http://www.cas.org/newsevents/index.html What's New From CAS The latest news and site updates from CAS http://www.cas.org/newsevents/connections/element112.html Recent headlines tout that "a new element" will soon be added to the 140-year-old periodic table of chemical elements. However, the super heavy element known as ununbium (Uub), or element 112, is far from new. In fact, it has been among the elements found on standard periodic tables for several years and included in CAS REGISTRY since 1975. http://www.cas.org/newsevents/connections/polarizer.html You may not recognize the name, Edwin H. Land, or the synthetic sheet polarizer he invented, but you're probably familiar with the company he founded - the Polaroid Corporation. 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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.cas.org/newsevents/connections/derivative.html On November 21, CAS Registry Number 1073662-18-6 was assigned to an azulenobenzofuran derivative. 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