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Showing releases 26-37 out of 37 releases.
Public Release: 27-Oct-2009
American Chemical Society 238th National MeetingNew American Chemical Society podcast: Tiny sea creature and a new medical adhesive Scientists, who have been working to develop a long-sought medical adhesive, report copying the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm in the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's award-winning podcast series, "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions." Contact: Michael Bernstein
Public Release: 19-Aug-2009
American Chemical Society 238th National MeetingNew approach to wound healing may be easy on skin, but hard on bacteria In a presentation today to the American Chemical Society meeting, Ankit Agarwal, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, described an experimental approach to wound healing that could take advantage of silver's antibacterial properties, while sidestepping the damage silver can cause to cells needed for healing. 
Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery
Contact: Ankit Agarwal
Public Release: 19-Aug-2009
American Chemical Society 238th National MeetingResearchers boost production of biofuel that could replace gasoline Engineers at Ohio State University have found a way to double the production of the biofuel butanol, which might someday replace gasoline in automobiles. The process improves on the conventional method for brewing butanol in a bacterial fermentation tank. Contact: Shang-Tian Yang
Public Release: 19-Aug-2009
American Chemical Society 238th National MeetingBio-enabled, surface-mediated approach produces nanoparticle composites Using thin films of silk as templates, researchers have incorporated inorganic nanoparticles that join with the silk to form strong and flexible composite structures that have unusual optical and mechanical properties.
US Air Force Office for Scientific Research, US Air Force Research Laboratory
Contact: John Toon
Public Release: 18-Aug-2009
American Chemical Society 238th National MeetingScrubbing sulfur The US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a reusable organic liquid that can pull harmful gases such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide out of industrial emissions from power plants. The process could directly replace current methods and allow power plants to capture double the amount of harmful gases in a way that uses no water, less energy and saves money.
US Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Contact: Annie Haas
Public Release: 18-Aug-2009
American Chemical Society 238th National MeetingHow mercury becomes toxic in the environment Naturally occurring organic matter in water and sediment appears to play a key role in helping microbes convert tiny particles of mercury in the environment into a form that is dangerous to most living creatures.
National Science Foundation, American Chemical Society
Contact: Richard Merritt
Public Release: 18-Aug-2009
American Chemical Society 238th National MeetingAmerican Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 12, 2009 This issue of the American Chemical Society News Service Weekly Press Package is a special edition with selections from scientific presentations scheduled for the ACS' 238th National Meeting in Washington D.C. Our regular coverage of reports from ACS' 34 major peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News will resume with the Aug. 26, 2009, edition. Contact: Michael Woods
Public Release: 16-Aug-2009
American Chemical Society 238th National MeetingComputer game taps creativity of scientists to solve energy problems The American Chemical Society's 238th National Meeting here will be the site of a rare "thought experiment" intended to focus the creative genius of hundreds of scientists on solutions to one of the 21st century's most daunting problems: Finding sustainable new sources of energy. The exercise will use a computer game format in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, where more than 12,000 chemists and others will gather this week. Contact: Michael Bernstein
Public Release: 16-Aug-2009
American Chemical Society 238th National MeetingNew insights into the 'smell of death' could help recover bodies in disasters and solve crimes In an advance toward the first portable device for detecting human bodies buried in disasters and at crime scenes, two Penn State forensic scientists report early results from a project to establish the chemical fingerprint of death. Acertaining a profile of the chemicals released from decomposing bodies could lead to an electronic device that could determine the time elapsed since death quickly, accurately, and onsite.
Penn State Eberly College of Science
Contact: Barbara K. Kennedy
Public Release: 11-Aug-2009
American Chemical Society 238th National MeetingAmerican Chemical Society to honor Ciba for supporting science education The American Chemical Society will use the occasion of its annual Heroes of Chemistry Dinner to honor the Ciba Foundation for a $2 million gift in support of science education and the development of future scientists. The Ciba Foundation made the donation this past spring in keeping with its mission to advance science education and develop chemical practitioners. Contact: Judah Ginsberg
Public Release: 16-Aug-2009
American Chemical Society 238th National Meeting'Heroes of Chemistry' for saving teeth, clean water, new high blood pressure drug A material that has saved millions of teeth, an advanced water desalination filter, and a first-of-its-kind high blood pressure drug were invented by the 2009 Heroes of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society's "hall of fame" that recognizes achievements of chemists in industry. Those scientists will be honored on Aug. 16 during the 238th ACS National Meeting in Washington, D.C. Contact: Michael Bernstein
Public Release: 18-Aug-2009
American Chemical Society 238th National MeetingPNNL scientists present research findings on hydrogen fuel storage system In the quest to reinvent energy systems such as hydrogen fuel cells that don't rely on fossil fuels, chemistry plays a large role. Half a dozen researchers from the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will be exploring the chemical underpinnings of hydrogen fuel storage in a symposium running from Monday to Thursday called the "Advances in Experimental and Computational Studies of Materials for Hydrogen Storage." Contact: Mary Beckman
Public Release: 19-Aug-2009
American Chemical Society's 238th National Meeting press conference schedule, Aug. 16-20, 2009 The American Chemical Society Office of Public Affairs is offering news media the opportunity to join press briefings whether covering the meeting onsite or from a remote location. This format during ACS' 238th National Meeting, held Aug. 16-20 in Washington, D.C., will provide access to journalists who cover scientific meetings from their home base. Borrowing the popular chat room concept from the Internet, we will provide media with access to both real and virtual chat room sessions during the meeting. Contact: Michael Bernstein
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