The 2012 ACS National Awards are presented at the 243rd ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA

New intermolecular heterobimetallic system for photocatalytic water reduction presented - significant improvement of performance of catalyst system

The Earth's surface is 71 % water, yet only 0.3 ‰ of this is accessible as fresh water

Concerns about antimony leaching from plastic drinking water bottles are unfounded according to new data from UK chemists

World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of water

Launched as part of the International Year of Chemistry 2011, over 70,000 students in 80 countries have taken part in what is being called the World's largest chemistry experiment

Google PageRank has been adapted to help chemists understand complex systems such as water's hydrogen-bonding network

Only a limited number of studies examined the environmental impacts of small-scale wastewater treatment alternatives

Rainfall can mobilize hormones from biosolids-amended agricultural fields directly to surface waters or redistribute them to terrestrial sites

Library of potential low molecular weight hydrogelators synthesized; will guide production of novel inexpensive, easy to use water purification platforms