This issue of the American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly Press Package (PressPac) is a special edition with selections from scientific presentations scheduled for the ACS 233rd national meeting in Chicago. Our regular coverage of reports from ACS 35 major peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News will resume with the April 4, 2007, edition.

ACS NEWS SERVICE
Weekly PressPac - March 21, 2007

CONTENT IS EMBARGOED FOR VARIOUS TIMES AS INDICATED

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In this Special Edition:

• Theme Topic: Sustainability of energy, food and water
• Molecular tools make the cut
• Wines whine: Ladybug taint
• New biofuel cell produces electricity from hydrogen in air
• Battlefield and terrorist explosions pose new health risks
• Toward improved forms of a time-tested cholesterol-fighter
• Smart sunglass lenses change color on demand
• MRI contrast agent can detect killer plaques in heart disease
• Toward another scientific revolution

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