ACS in the News

The Economic Times (Delhi, India: 17.75 million unique monthly visits)
“Lamborghini licenses MIT's Cobalt-free organic battery tech for EVs”
Jan. 22, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Within the molecules are chemical groups called quinones, which are the electron reservoirs, and amines, which help the material to form strong hydrogen bonds, explained the study published in the journal ACS Central Science.

More than 145 outlets, including India Today (India) and TechCrunch (United States), covered the story this week.

IFL Science (London, United Kingdom: 5.40 million unique monthly visits)
“New COVID-19 Test Prototype Glows (Literally), With Accurate Results In Just 1 Minute”
Jan. 17, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Scientists are working on a super-quick COVID test that takes inspiration from crustaceans that generate their own light…. The study is published in the journal ACS Central Science. 

Sixty-nine outlets, including News Medical (United Kingdom) and Gizmodo Brazil (Brazil), covered the story this week.

News Medical (United Kingdom: 4.24 million unique monthly visits)
“Wireless magnetogenetic approach could be used to treat motor dysfunction in people with Parkinson's disease”
Jan. 19, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Researchers report in ACS’ Nano Letters a new application for the technique, called magnetogenetics, that uses very small magnets to wirelessly trigger specific, gene-edited nerve cells in the brain.

Eight outlets covered the story this week.

New Atlas (Australia: 2.54 million unique monthly visits)
“‘Power plant’ generates electricity via the wind and rain on its leaves”
Jan. 22, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

A new system, that has been built into an artificial plant, uses both wind and rain…. The research is described in a paper that was recently published in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

Fifty-eight outlets, including Rambler (Russia) and Interesting Engineering (United States), covered the story this week.

EcoWatch (Cleveland, OH: 577,000 unique monthly visits)
“Fertilizing Fields With Sewage Sludge Releases More Microplastics Into the Air Than Previously Believed, Study Finds”
Jan. 18, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Scientists have found that microplastics are being released though natural fertilizers from treated sewage sludge deposited onto agricultural fields, as more plastic particles get picked up by the wind than was previously believed, a press release from the American Chemical Society (ACS) said…. The study… was published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

Twenty-two outlets, including TASS (Russia) and Público (Portugal), covered the story this week.

EuroNews (France: 24.16 million unique monthly visits)
“This space salad could fuel astronauts on missions to Mars and beyond”
Jan. 22, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Living in space comes with additional challenges though, for example, additional energy is required in case of extravehicular activities that usually last over five hours, according to the study’s authors whose findings were published in ACS Food Science & Technology.

Ten outlets covered the story this week.

Yahoo! News (Sunnyvale, CA: 180.34 million unique monthly visits)
“Greta Van Fleet and Kane Brown to Headline Guy Fieri's Inaugural Flavortown Fest”
Jan. 22, 2024

Greta Van Fleet and Kane Brown have been announced as headliners for Guy Fieri’s inaugural Flavortown Fest, which is set for June 1st and 2nd in Fieri’s hometown of Columbus, Ohio…. The 54-acre campus of CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, will serve has the festival grounds and is situated along the Olentangy River.

Four outlets covered the story this week.

La Nacion (Buenos Aires, Argentina: 25.78 million unique monthly visits)
“Los ‘químicos eternos’; circulan atrapados en un bucle océanico” [‘Forever chemicals;’ they’re stuck in an ocean loop]
Jan. 10, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Las sustancias perfluoroalquiladas (PFAS) circulan en aguas polares en un circuito de retroalimentación por el que el Ártico exporta al Atlántico casi tantos 'químicos eternos' como recibe. Es la conclusión de una investigación… publicada en Environmental Science & Technology Letters. [Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) circulate in polar waters in a feedback loop through which the Arctic exports almost as many 'forever chemicals' to the Atlantic as it receives. This is the conclusion of research... published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

Forty-five outlets, including Gazeta.ru (Russia) and Technology Networks (United Kingdom), covered the story this week.

Medindia (Chennai, India: 1.89 million unique monthly visits)
“Eco-Friendly Facial Sheet Masks: A Sustainable Approach to Skincare”
Jan. 11, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Traditional sheet masks, often laden with plastics and preservatives due to their wet nature, are now being reimagined with a dry-packaged, sustainable design. A recent study published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces sheds light on a groundbreaking facial mask made from biobased materials.

Ten outlets, including Medical Xpress (United States), covered the story this week.

Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India: 53.91 million unique monthly visits)
“Is THIS the perfect salad for astronauts on Mars?”
Jan. 16, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

As per a statement from the American Chemical Society, a vegetarian salad has been thought to be the optimal space meal that Mars-bound astronauts can tuck into, keeping in mind water and space demands.

Thirty-four outlets – including Live Science (United States), La Razón (Spain) and Wired Italia (Italy)  – covered the story this week.

Daily Mail (London, United Kingdom: 92.62 million unique monthly visits)
“Health coach reveals why you should ‘ditch’ your plastic chopping board now – but is it really unsafe?”
Jan. 11, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Craig cited research from ACS’ Environmental Science and Technology which suggested plastic chopping boards are an overlooked source of microplastics.

Two outlets covered the story this week.

The Economist (London, United Kingdom: 7.09 million unique monthly visits)
“Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas drilling”
Jan. 10, 2024

No one doubts that wind turbines do indeed kill at least some birds. But a new analysis of American data, published in Environmental Science & Technology, suggests the numbers are negligible, and have little impact on bird populations.

Five outlets covered the story this week.

The Independent (London, United Kingdom: 57.46 million unique monthly visits)
“Scientists discover how UV light degrades Covid-19 particles”
Jan. 10, 2024

Professor Sumeet Mahajan, who led the study published in the journal ACS Photonics, said that the use of UV light to decontaminate could be useful where conventional liquid-based deactivation methods were not suitable.

More than 180 outlets, including Daily Mail (United Kingdom) and ITV (United Kingdom), covered the story this week.

The U.S. Sun (New York, NY: 32.82 million unique monthly visits)
“Most ‘perfect space flight meal’ for Mars colonists to eat revealed”
Jan. 2, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Scientists have cooked up the space-faring dish and say it has all the necessary ingredients for a multi-year off-Earth trip….  The researchers who published their meal in ACS Food Science & Technology actually cooked up the dish to try it out.

More than 205 outlets – including Yahoo! News (United States), Infobae (Argentina), NDTV (India), Die Welt (Germany) and Space.com (United States) – covered the story this week.

El Español (Madrid, Spain: 34.10 million unique monthly visits)
“El revolucionario método para conseguir energía nuclear ilimitada gracias al agua del mar” [The revolutionary method for unlimited nuclear energy from seawater]
Jan. 7, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

Una de las últimas investigaciones en ese sentido, publicada en la revista ACS Central Science y firmada por un equipo de científicos de la Northeast Normal University de China, se basa en un método electroquímico que permitiría extraer uranio de manera económica y muy sencilla.  [One of the latest investigations in this sense, published in the journal ACS Central Science by a team of scientists from China’s Northeast Normal University, is based on an electrochemical method that would allow uranium to be extracted in an inexpensive and very easy way.]

Twelve outlets, including Gismeteo (Russia), covered the story this week.

The Manual (Portland, OR: 2.32 million unique monthly visits)
“Should you ditch your plastic cutting board?”
Jan. 7, 2024
Publicized in: ACS PressPac

And while these are great for giving that celery a quick chop, a recent study published by Environmental Science and Technology indicates that a good deal of that cutting-board plastic is actually ending up in our food.

Three outlets covered the story this week.

ScienceAlert (Canberra, Australia: 15.42 million unique monthly visits)
“Scientists Translated Spiderwebs Into Music, And It's Absolutely Stunning”
Jan. 2, 2024
Publicized in: ACS meeting release

A few years ago, scientists translated the three-dimensional structure of a spider's web into music…. The team presented their work at the 2021 spring meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Six outlets, including HypeScience (Brazil), covered the story this week.

Live Science (New York, NY: 14.05 million unique monthly visits)
“Why does poop smell bad?”
Jan. 8, 2024
Featuring: ACS Molecule of the Week

(Oddly enough, the same compound in small concentrations gives a pleasant smell to flowers like jasmine, according to the American Chemical Society.)

Seven outlets covered the story this week.

CTV News (Toronto, Canada: 14.50 million unique monthly visits)
“Wash windows, change air filters after wildfires to prevent harmful smoke chemicals from hanging around: study”
Jan. 4, 2024

This new study, which has been accepted for publication in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, set out to assess the kinds of risks that PAHs accumulating in our home might cause after the end of a wildfire.

Thirty-seven outlets covered the story this week.