Comment: Finding and fueling the next 150 years of chemistry frontiers

Chemistry never stands still. Neither does the committee that not only keeps pace with it but stays a step ahead. The American Chemical Society Committee on Science (ComSci) exists to find the frontiers of chemistry before they become obvious. We then catalyze and rally the ACS community around those frontiers, turning raw discovery into applications, policy, and public trust in science. In the society's 150th year, that restless energy has a new audience. As ACS marks its sesquicentennial under the banner “Chemistry is Everything,” the milestone has been framed less as a victory lap than as a planning inflection…