Like many chemists finishing their chemistry degrees or PhD theses, I thought that my nomenclature days were over the second I left academia for a position in industry. Nomenclature was not what drew ...

The ACS Committee on Nomenclature, Terminology & Symbols (NTS) enables a common language for chemistry, with the ultimate goal of supporting a universal understanding of the field. The committee’s ...

Just before the pandemic took center stage in 2020, scientists at a T cell memory conference convened to discuss a less than traditional topic: nomenclature. Prior to the event, the workshop ...

The Chemical Nomenclature STEM Certificate is a self-guided program that provides guidance on rules related to naming in chemistry, including: binary compounds, Types I & II ionic compounds, ...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are evolutionary conserved small non-coding RNA molecules that post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression by base-pairing to mRNAs. Recent evidence shows that miRNA-mediated ...

Salmonella was originally named after the American bacteriologist D. E. Salmon who first isolated Salmonella choleraesuis in 1884 from the porcine intestine. Although he initially named the organism ...