ACS examines the fun of the Kerbal Space Program and examines the chimistry of rockets in this ACS Reactions video

As hemp makes a comeback in the U.S. after a decades-long ban on its cultivation, scientists are reporting that fibers from the plant can pack as much energy and power as graphene, long-touted as the model material for supercapacitors. 

Criminals are smuggling an estimated $30 billion in U.S. currency into Mexico each year from the United States, but help could be on the way for border guards, researchers reported recently. The answer to the problem: a portable device that identifies specific vapors given off by U.S. paper money.

A new technique that transforms stinky, air-polluting landfill gas could produce the sweet smell of success as it leads to development of a fuel cell generating clean electricity for homes, offices and hospitals, researchers say. The advance would convert methane gas into hydrogen, an efficient, clean form of energy.

In the future, working up a sweat by exercising may not only be good for your health, but it could also power your small electronic devices

Coffee drinkers beware: Surprise ingredients that are neither sweet nor flavorful may be hiding in your coffee, and growing coffee shortages may increase the chance of having these fillers in your cup of joe in the future. The good news is that a highly accurate test is in the works to quickly find coffee containing unwanted fillers before the beverage reaches stores and restaurants.

Substances found in bee, snake and scorpion venom could potentially act as effective anti-tumor agents according to University of Illinois researchers

Keeping filler ingredients out of your cup of coffee

Seamlessly marrying electronics and brain signaling could transform how we treat some of the most puzzling and devastating diseases

This ACS video discusses some of the leading theories of how Tylenol works