A collection of feature articles, case studies, and whitepapers from CAS. News and trends spanning scientific research and information technology.
Resources
A collection of feature articles, case studies, and whitepapers from CAS. News and trends spanning scientific research and information technology.

Resources Index
Go beyond the label: chemical inventory systems that enable R&D innovation
CAS helps organizations worldwide better utilize scientific information to aid innovation. Here are some tips to ensure you are providing an inventory system that supports research and development.
Asymmetric Organocatalysis: Selective and Sustainable Synthetic Chemistry Solution Wins 2021 Chemistry Nobel
Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan were awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction: organocatalysis. This has had a great impact on pharmaceutical research, and has made chemistry greener.
iuvo BioScience Uses Improved Data to Accelerate Product Development for Clients
Read how iuvo BioScience teamed with CAS IP Services to help clients move new products from research to release faster, and at a lower cost.
Predicting the 2021 Chemistry Nobel Prize winners
While many factors play a role in the committee’s decision on who will win the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, ingenuity, citations, and patent activity for their work must be considered.
CAS Launches Significant Enhancement to Predictive Retrosynthetic Capabilities in SciFinderⁿ
CAS announces significant enhancements to the predictive retrosynthetic capabilities in SciFinderⁿ. The enhanced platform uses state-of-the-art AI technology to improve both accuracy and innovativeness of predicted results.
Real World Collaboration: Accelerating Scientific Innovation in an Evolving World
Though we often think of scientific discovery as being driven by competition, going forward, one of the key questions is how we can achieve the optimal balance between collaboration and competition to enhance scientific innovation.
Coronavirus Variants: The Delta Variant and the Future Impact of Viral Mutations
If you are fully vaccinated, should you be worried about the impact of COVID-19 variants? Read this blog and learn about effectiveness of vaccines on Coronavirus variants.
CAS IP Research: Opportunities for Accelerating Innovation and Mitigating Risk at the Nexus of Intellectual Property and R&D
This CAS whitepaper explores the transformation of IP and R&D, where organizations apply IP insights to accelerate breakthroughs and identify potential risks to commercialization earlier in the product lifecycle.
Find a better route: Optimizing AI for more novel synthetic predictions
AI and machine learning models aid in retrosynthetic planning, but are limited by the training data they have seen. Read on to learn about ways to generate novel predictions by ensuring your data has the necessary diversity and quality to optimize key synthetic planning initiatives.