On17August at the biannual meetingof the AmericanChemicalSociety, researchersreportedsynthesizinga series ofpolymers that mimic the wormproteins' chemistry.
Europe has won five of the last six installments of the biannual team competition, including a stunning comeback victory at the last meeting in Chicago last year, when McGinley was vice captain to Jose Maria Olazabal.