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CAS introduces science-smart agentic AI to transform research workflows

PublishersOctober 13, 2025

(8 Oct 2025) CAS has announced the introduction of science-smart agentic AI designed to enhance research workflows and accelerate scientific discovery. The new capabilities integrate intelligent agents trained on scientific content into CAS BioFinder® and CAS SciFinder®, enabling automation of complex research workflows. These agents allow scientists to ask direct questions and obtain reliable, evidence-backed responses grounded in…

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CAS launches CAS Insights, an free content hub to track scientific innovation trends and opportunities

PublishersNovember 8, 2022

(3 Nov 2022) CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society that specializes in scientific information solutions, launched CAS Insights™, a new content hub at the intersection of science, technology, and innovation. Offering business and research leaders actionable perspectives on the latest developments across science and technology, CAS Insights draws on the human-curated data collection and…

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CAS rolls out new predictive retrosynthetic capabilities in SciFinder

PublishersJanuary 14, 2020

(13 Jan 2020) As part of their continued commitment to helping R&D leaders accelerate scientific discovery, today CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, announced the launch of a breakthrough retrosynthetic capability in SciFindern. This computer-aided synthetic design (CASD) solution utilizes AI technology, powered by CAS’s unmatched collection of scientist-curated reaction content and leverages John…

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CAS Drives increase in R&D productivity with launch of breakthrough retrosynthesis planner in SciFinder-n

PublishersJuly 4, 2019

(1 Jul 2019) CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specializing in scientific information solutions, launched a computer-aided retrosynthetic analysis solution that systematically identifies new pathways to chemical compounds. Now available to all SciFindern users, this next-generation capability is empowering chemistry researchers around the world to rapidly identify, compare and prioritize alternative synthetic pathways. “It’s obvious…

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CAS research clearinghouse was big data before big data

Data, TechnologyMarch 12, 2019

(9 Mar 2019) Before there was Google, Amazon or even an internet, there was big data in what may seem an unlikely place: a chemical research clearinghouse in the heart of the American Midwest. For more than a century, Chemical Abstracts Service in Columbus has been gathering and summarizing chemical research breakthroughs from around the…

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CAS collaborates with iChemLabs empowering scientists to do better research in less time with SciFinder-n

DatabasesSeptember 19, 2018

SciFindern provides relevant, highly actionable insights in an easy-to-use interface that integrates the touch screen friendly ChemDoodle chemical structure drawing tool. (18 September 2018, Columbus, Ohio) CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, partnered with iChemLabs to optimize the efficiency of chemical structure drawing in SciFindern, especially in touch devices, using ChemDoodle®. Built on the…

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CAS announces complimentary beta version of Chemistry Class AdvantageTM®

Education, Technology, ToolsAugust 31, 2016

(19 August 2016, Columbus, OH) CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), announces a complimentary beta version of Chemistry Class Advantage, a new learning solution for undergraduate organic chemistry students. Organized by topics taught in the classroom, Chemistry Class Advantage harnesses the power of SciFinder and research published in journal articles to help…

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CAS announces SciFindern, a new research experience that elevates scientific discovery

Publishers, Technology, ToolsAugust 23, 2016

(21 August 2016, Columbus, OH) CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), announced today that SciFindern will be available Spring 2017. This powerful solution will provide new and unique authoritative content, superior functionality and enhanced workflow features to help researchers be exponentially more productive. SciFindern is made possible by the global network of…

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CAS continues to provide unparalleled discoverability of chemistry with the launch of ChemZentTM

Databases, ToolsJune 30, 2016

(28 June 2016, Columbus, OH) CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society introduces ChemZent, a new solution available for purchase in SciFinder. ChemZent delivers the complete collection of approximately three million abstracts from Chemisches Zentralblatt, the oldest compendium of chemistry abstracts dating from 1830-1969. ChemZent brings unique value to researchers, professors, students and information…

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New STN® breaks ground with Markush structure search and enhanced content for intellectual property exploration and research

DatabasesAugust 5, 2015

(3 August 2015, Columbus, Ohio and Karlsruhe, Germany) Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and FIZ Karlsruhe are delighted to reveal the latest innovations for Intellectual Property (IP) professionals. New STN, a web-based search solution, offers access to essential, curated content in an intuitive interface designed for professional IP searching. Highlights of this most recent release include…

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