Cornell research featured at ACS

Cornell scientists took a wide range of research with them to the 225th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans, March 23-27.

Ulrich Wiesner, professor of materials science, discussed separating proteins magnetically. Christopher Ober, professor of materials engineering, has developed two types of nontoxic marine paint that prevent fouling of hulls. Lawrence M. Cathles, professor of chemical geology, believes that reliance on foreign oil can be reduced by chemically mapping the tens of billions of barrels hidden below the Gulf of Mexico. And Geoffrey Coates, professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has discovered a chemical route for the synthesis of a natural biodegradable polymer.

Here are the stories:

• CU researchers create porous structures that could sort proteins by size
• CU geologist: Billions of barrels of oil lie miles below the Gulf of Mexico
• CU chemist finds way to make biodegradable plastic that mimics bacteria
• Self-cleaning, nontoxic coating for ships developed by CU researchers
  April 3, 2003

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