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ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March. 14, 2007

Here is the latest American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly press package (PressPac) with reports selected from 35 major peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News. With more than 160,000 members, ACS is the worlds largest scientific society.


ACS NEWS SERVICE March 14, 2007 Weekly PressPac - ALL CONTENT IS FOR IMMEDIATE USE EXCEPT ARTICLE #5 (EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., EASTERN TIME, March 19, 2007)

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Contact: Michael Woods 202-872-4400 m_woods@acs.org

In This Edition:

  • Mother Natures medicine cabinet
  • New light-sensitive polymers may permit "etching" images into vegetation
  • Tomatoes grow in diluted seawater and produce more natural antioxidants
  • Toward safer disposal of animals with Mad Cow and other prion diseases
  • U. S. envisions a new generation of nuclear weapons

Journalists Resources:

  • Huh, a what? Find out what in a Chemistry Glossary
  • Earth Day, April 22: o ACS Video Contest for College Students o Earth Day Poetry Contest for grades K-12 o ACS Earth Day Fact Sheet
  • Research in one hot field: ACS Chemical Biology

  • Mark Your Calendars: ACS National Meeting, March 25-29, Chicago
  • Special Event: Chicago News Media Tour/Briefing/Reception
  • On the Horizon: ACS Regional Meeting, May 16-19, Philadelphia

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