I know it is not even Thanksgiving but its not to early to start preparing for next summer.  NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is seeking student applicants for its summer internship program in biomedical research.  Information about this opportunity can be found at the NIAID website.

The American Chemical Society (ACS) today launched a new resource that gives students, journalists, scientists, libraries and others instant access to more than eight decades of content from its popular weekly newsmagazine, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). Called C&EN Archives, it includes more than 500,000 pages of content from 85+ years of C&EN. It is available at

.  

C&EN Archives constitutes an unparalled chronicle of the chemical enterprise — and the multiple other scientific disciplines that involve chemistry. At its initial launch, C&EN Archives includes content from 1923 through 2009. In early 2011, content from 2010 will also be added. C&EN Archives is fully searchable and accessible via the same user-friendly platform that enables readers to peruse their current electronic editions of ACS’ suite of 38 peer-reviewed scientific journals.
...

As surprising as it sounds, the National Nanotechnology Initiative is ten years old.  To celebrate this achievement there will be a National Nanotechnology Innovation Summit on December 8-10, 2010 in Washington, DC.  The Nation’s top nanotech leaders will be there showcasing their successes and discussing strategic insights into Nanotechnology challenges and opportunities. 

 

For additional information click here

For the first time in the United States, researchers are reporting in a peer-reviewed scientific journal today detection of Bisphenol A (BPA) in fresh and canned food as well as food wrapped in plastic packaging. The amounts in the limited sample, however, were almost 1,000 times lower than the “tolerable daily intake” levels set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Their report appears online in the American Chemical Society journal, Environmental Science & Technology.

 
Arnold J. Schecter and colleagues note that BPA is used in lining metal cans and in polycarbonate plastics such as baby bottles, although some manufacturers are switching to BPA-free products. “In humans, BPA is associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and male sexual dysfunction in exposed workers,” they state. “Food is a major exposure source. We know of no studies reporting BPA in U.S. fresh food, canned food, and food in plastic packaging in peer reviewed journals.”
...

Here is an interesting funding opportunity--focusing on international chemistry collaboration.

 

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13627&WT.mc_id=USNSF_48&WT.mc_ev=click

This is a great video about Mt. Saint Helens 30 years later.  Check it out below.

 

This week ACS President Joe Francisco sent a letter to Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, and Mitch McConnell, recommending FY2011 funding levels and emphasizing the need for Congress to appropriately invest in science and technology.

The ACS is grateful for Congress’s hard work in passing individual appropriations measures in the face of a challenging political and economic environment and urges Congress to invest in a sustained and predictable manner in basic federal scientific research and STEM education programs.

Recommendations include:

NSF – $7.42 billion – (doubling track by 2016)

DoE Office of Sci – $5.01 billion

NIST – $968 million

NIH – $32.0 billion
...

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.
...

Green gasoline is plants in your tank, motor vehicle fuel made from corn, cornstalks, sugarcane, and other crops. It also is gasoline made with recipes that reduce the need for harsh, potentially toxic ingredients like hydrofluoric acid or sulfuric acid that are used at about 210 oil refineries  worldwide. Now scientists have found an answer to a half-century quest for a way to make gasoline in exactly that kind of greener, more environmentally-friendly way.
 
That advance highlights the second episode of a new video series, Prized Science: How the Science Behind ACS Awards Impacts Your Life, from the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society. Rich with high-definition graphics and animations, and commentary suitable for classroom use and other audiences of students and non-scientists, the videos are available without charge at the ...