ACS Science Elements

How chemists have created a more effective oral form of a disease-fighting protein. Real-time pollen forecasts are a step closer to reality. Used coffee grounds could one day help fuel our cars.

chemists have detected high pesticide levels in some fruit-based sodas. Testing water at sewage treatment plants can help track community drug use. An experimental treatment shows promise in combating melanoma and drug-resistant breast cancer.

How new high-tech ‘wipes’ can quickly neutralize military and industrial chemicals. Development of “smart fabrics” that could one day help detect disease. Chemists may have found a new early indicator of a chronic disease that affects millions.

A technique that could increase the success of islet cell transplants for Type-1 diabetes. Microcapsules that act as “roach motels” to kill harmful bacteria. A key advance toward treatment for most common adult form of muscular dystrophy.

The world’s thinnest loudspeakers. An explosive-detecting sensor powered by living cells. A new test that could help people with celiac disease avert digestive turmoil.

Chemists may have solved a lingering mystery about thalidomide, a drug that once caused thousands of birth defects. A unique process that could help remove unwanted heparin from the blood. New type of liquid mirror could lead to better eye exams.

An important advance that could make solar energy more practical. Tiny DNA tweezers that can catch and release objects on-demand. How snails are helping scientists unravel the biochemistry of evolution.

A new device that could change how we diagnose disease. The world’s smallest hand-held detector of health and safety threats. An important breakthrough in the treatment of African sleeping sickness.

How a new process could boost the production of synthetic fuels from coal. Producing alternative fuels could strain dwindling water supplies. Finally, how high intensity light can reduce facial wrinkles; National Chemisty Week is celebrated across the country this week.

How a common pollutant may cause iodine in breast milk to drop to dangerously low levels. Key advances toward an effective treatment for a hereditary disease called spinal muscular atrophy. Finally, evidence that eating chicken soup may help fight high blood pressure.