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Published online 6 May 2009 | Nature 459, 17 (2009) | doi:10.1038/459017a
Corrected online: 27 May 2009

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Even big societies feel the pinch

American Chemical Society makes cutbacks to fight financial losses.

The American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's biggest scientific society, is feeling the effects of the global economic downturn.

On 28 April, six months after tightening its belt a first notch, the society laid off 56 people, 3% of its employees.

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