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Nature 437, 807-809 (6 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/437807a; Published online 5 October 2005

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American Chemical Society: Chemical reaction

Emma Marris1

  1. Emma Marris is a correspondent for Nature based in Washington DC.

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The friction that arises when a scientific society aims both to serve its members and stay commercially competitive is generating heat within the American Chemical Society. Emma Marris takes the society's temperature.

The American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world's largest scientific society. Composed of more than 158,000 chemists from industry and academia, and employing some 2,000 members of staff, the society's assets total $1 billion.