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News media and others interested in the chemical sciences are invited to join the next in a series of American Chemical Society (ACS) Webinars™ focusing on programs and funding opportunities for manufacturers and small chemical businesses.

Scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 28, from 2 – 3 p.m. EDT, the free ACS Webinar™ will feature Ben Vickery, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), speaking on how companies or organizations can leverage a product, technology, capability, or product idea to create business opportunities. Vickery serves as Senior Technical Advisor for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership  (MEP) at NIST.

ACS Webinars™ connect you with experts and global thought leaders in the chemical sciences, management and business to address current topics of interest to scientific and engineering professionals. Each webinar includes a short presentation followed by a Q & A session. News media and scientists can tune into the conference without charge but must register in advance.
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What is “palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis”?  I’m not really sure – something about carbon-carbon bonds.  What we do know is that the importance of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) was validated once again today when Ei-ichi Negishi, a researcher the NIGMS has been supporting since 1979, won the Nobel Prize.

NIGMS has a long history of funding Nobel Prize-winning research. Since its creation in 1962, the Institute has supported 38 Nobel laureates in physiology or medicine and now 36 Nobel laureates in chemistry.  ACS stands by the NIGMS and believes that by supporting high-quality, non-disease specific basic research, NIGMS lays the scientific foundation for an array of advances in disease, prevention, and treatment.
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The Washington Post is reporting that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has reissued his subpoena to the University of Virginia regarding documents related to the work of Michael Mann.  More information on this story can be found here.

If America is to recover from years of severe job losses and financial crisis, the nation must stay the course of smart, sustained investments in our most valuable economic engine: scientific research and globally competitive education that together fuel technological innovation.

So says a National Academy of Sciences report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited, that was issued today.

“The Academy has taken a responsible position with long-term stability in mind,” said American Chemical Society President Joseph S. Francisco, Ph.D. “In our current economic climate there isn’t a simple or an immediate solution.  I am proud to say that ACS continues to agree with the authors’ recommendations for creating economic security and prosperity for Americans.”

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Just a FYI--The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a brief compilation reported to it by United States representatives of developments concerning the research and regulation of the health and environmental impacts of manufactured nanomaterials.