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Chemical reaction

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.

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

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Marris, E. Chemical reaction. Nature 437, 807–809 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/437807a

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