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Introducing rare earth MXenes
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (464+ words) New 2D materials are both semiconducting and magnetic, and could revolutionize future electronics Researchers have invented a brand-new synthesis method to make 2D materials called MXenes with rare earth elements for the first time (Nature 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10802-2). The materials show a unique combination…...
Comment: You’re never too old to be part of the younger chemist community
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (298+ words) by Joseph Houck, chair, Younger Chemists Committee The latest news and commentary on and from ACS programs, activities, communities and more. I am hesitant to type this next sentence. I celebrated my 40th birthday at the end of March. (I’ll pause…...
Reaction rounds up atoms into unusual cyclic compounds
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (381+ words) Chiral aromatic heterocycles could be novel motifs in drug candidates Now chemists at the University of California, Davis, led by Jared T. Shaw and Dean J. Tantillo report a new way to cyclize sulfonimidamides to make rare five-membered heterocycles that are both…...
Rudy Marcus, developer of electron transfer theory, dies at 102
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (292+ words) Nobel laureate's discoveries in chemical kinetics advanced many fields of chemistry Rudolph A. “Rudy” Marcus, a Canadian-born US chemist whose work on electron transfer helped shape the entire field of chemistry, died on July 16 at age 102. He was a chemist at…...
ACS continues 150th celebration at EuChemS
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (268+ words) The event offered networking, celebrated scientists and collaboration, and announced a new program with the German Chemical Society Your one stop source for all ACS News. The latest in meetings, awards, governance, ACS publishing, and more. “The partnership between ACS…...
Direct sugar chemistry streamlines C-aryl glycoside synthesis
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (391+ words) New methods offer simpler routes to diabetes drugs and other carbohydrate-derived medicines by Anirban Mukhopadhyay, special to C&EN Making carbohydrate-derived drugs from naturally occurring sugars often requires chemists to temporarily shield the sugar’s many nearly identical hydroxyl groups so…...
Team USA brings home gold from 58th International Chemistry Olympiad
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (419+ words) The team was awarded 3 gold and 1 silver medal during a closing ceremony on July 18 The latest in ACS initiatives, educational programs, outreach activities, and more. On July 18 at a ceremony held in Uzbekistan, the 58th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) gave awards…...
George Christou wins 2026 Herty Medal
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (486+ words) The Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society has named George Christou as the recipient of the 2026 Herty Medal. Christou, University Distinguished Professor and holder of the Drago Chair at the University of Florida, is recognized for his outstanding research…...
ACS and the GDCh partner for new membership program
1+ week, 2+ day ago (228+ words) The program offers members of both science societies a more affordable way to access additional benefits The latest in ACS initiatives, educational programs, outreach activities, and more. The American Chemical Society and the German Chemical Society (GDCh) have launched a…...
Comment: Protecting the scientific enterprise
1+ week, 4+ day ago (207+ words) by Al Horvath, ACS CEO The latest news and commentary on and from ACS programs, activities, communities and more. On May 29, the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a proposed rule on the regulation of federal financial assistance,…...