http://www.cas.org/newsevents/index.html What's New From CAS The latest news and site updates from CAS http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/new.html The newest SciFinder update provides users with a powerful new way to search for substances and an easier way to start a structure-based search. In addition, new Quick View features help users conveniently preview references and substances. http://www.cas.org/expertise/cascontent/caplus/patcoverage/patyear.html CAS is enhancing its extensive patent authority coverage by adding the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO). EAPO (country code EA), headquartered in Moscow, is the 63rd authority covered by CAS. http://www.cas.org/products/scifindr/futureleaders/index.html Be one of 15 Ph.D. students selected to participate in the SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry program. Interact with peers from around the world during an all-expense-paid week at the CAS campus in Columbus, Ohio, August 12-18, 2012. Share your insights on chemical information and learn from your peers as you go behind-the-scenes with expert CAS scientists and SciFinder engineers. http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/tutorials.html A series of interactive SciFinder tutorials are now available in Chinese, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish, including Introduction to Reference Searching, Search for References by Research Topic, Analyzing Reference Answer Sets, Introduction to Substance Searching and Search by Exact Structure. http://www.cas.org/support/stngen/stnews/dbnews/feb2012.html#reach Find more chemical regulation information with the addition of the REACH List of Registered Substances in CHEMLIST on STN. For substances on the REACH List, the CHEMLIST record will show this information in the Inventory (INV) field and include the EC Number, and if available, the submitter chemical name and corresponding CAS Registry Number. http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/new.html New SciFinder enhancements offer one-click access to commercial chemical source pricing and availability information and new experimental procedures from major sources such as Taylor and Francis and German and Japanese patents. http://www.cas.org/support/stngen/stnews/dbnews/feb2012.html#chemlist You can now search the new Harmonized Tariff Code (HTC) field in the CHEMLIST database on STN. Other CHEMLIST enhancements include EU Customs Codes display in the HTC field and chemical names in more languages. http://cas.org/products/scifindr/kmp.html With Keep Me Posted (KMP) alerts, you can quickly and easily stay up-to-date on your areas of research interest. KMPs are also accessible via SciFinder Mobile. http://bit.ly/y4Y0uq Are you currently unemployed and wish you still had access to SciFinder to maintain your searching skills or to stay current in your research area? If you no longer have access to SciFinder due to a job loss in 2011 or thereafter, CAS now offers complimentary access under a special program. http://piug.org/Biotech/2012/biotech12work.php While you're in Boston for PIUG 2012 Biotech, make time to brush up on your STN sequence searching skills. Both basic and advanced searching will be covered. Training is designed for patent examiners, search professionals, technical specialists and sequence-focused searchers. http://bit.ly/uxrB9A SciFinder virtual classes reinforce key searching techniques through a combination of presentation and hands-on practice. 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STN partners CAS and FIZ Karlsruhe are pleased to announce that a completely new STN will be phased into the market beginning in 2012. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/eduserv102111.html CAS and Eduserv are collaborating to provide unlimited SciFinder access to the CHEST Consortium, which comprises 48 academic institutions in the U.K. and Ireland, including the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and University of Manchester. http://www.cas.org/expertise/cascontent/ataglance/index.html SciFinder provides access to the world’s premier chemistry collection produced by CAS. The world’s largest curated collection of disclosed chemistry and related research information includes material from journals and patents, commercial chemical sources, reputable Web sources, dissertations, books, conference proceedings and more. http://www.cas.org/products/scifindr/reaction.html SciPlanner can help with synthetic planning. 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For class times and to register, go to CAS Learning Solutions. http://www.videogateway.tv/cas/index.php?MediaID=208 Find out how researchers use SciFinder to explore how increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the environment affect our atmosphere and climate. https://scifinder.cas.org/scifinder/view/link_v1/answerset.jsf?l=hMl-1NsQp_ydCK86Uf9BP8Jw3IKKSLJW6x1AqrQNY1Z3_N4oTg4Ntt2A9ZDvbjD50r924xKXet5LFPoxcUh_Py7og6mh0tGY CAS congratulates Daniel Shechtman on his 2011 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. SciFinder enables you to explore Dr. Shechtman’s research on quasicrystals, including this seminal article. http://www.cas.org/support/stngen/stnews/dbnews/september2011.html#aucan You can now access full-text Australian and Canadian patent information from AUPATFULL and CANPATFULL in STN Viewer. http://www.cas.org/support/stngen/stnews/dbnews/september2011.html#ecla Addition of thesauri for ECLA and ICO codes to the CA/CAplus family of databases increases patent search specificity. The thesauri will be updated monthly as data is available. http://www.cas.org/support/stngen/stnews/dbnews/september2011.html#ifi Updates to the IFIPAT/IFIUDB/IFICDB databases have resumed. The databases will be updated in chronological order beginning with the oldest update (April 28, 2011) and are expected to be current by November 2011. http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/new.html Revitalize your reaction searching with SciFinder, the first choice for chemistry and related sciences. http://www.cas.org/ASSETS/773D56DEC03E4769BF0E1BC206BB371E/usan.pdf Easier to budget and administer, STN Fixed Fee pricing gives you access to almost all STN databases, including USAN, newly enhanced with coverage from 1953-2011. All for one fixed price. See your CAS representative for more information. http://cas.org/products/scifindr/index.html Have you looked at SciFinder lately? We're continually adding enhancements and improving performance. http://www.videogateway.tv/cas/index.php?MediaID=205 Want to keep on the cutting edge of research? See how researchers use SciFinder to explore advances in stem cell research. