When you think of a battery, you probably don’t think stretchy. But batteries will need this shape-shifting quality to be ...

Researchers reporting in ACS Nano have designed tiny, enzyme-powered, mucus-busting “snot bots” that can help deliver drugs to some sticky parts of the body.

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Researchers have designed a new opioid that could provide pain relief with fewer side effects — most notably those linked to fatal overdoses.

ACS will honor this year’s Heroes of Chemistry for creating and enhancing products that have led to significant advancements ...

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ACS is proud to announce that Frances H. Arnold is being awarded the 2025 Priestley Medal, which is the highest honor awarded ...

Changes to proteins found in tears after eye surgery could predict risk for post-op pain, according to research in the Journal of Proteome Research.

Chlorine dioxide (ClO 2), also known as chlorine peroxide and chlorine(IV) oxide, is a low-boiling red-brown liquid and yellow-green gas. It has an odd number of valence electrons, which makes it an ...

How would you stick a slice of banana to a sheet of copper? Until a few months ago, you couldn’t. But a new discovery called “hard-soft electroadhesion” enables chemists to stick almost any hydrogel ...