2008
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December
- December 18, 2008
- Media registration opens for chemical society national meeting March 22-26 in Salt Lake City
- Tips for making a “green” holiday from the world’s largest scientific society
- December 10, 2008
- Waste coffee grounds offer new source of biodiesel fuel
- December 01, 2008
- African-American chemist named president-elect of world’s largest scientific society
- Occidental exec chosen as director-at-large of ACS board of directors
- Orinda, Calif., chemist re-elected to board of world’s largest scientific society
- Palo Alto, Calif., chemist re-elected to board of world’s largest scientific society
- Wilmington, Del., chemist elected to board of world’s largest scientific society
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November
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October
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September
- September 29, 2008
- American Chemical Society, JISC Collections open ACS Legacy Archives to educators in UK
- September 25, 2008
- Climate Change, Alternative Fuels and ‘Weird Science’ for the Public are topics for ACS Southwest Regional Meeting in Little Rock, Oct. 1-4
- September 24, 2008
- National Chemistry Week 2008 focuses on fun with sports
- September 23, 2008
- Rohm and Haas acrylic innovation named a National Historic Chemical Landmark
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August
- August 26, 2008
- Fill ‘er up — with water? DOE official cites need for major breakthroughs to cope with climate change
- August 20, 2008
- Breaking the “mucus barrier” with a new drug delivery system
- Childhood ear infections may predispose to obesity later in life
- First detection of “odor profile” for skin cancer may lead to rapid, non-invasive diagnostic test
- New test to diagnose osteoarthritis early
- That Tastes… Sweet? Sour? No, it’s definitely
- Trees kill odors and other emissions from poultry farms
- August 19, 2008
- Key advance toward “micro-spacecraft”
- New reasons to avoid grapefruit and other juices when taking certain drugs
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July
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June
- June 23, 2008
- The American Chemical Society launches
- June 12, 2008
- Pfizer’s work on penicillin for World War II becomes a National Historic Chemical Landmark
- June 05, 2008
- Chemists share their stories in 2007 ACS annual report
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May
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April
- April 08, 2008
- DVDs and CD-ROMs That Thwart Global Warming
- Protecting a life-saving blood product from human form of mad cow disease
- April 06, 2008
- A Boost for Bamboo-Based Blouses and Blankets
- As nanotech goes mainstream, “toxic socks” raise concerns
- Crime Scene Investigations: Gunshot residue analysis on a single gunpowder particle
- “Healing clays” show promise for fighting deadly MRSA superbug infections, other diseases
- Meteorites delivered the “seeds” of Earth’s left-hand life
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March
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February
- February 25, 2008
- Peacetime use of radioisotopes at Oak Ridge cited as Chemical Landmark
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January
- January 28, 2008
- Chemists Honored During Black History Month
- January 15, 2008
- The secret jungles of ancient France