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CAS Takes Part in the National Convention of the Society for Information Science in India
Craig Stephens, vice president of sales at CAS, recently spoke about the growing importance of patinformatics at the 26th National Convention of the Society for Information Science (SIS) in Pune, India. Stephens discussed how researchers in India and elsewhere can apply patinformatics to discover new value within journal and patent information.
Corporate News
- China Leads All Nations in Publication of Chemical Patents According to CAS, the World's Most Authoritative Publisher of Chemical Information
- 50 Millionth Unique Chemical Substance Recorded in CAS REGISTRY
- CAS News from the 238th ACS National Meeting
- CAS REGISTRYSM, the Global Standard for Chemical Research, Approaches 50 Millionth Registration Milestone
- International Year of Chemistry - 2011 - Find out how the American Chemical Society is supporting International Year of Chemistry - 2011, including the current campaign for a commemorative U.S. stamp.
- CAS Launches Free Web-Based Resource "Common Chemistry" for General Public - Links to Wikipedia records provided in collaboration with Wikipedia volunteers
- ACS' Project SEED Receives the National Science Board (NSB) 2009 Public Service Award
- CAS in Wired Magazine - CAS appears in the March issue of Wired magazine in an article entitled, "Molecular Frameworks, the Building Blocks of Life." The Wired article highlights the findings of the CAS REGISTRYSM analysis paper written by a group of CAS scientists, led by Alan Lipkus, and published in The Journal of Organic Chemistry in June 2008.
- American Chemical Society Publications Wins Prestigious Awards - The American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, has won two prestigious PROSE awards for excellence in scholarly publishing, including an award in the Website or Platform category recognizing the combined work of the ACS Publications Division, the Society's Information Technology (IT) division, and CAS.
- CAS Registry Analysis Published in JOC - CAS scientists have discovered that half of the known organic chemical substances can be described by just 143 molecular shapes. This study may help identify new regions of chemistry space for exploration.
- CAS Media Library and podcasts featuring SciFinder
- Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions - Podcast series from the ACS
- CAS Announcement about Wikipedia
- Check out CAS on CSI New York
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CAS Colors of Chemistry
Each year in the Colors of Chemistry calendar, we attempt to answer intriguing scientific questions with information from the CAS databases. This year, we answered questions on topics ranging from environmentally friendly fireworks to glowing fuel rods in nuclear reactors; from promising anti-cancer agents in redwood trees to distinct forms of iron oxide on the surface of Mars.
Read the latest Colors of Chemistry article or learn about our new digital calendars.
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