would YOU date a chemist?
Review | 2 months ago
Dating a chemist is fun! Or, maybe our chemists disagree. At ACS Spring 2026, we asked attendees how they would feel if their best friend started dating a chemist. Registration is now open for ACS Fall 2026 – Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of the ...
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"Can you just make a Chemical Kim video about it?" | Chain Reaction by ACS #chemistrypodcast
Podcast | 2 months ago
To cap off a special #ACS150 miniseries of ACS' podcast Chain Reaction, we chat with chemistry educator, science communicator, and social media creator Kim Hilton — better known as Chemical Kim. Kim reflects on her unexpected path into teaching, from strugg...
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Chemical Kim celebrates chemistry | ACS150
Review | 2 months ago
Every day in the classroom is a party with Kim Hilton, Professor of Chemistry at Florida SouthWestern State College. With her signature enthusiasm and flair, she invites her students to understand the world differently through the transforming power of chem...
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Pyrotechnics weren't always colorful | Headline Science
Podcast | 2 months ago
Anne gets a tour of the new exhibit at her favorite chemistry museum and learns a thing or two about fireworks. Filmed in collaboration with the @ScienceHistoryInstitute in Philadelphia, whose Flash! Bang! Boom! A History of Fireworks exhibit will remain on...
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Two Condensers, One Fire | Headline Science
Review | 2 months ago
Safety first, safety second, and safety third. After a fire broke out during distillation, researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China determined its primary cause: an unsuspecting condenser. So unsuspecting that only 2.5% of students i...
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The legendary chemist that is Kate | Headline Science
Podcast | 3 months ago
Kate the Chemist brings larger-than-life chemistry demonstrations to late night TV, talk shows, and stages across the country. And she spoke with us at the ACS Spring 2026 meeting in Atlanta! @KateBiberdorf , Ph.D., is a Professor for Public Understanding o...
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Crystals that ripple like snakes and bend like springs | Headline Science
Review | 3 months ago
These crystals can do some crazy things. One recent paper reports crystals that ripple like snakes as their molecules rearrange from one polymorph to another at their phase-transition temperature. And another displays the surprising elasticity of a coordina...
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Lab (un)safety 150 years ago vs. where we are today | ACS150
Review | 3 months ago
Erika Milczek, Ph.D., is leading the way to safer chemistry in food, makeup, and clothing. She’s the founder and CEO of Curie Co, a biotech company that makes sustainable, ecofriendly replacements for chemical ingredients now being phased out by regulators....
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Haters will say it's Brownian motion | Headline Science
Review | 3 months ago
Copper and sulfur are known for their reactivity, and in fact, it’s this reactivity that supports the development of prized flavor and aroma profiles in whisky. Motivated by this tried-and-true chemistry, researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Scot...
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Can we prevent being poisoned by our own waste? | Chain Reaction by ACS #podcast #chemistrypodcast
Podcast | 4 months ago
Are we so different from bacteria growing in a vial? We live on a finite planet — a closed system. Katherine Richardson helped come up with a framework for tracking aspects of our planet that are essential for our survival. Check out this weeks episode of C...
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"Plastic crystal" seems like an oxymoron, but... | Headline Science
Review | 4 months ago
Everyone knows that molecular solids are brittle — except, well, not this one. What’s going on? That’s exactly what chemists at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar wanted to know, so they threw every analysis they could at a curious compound know...
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When old mines become acidic pit lakes | Chain Reaction by ACS #podcast #chemistrypodcast
Podcast | 4 months ago
What happens after a mine is put out of commission? It fills with water and that water dissolves harmful metals, leading to "acidic pit lakes." Penn State Biogeochemist William Burgos studies some these bodies of water, and tries to figure out how to remove...
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