Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, voted 2011 ACS President

B. Z. Shakhashiri Voted ACS President

Job: Assistant Editor Positions
Chemistry – An Asian Journal/Chemistry – A European Journal/ChemCatChem/ChemSusChem offer Assistant Editor positions (f/m)

Toxicity of Furan
Chronic exposure to low levels of furan through oral consumption may cause proliferative changes to liver in rats

Testing Taste
The lasting sweet taste of some fruits could be due to strong binding interaction with the tongue’s epithelial cells rather than its taste pores

Testing Taste
The lasting sweet taste of some fruits could be due to strong binding interaction with the tongue’s epithelial cells rather than its taste pores

Food Contamination From Packaging
Migration of contaminates from plastic packaging depends on storage temperature and lipophilic nature of the packaged food

Mess-ter Comic – ROP is Easy!
A comic series by Sophie Lin: In part 3 she depicts how chemistry can sometimes surprise you

Alcohol Most Harmful Drug
Study reveals that, overall, alcohol is the most harmful drug with heroin and crack cocaine in second and third places

Natural Flavorings
Heating ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and L-cysteine in solution at different pH results in formation of a complex mixture of aroma volatiles

Quality Of Society Journals
Quality of publishing of ChemPubSoc Europe, RSC, and ACS journals