North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society

02/08/2017

Last Fall Ecodyst in Cary, NC received the 2016 SERMACS Industrial Innovation Award! They've already hit 2017 running, so check out their webpage for more news! http://www.ecodyst.com/news/

06/10/2016

Awesome night at the Durham Bulls!

02/01/2016

NC-ACS Local Section Member featured in C&E News! Check out the link to read about George Adjabeng's start-up company, Ecodyst! http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i5/One-Entrepreneur-Making-Rotary-Evaporators.html

Rotary evaporators, which chemists fondly refer to as rotovaps, are used to swirl a sample in a round-bottom flask like a wine connoisseur swirls an expensive glass of Bordeaux. But instead of trying to draw out the bouquet and taste as a connoisseur would for wine, chemists use rotovaps to remove s…

01/12/2016

Senior Research Scientist in Devices – UNC Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina Energy Frontier Research Center (UNC EFRC) for Solar Fuels is seeking a senior research scientist to develop, implement, and manage collaborative research on the development and fabrication of semiconductor materials and devices, incorporating molecular assemblies, of broad interest to the EFRC (www.efrc.unc.edu). Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Chemistry focused on materials chemistry, with preference given to candidates with experience in thin film fabrication and characterization, supported by electrochemical, spectroscopic and analytical techniques. Mentoring of junior researchers and laboratory management experience is highly desirable. Please apply online at https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/90233. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes all to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

12/22/2015

The North Carolina Section of the ACS’s annual ChemTube competition is going on now, and we need your help to declare a winner!

All entries have been posted to the section’s YouTube page (https://www.youtube.com/user/NCAmChemSoc) and are included in playlists based on their age group (K-8 grade, 9-12 grade, adult). If you are interested, please view the videos and “like” the video in each category that you thought was the most creative, informative, entertaining, or well-made. Voting is open to the public, so please only “like” one video per category, and please tell your friends to vote, too!

Voting is open until Dec. 30, so click, watch, and vote soon!

This is the official Youtube channel of the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society. We will feature remarkable videos by individuals about c...

11/21/2015

Join the NC ACS and Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University for art and science fun!

Art and science collide tomorrow for FREE family day at the museum with the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society. http://goo.gl/VhwywD

cc: Artstigators Nasher MUSE Duke University Duke Forward

11/10/2015

Thanks to Dr Castellano from NCSU for the fantastic talk on the economics and feasibility of solar power as a Global Energy Solution!

10/23/2015

Awesome discovery of the day at the State Fair...light up shoes love the Tesla Coil!

10/22/2015

Bill Switzer bringing the jokes AND science! Have you ever seen liquid air?

10/15/2015

The challenge is on...who can beat Sasha's balloon hand!

10/15/2015

And we're on! Come check out the NC-ACS Booth in the Agriculture Today Booth at the NC State Fair!