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Press Center Highlightsfrom“The World Series of Science”
August 22, 2012
244th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, world’s largest scientific societyAugust 19-23, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA
August 22, 20126:00 a.m. ACS Press Center opens, Room 304, Pennsylvania Convention Center
7:00 a.m. Complimentary continental breakfast
9:00 a.m. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, 1:45 p.m. Eastern Time
Toward medicines that recruit the body’s natural disease-fighting proteins
Like recruiters pitching military service to a throng of people, scientists are developing drugs to recruit disease-fighting proteins present naturally in everyone’s blood in medicine’s war on infections, cancer and a range of other diseases. They reported on the latest advances in this new approach here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.
David Spiegel, M.D., Ph.D.Yale University
10:00 a.m. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, 6 p.m. Eastern Time
New device monitors schoolroom air for carbon dioxide levels that may make kids drowsy
With nearly 55 million students, teachers and school staff about to return to elementary and secondary school classrooms, scientists today described a new hand-held sensor ― practical enough for wide use ― that could keep classroom air fresher and kids more alert for learning. The sensor detects the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in classroom air.
Jennifer L. Maclachlan PID Analyzers, LLC
11:00 a.m. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Biorefinery makes use of every bit of a soybean
Scientists today unveiled new technology intended to move soybeans, second only to corn as the top food crop in the U.S., along that same use-to-all path as a raw material for a wider portfolio of products. They described it ― a new integrated soybean biorefinery ― at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society, being held here.
Ramani Narayan, Ph.D.Michigan State University
2 p.m. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time
New era in camouflage makeup: Shielding soldiers from searing heat of bomb blasts
Camouflage face makeup for warfare is undergoing one of the most fundamental changes in thousands of years, as scientists today described a new face paint that both hides soldiers from the enemy and shields their faces from the searing heat of bomb blasts. Firefighters also could benefit from the new heat-resistant makeup, according to the report.
Robert Lochhead, Ph.D.The University of Southern Mississippi
2:30 p.m. –– Online Press Conference EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Good news for banana lovers: Help may be on the way to slow that rapid over-ripening
A solution finally may be at hand for the number one consumer gripe about America’s favorite fresh fruit ― bananas and their tendency to ripen, soften and rot into an unappetizing mush, seemingly in the blink of an eye. Scientists speaking here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society described efforts to develop a spray-on coating that consumers could use to delay the ripening.
Xia Liu, Ph.D. Alli WangTianjin University of Science & Technology
3:00 p.m. -- Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, 11:45 a.m. Eastern Time
First evidence from humans on how alcohol may boost risk of cancer
Almost 30 years after discovery of a link between alcohol consumption and certain forms of cancer, scientists are reporting the first evidence from research on people explaining how the popular beverage may be carcinogenic. The results, which have special implications for hundreds of millions of people of Asian descent, were reported here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.
Silvia Balbo, Ph.D.Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
5:00 p.m. Press Center closes
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