ChemMatters is produced by the American Chemical Society in October, December, February, and April. The archive gives you access to all of ChemMatters’ past articles, dating back to February 1983. The most recently released issue is available through a complimentary subscription, if you chose to receive one when you joined AACT.

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  • The Big Reveal: What’s Behind Nutrition Labels

    Nutrition labels show us the amount of calories, fats, carbs, and proteins present in the foods we eat and how much of them we need to consume every day. Here, we tell you how these values are measured and how they can help you stay healthy.

    Issue Date | December 2012

  • Two Is Better than One

    Cooking or heating food twice can make it taste better. Skeptical? Try it with toasted bread, french fries, and meat stew. We tell you what happens, and you may never cook or heat these foods the same way again.

    Issue Date | December 2012

  • What’s that Smell?

    A fragrance contains, on average, between 60 and 100 chemicals, each with their own scent. These chemicals come from plants or are made in the laboratory. But how do scientists capture these scents and mix them together? Are “natural” fragrances really natural? And how about those ads for “pheromone cologne” that promise to attract the opposite sex?

    Issue Date | December 2012

  • “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind”: Great Discoveries in Chemistry

    Three scientific discoveries—those of urea, radioactivity, and buckyballs—have transformed our modern world. We tell you the intriguing personal stories of the scientists who, against all odds, made these remarkable discoveries.

    Issue Date | October 2012

  • Diabetes: Tiny Particles to the Rescue

    People with type 1 diabetes—many of them teenagers—need to check their blood sugar five to seven times per day and give themselves an average of five insulin injections every day. Relief from this demanding routine may be on the way, thanks to scientists who are working on a vaccine based on nanoparticles.

    Issue Date | October 2012

  • Did You Know? | October 2012

    Noble Gases: Xenon Reacts! Chemistry of Carbon: Going Up

    Issue Date | October 2012

  • Graphene: The Next Wonder Material?

    Graphene, the thinnest known material, could be used to make foldable cell phones, and flexible solar panels, and devices that help people with spinal cord injuries regain use of their limbs.

    Issue Date | October 2012

  • Open for Discussion | Nanoparticles

    Nanoparticles are clusters of a few hundred to a few thousand atoms that promise to change our lives in unique and useful ways.

    Issue Date | October 2012

  • (Un)Stuck on You

    Static cling causes your clothes to cling to your body and clothes to stick to one another after being washed and dried. So, how do you get rid of static cling? A type of fabric called a nanotextile may be the answer.

    Issue Date | October 2012

  • Weather Folklore: Fact or Fiction?

    Many expressions about the weather have been passed down through the ages. Are any of them true? We look at the science (and chemistry) behind four such expressions... and learn about how the weather works!

    Issue Date | October 2012

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