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Welcome to CAS What's New!  You can quickly reference the most current news at CAS in a glance. 

Here you'll find corporate news, product and database updates, and upcoming events - all on one page.  For more details, explore the News & Events site by clicking options at the left.  Check back frequently, or sign up for an RSS feed.

Latest Corporate News

• Largest Collection of Proton NMR Spectra Now Available in SciFinder
• CAS Registers 40 Millionth Substance in CAS REGISTRY^SM
• What's New - ACS Fall 2008 (PDF, 748 KB)
• Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions - a new podcast series from the ACS
• CAS Registry Analysis Published in JOC
  CAS scientists have discovered that half of the known organic chemical substances can be described by just 143 molecular shapes.  This study may help identify new regions of chemistry space for exploration.
• CAS Media Library and podcasts featuring SciFinder
• CAS Announcement about Wikipedia
• Check out CAS on CSI New York

Database News

• Updates to databases on STN
• CAS databases enriched with Wiley reaction collections - 09/08
• CAS expands definition of basic patents to ensure comprehensive access to substance information - 08/08
• U.S. patent records back to 1808 now available from CAS - 07/08
• CAS patent coverage includes exemplified prophetic substances 
• CAS Statistical Summary in the scientific literature as measured by CAS - 1907-2007

Product News

• Largest collection of proton NMR spectra now available in SciFinder - 12/08
• New features added to web version of SciFinder - 11/08
• SubScape enhanced with target indicators and additional features and content - 08/08
• STN Viewer performance improved - 07/08
• STN AnaVist enhanced with database content from EPFULL - 06/08
• STN on the Web enhanced with STN AnaVist and STN Viewer Assistants - 07/08
• STNews
• STN Database Catalog (PDF, 2.3 MB) - 02/08

The Colors of Chemistry

• Why do icebergs glow with a violet or green light?
• What causes a clear diamond to look blue?
• Why do grasshoppers turn from green to a black swarm of locust?

The quest for answers to perplexing questions such as the ones listed above will occupy us into the next millennium.  The information in the CAS databases could well provide the clues, links, and ideas for connecting these past mysteries with future discoveries.

Check back monthly for updates to Colors of Chemistry! -12/08

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