ACS joined with the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) to launch a “Day of Chemistry” at each of the 2007 NSTA Fall Regional Conferences (Birmingham, Detroit and Denver). Consisting of six consecutive sessions, the “Day of Chemistry” provided content and pedagogy for high school teachers, focusing on the concepts of energy and entropy.

OSHA Alliance expands

In 2007, ACS actively contributed to the Reactive Chemicals Hazards Management Alliance, sponsored by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). During the year, ACS members provided expertise for a variety of projects related to safe practices with chemicals. The Alliance also brought in experts from OSHA to staff a booth at the ACS National Meeting and Exposition in Chicago.

CAS, FIZ Karlsruhe debut new, improved STN^® products

In cooperation with its STN^® partner FIZ Karlsruhe, CAS implemented two significant product developments for information professionals and patent analysts:

A new and more powerful version of the STN^® AnaVist^™ analysis and visualization software was introduced. STN AnaVist 2.0 incorporates the Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI^SM) database to complement the extensive patent content of CAplus^SM. STN AnaVist is the only platform that permits analysis and visualization of both the CAplus and DWPI search results, with content processed by STN for optimal visualization.

CAS and FIZ Karlsruhe launched STN^® Viewer^™, a new Web-based workflow productivity tool that dramatically increases patent professionals’ efficiency. STN Viewer makes it easy to evaluate patents by permitting the user to view major sections, publication stages and family members; define and highlight terms and phrases of interest; and navigate the entire patent document via a visual summary of highlighted terms.