Silicon Valley Local Section

Table of Contents: Title Pages Local Section News:   Upcoming Events 3 2025 Election of SVACS Officers, Councilors, and Alternate Councilors for 2026 4-6 New Members 9 Contributors to this Issue 10 ACS News:   WRM 2025 Award Winners 1-2 Join or Renew Your ACS Membership Today and Save 30% 1, 3 2026 WCC Merck Research Award: Submit an Application 2 Pacifichem 2025: Register and Book Housing Now 6 ACS Western Regional Meeting (WRM) 2025 Photo Album of Student Events 7 Building Inclusion Through Touch: The ACS Tactile Braille Periodic Table 8 Interesting Science:   2025 Welch Award in Chemistry 6 Chemistry Quiz 6 Vision for American Science & Technology 8 CAS Insights 9 Are Microplastics in Gum? An ACS Reactions Science Video 8 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 10 Will-o’-the-Wisps’ Mysterious Origins Explained by Chemistry 10 Chemistry of Apple Flavors Infographic 11 ... View more

Get ready for the Western Regional Meeting (WRM) 2025.  Learn about the “Hidden Life of Spices.”  Laugh and then think about research that won the 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes.  Submit a nomination for an ACS National Award.  Use a free on-demand green chemistry education course.  Apply for a K-12 BUBBLE Grant.  Attend or volunteer at a local science festival.  Check out the Tactile Braille Periodic Table pictures from the ACS Fall Meeting – help build another one at WRM 2025. ... View more

Table of Contents: Title Pages Local Section News:   Silicon Valley ACS “Paving the Path” Initiative Wins 2025 YCC’s ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding/Creative Local Section Event 1-2 Bay Area Science Festival in SF in October 2 Upcoming Events 4-5 2025 Election of SVACS Officers, Councilors, and Alternate Councilors for 2026 5 K-12 Bubble Grant: Apply Now 9 New Members 12 ACS News:   ACS Western Regional Meeting 2025 1, 3 ACS Funding Opportunities: Apply for Research Grants 2 30th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference: Call for Symposia 6 ACS Spring 2026 Meeting: Call for Abstracts 6 California Runs on STEMM 6-8 Council Report for the ACS Fall 2025 Meeting 10-11 Jennifer Doudna receives 2026 ACS Priestley Medal 11 New Lab Safety eTextbook Available for Free 13 ACS Commits $2.5 Million to Support Graduate Students Impacted by Research Funding Terminations 14 Interesting Science:   Knowable Magazine Science Graphics Library 9 Reactions: A Chemistry Science Video on Liquid Marbles 9 Chemistry Quiz 9 National Academies Press: New Books, Free Downloads 12 Headline Science Videos 13 What are RNA Vaccines and How Do They Work Infographic 15 ... View more

Table of Contents Title Pages Local Section News:   Join Us in the 2026 SVACS Leadership Group 1 2025 SVACS Abraham Ottenberg Service Award Recipient – Anais Nguyen 3 New Members 3 Upcoming Events 4 2025 SVACS Annual Picnic Photomontage 5 SVACS Members with 50+ Years of ACS Membership 6 Contributors to this Issue 8 ACS News:   ACS 2025 Fall National Meeting 1-2 Celebrate 45 Years of ACS Chemists with Disabilities Committee at the ACS Fall 2025 Meeting 2 Green Chemistry Teaching Modules 6 ACS Western Regional Meeting 2025 7 ACS National Awards: 2027 Nominations are Open 7 ACS Promotes the Chemistry Enterprise to Congressional Policymakers 8 Interesting Science:   Labwork to Leadership Book 2 Tom Lehrer, Author of The Elements Song 2 Chemistry Quiz 6 Exposing Fake Honey Using Carbon-13: A Reactions Science Video 8 Featured New Books from the National Academies Press 8 Sound Management of Chemicals in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises 10 New Insight into 400-Year-Old Chemistry Demo (Video) 10 This Temporary Tattoo Could Detect an Unwanted Drug in Your Drink 11 ChemDraw Celebrating 40 Years Infographic 12 ... View more

Table of Contents Title Pages Local Section News:   2025 Silicon Valley ACS Annual Picnic and Awards 1-2 Join Us in the 2026 SVACS Leadership Group 1 Upcoming Events 3 SVACS Finalist for Two ACS ChemLuminary Awards 4 Bubble Grant Recipient Scotts Valley Middle School 5 New Members 7 ACS News:   ACS 2025 Fall National Meeting 3 Register for Pacifichem 2025 in Hawaii 4 Laboratory Reaction Safety Summaries 5 ACS Western Regional Meeting 2025: Abstract Submission, Registration, and Award Nominations are Open 6 ACS Membership Referral Program 8 Interesting Science:   How NASA Scientists are Monitoring and Predicting Wildfires from Space Podcast 4 The Chemistry of Grilling Infographic 7 Chemistry Quiz 7 Pyro Drone Shows: The Future of July 4th Fireworks? 8 Interesting Science News from ACS Axial 8 Since the 1950s, Federal R&D Funding Has Shifted from Development to Research 9 Unsolved Mystery of Static Electricity: A Reactions Science Video 10 Digital Exhibits from the Science History Institute 10 Types and Uses of Solvents Infographic 11 ... View more