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Public release date: 11-Mar-2003
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Highlights of American Chemical Society meeting in New Orleans
Vegetable oil for car engines and contact lenses that deliver medicines among topics at American Chemical Society meeting in New Orleans
A record number of presentations, more than 8,500, are expected for the 225th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, in New Orleans, March 23-27.
Highlights include:
Rechargeable batteries that operate on alcohol
Getting rid of termites with catnip
Automotive vegetable oil could be in your car's future
New class of nonaddictive painkillers that could be better than morphine
More efficient fridges and A/Cs with no moving parts
Contact lenses that dispense medicine
Cranberry juice increases levels of "good" cholesterol
Evolution of plants from sea to land: fossil evidence
News releases on these topics and others will be posted on EurekAlert throughout the week of the meeting. They also will be posted on the American Chemical Society Web site at www.chemistry.org/news.
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