ACS Highlights
Shipping and Climate Change
Environmental Science & Technology
November 2009
This policy discussion on how international shipping emissions affect climate warming (and cooling) is relevant to the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change Meeting.
CO2 + the Sun = Fuels?
Accounts of Chemical Research
November 2009
Photochemical CO2 reduction has the twin benefits of fuel production and slowing climate change. The authors evaluate several catalysts that could make this work.
DNA on Stage
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
November 2009
This perspective on how nonlinear optical probes are used to study the behavior of DNA helps kick off ACS’s newest journal.
Water's Mysteries
Chemical Reviews
November 2009
The properties of liquid water are not yet fully understood. Here is a review of the use of vibrational spectroscopy to probe the structure and dynamics of the most common liquid.
Deep Rifts over Climate Bill
C&EN
November 16, 2009
Senate Hearing: Neither Finance Committee members nor experts agree on legislation's economic impact.
Improving on an Herb
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
November 2009
Molecular dynamics simulations are used to determine whether brominated derivatives of hypericin (found in St. John’s wort) might be even better photosensitizers.
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