Over in Philly a whole bunch of Nature people are at this year’s meeting of the American Chemical Society. They’re blogging the whole thing on both In the Field and The Sceptical Chymist.

So far Katharine Sanderson found “blue skies, hot sunshine and a summery feeling in the air” and has confirmed the heavy-drinking journalist stereotype by celebrating the fact that “following years of disappointment, members of the press have been given drinks tickets”.

Meanwhile Andrew Mitchinson has been watching movies. Chemical movies of course.

Gavin Armstrong isn’t getting into the ACS groove though. He opening his conference blogging thus: “I spent the day and night cursing chemistry”.