scientists have found a way to ‘tattoo’ tardigrades
- A light-activated probe reveals TB immune system evasion mechanisms
- Simulations predict how pesticides may affect honeybee colonies
- A step toward harnessing clean energy from falling rainwater
- Finding cancer’s ‘fingerprints’
- A step toward cleaner iron extraction using electricity
- Starch-based microplastics could cause health risks in mice, study finds
- Locating microplastic hotspots along the Texas coast
March
- A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime
- Making sturdy, semi-transparent wood with cheap, natural materials
- Blue pigment improves foundation makeup shades for dark skin
- Hydrophilic coating makes for unflappable golf balls
- Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, pilot study finds
- Fluorescent caves could explain how life persists in extraterrestrial environments
- ‘Low-sugar’ vaccine can provide broad immunity against coronavirus variants
- Do-it-yourself box filter clears the air of indoor pollutants
- Improving GLP-1 drug delivery by ‘painting’ it on antibodies
- Guardians of the vineyard: Canines and chemistry team up to combat powdery mildew
- Four advances that could change tuberculosis treatment
- Researchers create eco-friendly detergent from wood fiber and corn protein
- Plant patch can detect stress signals in real time
- Chocolate — with potential health benefits
- Medical infusion bags can release microplastics, study shows
- An aerosol test for airborne bird flu
- Packets of freeze-dried bacteria grow biocement on demand
February
- Four research teams rethink particleboard construction and reuse
- Novel photochromic glass can store rewritable 3D patterns
- Research reveals potential alternatives to ‘forever chemicals’
- Glass fertilizer beads could be a sustained nutrient delivery system
- Scented wax melts may not be as safe for indoor air as initially thought, study finds
- Scientifically sniffing ancient Egyptian mummified bodies
- Jacket uses AI to keep you comfortable
- How California’s Prop. 65 changed how (some) products are made
- Turning car and helicopter exhaust into thermoelectric energy
- Using sugars from peas speeds up sour beer brewing
January
- This delicate nanoflower is downright deadly to bacteria
- Walk like a … gecko? Animal footpads inspire a polymer that sticks to ice
- Research update: Generating electricity from tacky tape
- Four advances for inactivating infectious viruses, bacteria
- New design makes aluminum batteries last longer
- More acidic oceans may affect the sex of oysters
- Drug candidate eliminates breast cancer tumors in mice in a single dose
- Weaving a net or fabric battery for use in seawater
- Residents of unburned homes reported health symptoms months after Marshall Fire
- High-fat diet during adolescence increases impulsive behaviors in adult rodents
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