When the fire alarm rings in the Wonderlab – who is the first to safety and who is the cause?

Wonderlab Comic — Fire Alarm

New Design Principle for Chemical Systems
Importance of dispersion energy for the thermodynamic stability of molecules

Snapshots of the ACS Meeting
Impressions from the 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition March 27–31, 2011 in Anaheim, California, USA

Electricity From River And Salty Ocean Water
Battery uses difference in salinity between fresh- and seawater to produce electricity - novel type of electrochemical system

The Forgotten Greenhouse Gas
Ionic liquids can be used to cut greenhouse gas emissions in an example of green chemistry

Nuclear Meltdown
General facts on a nuclear meltdown

Hollywood Chemistry
And the Winner for the Most Accurate Science in a Movie or TV series goes to …

200th Birthday of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen did groundbreaking work in organic chemistry and spectrometry, but he's most famous for the Bunsen burner

Highest Reported Efficiency for Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
Efficient light-harvesting metal-free chromophore for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs)

Priestley Medal Awarded
Ahmed H. Zewail, California Institute of Technology, USA, awarded ACS's highest honor