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Welcome to CAS What's New!  On the What's New page, you can quickly reference the most current news at CAS in a glance. 

Here you'll find the latest CAS news - including corporate news, product and database updates, and upcoming events - all on one page.  For more details, explore the News and Events site by using the left-hand navigation. Also, check back frequently or sign up for an RSS feed.

Latest Corporate News

• CAS' New SciFinder Enhances the Research Experience Via the Web
• Watch the new SciFinder video!
• CAS' Award-Winning SciFinder Scholar Now Serves 1500 Academic Institutions Worldwide
• Chemical & Engineering News Covers CAS and Wikipedia Announcement
• CAS Announcement About Wikipedia
• NFAIS Names Robert J. Massie As 2008 Miles Conrad Awardee
• View Robert J. Massie's 2008 Miles Conrad Lecture Slides
• Check out CAS on CSI New York
• STN Express, Version 8.3, now available
• What's New - ACS Spring 2008 (PDF, 75 KB)

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The Colors of Chemistry

• Why do icebergs glow with a violet or green light?
• What causes a clear diamond to look blue?
• Why do grasshoppers turn from green to a black swarm of locust?

The quest for answers to perplexing questions such as the ones listed above will occupy us into the next millennium.  The information in the CAS databases could well provide the clues, links, and ideas for connecting these past mysteries with future discoveries.

Check back monthly for updates to Colors of Chemistry!

Current News Releases

• STN AnaVist, Version 2.0, Offers Access to Both CAplus and DWPI Patent Data With Enhanced Analysis Capabilities - 09/07
• CAS Exceeds All Previous Records for Input to Databases - 08/07

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Database News

• Updates to databases on STN
• CAS sets new milestones in MARPAT and CASREACT
• CAS Statistical Summary in the scientific literature as measured by CAS - 1907-2007

Product News

• STN AnaVist, Version 1, to be discontinued - 04/08
• STN Express, Version 8.3, now available - 02/08
• STN AnaVist, Version 2.0, now available with DWPI and customized visualization - 09/07
• STN Viewer - A new workflow productivity tool for patent information users - 07/07
• SciFinder 2007 now available for Microsoft Vista and Mac OS X - 06/07
• SciFinder Scholar 2007 now available - 06/07
• STNews
• Download the STN Database Catalog (2.3 MB PDF) - 02/08
• Request the CAS Catalog (in print or on CD) or download the PDF (3.7 MB) - 01/07

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