We had worked together to publish the chemical constituents of a 500-year-old medicine container discovered in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, and decided to conduct a similar investigation into ...

New research shows high levels of one unexpected addition: BTMPS, an industrial chemical used as an adhesive in the production of plastics, was found in the illicit fentanyl supply in the US.

Scientists study how tiny pigments in leaves use quantum mechanics to transfer energy efficiently for better solar panels.

An annual award championed by the ACS’s Board Committee on Corporation Associates to recognize teams of industrial chemical scientists whose work has led to the development of successful ...

Considering the abundance of nucleophiles, reducing agents and other functionality present in cells, the choice of suitable components for the chemical transformation is far from obvious.

The ACS Green Chemistry Institute® (ACS GCI) leads the American Chemical Society's efforts to catalyze the implementation of sustainable approaches to chemistry and engineering across the globe. Join ...

Sustainability and climate change should be included in the way chemistry is taught - so we brought key stakeholders to discuss what the best way to do that looks like. Dr Siân Fussell, Dr Layla ...

Matcha contains the nutrients from the entire tea leaf and contains more caffeine and antioxidants than are typically present in green tea. Studies of matcha and its components have unearthed a ...

Ratha Saptami is marked by the unique tradition of bathing with Calotropis leaves placed on different parts of the body such as the head, shoulders, neck, and feet. This ritual, rooted in ...

Chemistry Education Research and Practice (CERP) is the journal for teachers, researchers and other practitioners at all levels of chemistry education. It is published free of charge electronically ...

It is traditionally consumed from a gourd-shaped container and sipped with a metal straw containing a filter at its lower end to strain out the leaf fragments. It’s said to have the strength of ...

Mullein is a flowering plant that has long been used in herbal medicine. Scientifically named Verbascum thapsus, it originally grew in Europe and Western Asia but has now spread to other places as ...