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuYDWiv_ngQ Did you know? Researchers use SciFinder to explore the medical benefits of tea and harness its powerful antioxidants in modern medicine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuYDWiv_ngQ Did you have your dose of green tea today? Discover how researchers use SciFinder to explore the medicinal benefits of tea and harness its powerful antioxidants into modern medicine. http://youtu.be/-nPY7Me0xpM Ever wonder where all of your dead batteries end up? Learn how researchers use SciFinder to discover new battery technologies that reduce the negative environmental impact of battery consumption. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/saep062111.html Sixteen outstanding Ph.D. students from schools in 13 countries have been named to the 2011 SciFinder Academic Exchange Program. Participants will spend one week meeting with CAS senior management, editorial scientists and technical specialists to advise and discuss insights on global trends in chemistry from the perspective of young scientists and to help advance the science of informatics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_zmB1gzCU Discover how researchers are using SciFinder to help combat the increasing bed bug epidemic by using natural resources. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/60millionth052011.html CAS REGISTRY today registered its 60 millionth substance, keeping pace with the rapid growth of worldwide chemical research. The substance was included in a Chinese patent application claiming compounds with potential therapeutic activity, submitted by the Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. http://www.videogateway.tv/cas/index.php?MediaID=152 Using substances such as vegetable oil, animal fat, and organisms like algae, researchers are finding new ways to reduce the 29 billion tons of carbon dioxide emitted into the air each year. What preferred tool are scientists using to learn about the new developments in biodiesel? http://www.cas.org/newsevents/connections/horseradish.html What do historians, horticulturalists, foodies and chemists have in common? Horseradish, Herb of the Year 2011! Best known as a spicy condiment, horseradish and its chemical properties extend beyond the kitchen to the laboratory and doctor's office. Today, its significant historical and cultural importance in the Jewish Passover Seders continues. See the latest CAS Science Connections for more on this bitter herb. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/sciplanner041811.html CAS today introduced SciPlanner, a ground-breaking interactive workspace enabling scientists to more quickly ID synthesis options for designing the best research pathways and approaches. SciPlanner lets you create customized reaction pathways and organize and manage SciFinder results in ways you find most useful. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/sfmobilechoice.html CAS is making mobile easy! With no special app needed, the new SciFinder Mobile platform allows researchers to use web-enabled smartphones to access CAS databases through SciFinder, the preferred research tool for chemical and related sciences. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/tcglifesciences040411.html TCG Lifesciences, a leading contract research organization in India, has expanded its pharmaceutical and biotechnological research initiatives with SciFinder! SciFinder will help TCG Lifesciences grow its position in the fast growing Indian pharmaceutical research space with access to the CAS REGISTRY database. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/connections/clocks.html We wear watches, communicate through cell phones and computers, and use GPS while driving, walking, and flying. Atomic clocks help make this possible. Today's atomic clocks can keep time to within a second every 3.7 billion years, as well as demonstrate Einstein's theory of relativity and detect changes in gravity, even if only to prove our hair ages faster than our toenails. http://www.cas.org/support/learning/index.html Chemical Abstracts Service has a long-standing history of providing industry-leading, free training resources to its valued customers - from world-class how-to and reference guides to on-site or virtual training events. CAS is pleased to announce it is taking training to the next level with the introduction of CAS Learning Solutions, a simple, easy-to-use online resource center for your training needs. http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/new.html Newly released enhancements to the web version of SciFinder will help synthetic chemists and other researchers stay ahead of the ever-changing landscape of scientific development by speeding up research queries, lab preparations, and synthesis-planning processes. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/wuxiapptec.html CAS announced today that WuXi AppTec, the leading China-based contract research organization (CRO), has signed a contract to provide SciFinder for all scientists within their organization. In 2009, a CAS analysis of chemical literature showed that China led all nations in chemical patent publications and was surging in output of journal literature. WuXi AppTec is convincing proof of the continuous investment and ambition of China-based corporations to lead the world market in the field of chemical research. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/research082310.html Today, leukemia patients who have struggled with cancer therapy resistance and intolerance will now have more options thanks to targeted drug therapy. Such new treatment options are due, in part, to a rapid increase in journal and patent publications following the discovery of Gleevec, as reported by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information. http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/new.html New enhancements available only to researchers using the web version of SciFinder provide powerful new searching capabilities as well as more convenient and time-saving features. http://www.cas.org/support/stngen/stnews/dbnews/JulAug10.html#caadds On July 12, 2010, CAS enhanced its extensive patent coverage by adding patent and patent family information from the Costa Rica Registry of Industrial Property. Also at this time, CAS expanded coverage of the Argentina National Institute of Industrial Property. http://www.cas.org In June, more than 50,000 patent records were added to the CAplus database. Of these, 38% were from China, 22% from Japan, and 16% from the U.S. