Luminescent lanthanide metallogel emits light with controllable color and can be used as sensor

Lanthanides Light Up

When Air Filters Aren’t Enough
Outdoor landscaping can cause particulate problems inside offices

Health Hazards of Barbecue Fumes
Potential health risk associated with barbecue-fume exposure in outdoor barbecuing settings

Puffed-Up Polymers
Expanding polymers could provide an instant seal for ruptured airplane fuel tanks or passenger cabins

Dopamine Makes Strong Mandibles
Dopamine oxidation hardens mandible tissues rapidly, so grasshoppers can begin eating right after hatching

Angel's Share Authenticates Rare Wines
Carbon dating of ethanol in wine corks verifies vintage in sealed bottles

Fabric Dyeing, Simplified
Ionic liquid process is environmentally green, and has textile researchers seeing red

ACS Emerging Researcher Award
Javier García-Martínez, University of Alicante, Spain, honored by the ACS Energy & Fuels Division

SnS Nanoplatelets for Solar Cells
Newly synthesized well-calibrated square SnS nanoplatelets could substitute toxic CdS as buffer material in thin film solar cells

What's That Smell?
Trained sniffers create a library of odor thresholds and descriptions for food odors and pheromones