Silicon Valley Local Section

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

Table of Contents: Title Pages Local Section News:   2025 Silicon Valley ACS Annual Picnic and Awards 1-2 Upcoming Events 2 Northern California Undergraduate Research Symposium 2025 3 Silicon Valley ACS and the Golden Gate Polymer Forum Partnership Celebrates a Decade-long Tradition 4 ACS Western Regional Meeting 2025 6 Watch "From the Laboratory to the Marketplace" Webinar On-Demand 6 New Members 6 ACS News:   Now Hiring! ChemEd X Editor-in-Chief 4 ACS Announces New Scholarships in Chemical Sciences 4 Laboratory Safety: A C&EN Discovery Report 6 Interested in Serving on an ACS National Committee in 2026? 7 Interesting Science:    Chemistry Quiz 6 2026 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners 7 Philosophical Transactions: Celebrating the First Science Journal 7 Performance Enhancing Drug that Cannot be Banned: A Reactions Science Video 7 Chemistry of Intrauterine Contraceptives Infographic 8 ... View more

Table of Contents Local Section News:   Joint GGPF and SVACS Seminar & Networking 1-2 California Section Women Chemists Committee Webinar 1-2 Ottenberg Award: Call for Nominations 2 Upcoming Events 3 Hartnell College Career & Resource Fair 4 Chemists Celebrate Earth Day Illustrated Poem Contest 5 New Members 7 ACS News:   ACS Proactive Membership Assistance Program 5 ACS Western Regional Meeting 2025 - Call for Papers 5 ACS Role in Supporting Science, Scientists & Scientific Research 6 Apply for a High School Chemical Safety Grant 7 ACS Grad Student & Postdoc Recognition Program 8 Interested in Serving on an ACS National Committee? 8 Interesting Science:   Chemistry Quiz 7 Reactions Video: Why Norway's Osmosis Power Plant Failed 7 Stanford Splash Spring 2025 8 How Iron is Produced in Blast Furnaces Infographic 9 ... View more

Table of Contents Local Section News:   Joint GGPF and SVACS Seminar 1-2 Chemists Celebrate Earth Day 2025 1-2 Ottenberg Award: Call for Nominations 2 Upcoming Events 3 Open Letter to the ACS Board, Staff, Council, and Members 4 SVACS Chocolate Raffle at ACS 2025 Spring National Meeting 5 Kid Makers: Pop Up Chemistry 6 SciMix Poster for SVACS at the ACS 2025 Spring National Meeting 6 New Members 9 P.I.E.F.E.S.T. 2025 10 ACS News:   ACS Support for Science 4 ACS Western Regional Meeting (WRM 2025) 7 Apply for a High School Chemical Safety Grant 7 ACS Grad Student & Postdoc Recognition Program 7 ACS Spring 2025 Council Report 8-9 Interested in Serving on an ACS National Committee? 10 Interesting Science:   Chemistry Quiz 6 CSA Trust Grants: Call for Applications 7 ENCORPS Technical Teacher Training 9 History of Science Incidents 11 Hot Water Freezes Either Faster or Slower Than Cold Water (Video) 11 New Free eTextbook on Chem Lab Safety 11 Andy Brunning of Compound Interest, 2025 Grady-Stack Award Recipient 12 12 ... View more

Table of Contents: Title Pages Careers in Industrial Chemistry 1 ACS Spring Meeting 2025 1-2 Pacifichem 2025 1 Judges Needed for Local Science Fairs 2 ACS Fellows Nominations 2 P.I.E.F.E.S.T. Bay Area Pasifika STEM Fair 2025 2 Upcoming Events 3 What the Research Actually Says About Fluoride in Drinking Water (Video) 3 WCC Road Map for the 2025 Spring Meeting 4 ACS Western Regional Meeting 2025: Call for Symposia 5 Hot Off the Press: ACS' New, FREE Lab Safety e-Textbook 5 Economic Elements of Chemistry 5 Interested in serving on an ACS National Committee in 2026? 6 ACS 2025 Fall Meeting: Submit an Abstract 6 CSA Trust: Call for Grant Applications from Younger Chemists 6 Celebrating Women’s History Month 7-9 Call for Nominations: 2025 Abraham Ottenberg Service Award 9 SVACS New Members 9 Chemistry Quiz 9 Chemistry of Eggs and Eggshells Infographic 10 ... View more