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/research062410.html Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information, reports that in 2009, China surpassed all other countries in the production of bioethanol patents, emerging as the global leader in the commercialization of bioethanol research. http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/tutorials.html Two new eLearning modules for SciFinder have been posted to the Training and Support page. The new modules are Exploring Substances by Exact Structure, and Exploring Substances by Structure Similarity. http://www.cas.org/support/stngen/stnews/dbnews/jan10.html CAS has enhanced its extensive patent coverage by adding patent and patent family information from the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines), increasing the number of patent authorities covered to 60. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/chinesepatents112309.html CAS, the global expert on chemical information, reports that China's patent office is now the world's leading producer of patent invention applications in chemistry. China trailed Japan's patent office, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for more than a decade, but passed the USPTO in 2005, WIPO in 2006, and exceeded Japan for the first time on a monthly basis in 2008. In 2009, China will record an entire year as the number one producer of chemical patents, and CAS projects that trend to continue. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/connections/ribosome.html Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz, and Ada Yonath were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. Much of their research is represented in the CAS databases, with more than 200 references to their journal articles since 1980. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/50millionth090809.html CAS announced that on September 7, 2009 it recorded the 50 millionth substance in CAS Registry, the world's most comprehensive and high-quality compendium of publicly disclosed chemical information. The substance is a novel arylmethylidene heterocycle with analgesic properties. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/connections/heterocycle.html On September 7th, CAS Registry Number 1181081-51-5 was assigned to an arylmethylidene heterocycle which became the 50 millionth substance registered by CAS. This compound was identified in a World Patent document and was evaluated for analgesic properties. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/connections/smithsonian.html Like the Smithsonian, REGISTRY is far more than just a repository for "specimens". The substance collection is curated by a staff of dedicated scientists who thoroughly index information found in journal articles and patents so that it may be easily accessed by CAS customers. CAS scientists analyzed more than 1 million documents last year, including articles from more than 10,000 major scientific journals and patents from 59 patent authorities around the world. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/commonchemistry051209.html Common Chemistry is a resource providing information on approximately 7800 chemical substances of general and widespread interest. It is helpful to those who know a chemical name or CAS Registry Number of a common everyday chemical and want to pair both pieces of information. http://www.cas.org/support/stngen/stnews/takenote/raising.html STN now allows you to save twice as many answers online as you previously could. The limits for both temporary and nontemporary answer storage have doubled. http://www.cas.org/support/stngen/stntraining/index.html The new, interactive, web-based STN training calendar is designed to give STN customers the ability to quickly view, in one convenient location, all STN North American instructor-led training and e-learning opportunities. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/frameworks.html The March 2009 issue of Wired Magazine highlights the findings of the CAS REGISTRY analysis paper written by CAS scientists and originally published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. The Wired article is entitled Molecular Frameworks, the Building Blocks of Life. http://www.cas.org/ASSETS/DB0D3AD423644A22874D00CCDBBF3D83/sfsynth.pdf Paper on how SciFinder provides multiple pathways for finding reaction and synthesis information. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/protonnmr122908.html CAS, announced today that scientists worldwide can now access more than 23.8 million predicted proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectra in SciFinder. This spectral data augments the 1.9 billion experimental and predicted properties and data tags already available in SciFinder. http://www.cas.org/legal/infopolicy.html This document detailing authorized and unauthorized use of CAS information has been updated. http://www.videogateway.tv/cas/ Streaming videos and podcasts showcasing SciFinder and other CAS products with topics of current scientific interest such as alternative fuels and nanotechnology. Most Recent Podcast: From Fairy Gloves to Nanocrystals. How a folk remedy became a significant drug discovery. http://www.cas.org/support/stngen/stnews/dbnews/september08.html During Fall 2008, the CAS databases will be enhanced with content from Wiley reaction collections. The first collection, Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis began appearing in CA/CAplus and CASREACT in September. http://www.cas.org/support/stngen/stnews/dbnews/july08.html More than 1250 chemistry-relevant records for U.S. patents issued from 1808-1859 have been added. Kind codes for Chinese granted patents from 1993-present have been changed from B to C to match kind codes of the State Intellectual Property Office of the Peoples Republic of China. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/10digitrn.html To accommodate the continuing growth of substance information in the CAS REGISTRY, CAS is now assigning 10-digit CAS Registry Numbers - January 16, 2008. http://www.cas.org/cgi-bin/cas/regreport.pl Daily figures for CAS Registry Numbers and weekly counts for reactions, commercially available compounds and regulated substances.