Table of Contents
Volume 85, Number 7: February 12, 2007
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- ACS News
- Awards
- Books
- Editor's Page
- The Departments

Cover Story
Custom Chemicals
Firms must adjust in the wake of declining pharma sales growth; metathesis technology moves toward pharmaceutical production.

News of the Week
2008 R&D Budget Has Few Changes
President proposes continuation of last year's initiatives in science, energy.
Alan MacDiarmid Dies At 79
Nobelist codiscovered plastics that conduct electricity.
Pick A Shape, Any Shape
Mask-based lithography method allows researchers to make arbitrary 3-D shapes.
UN Issues Dire Climate Warnings
Human activities are responsible for temperature rise, panel's report says.
Eliminating PFOA
DuPont technologies will remove most of the pollutant from fluorinated products
Two Japanese Drug Firms Merge
Deal uniting Mitsubishi Pharma, Tanabe is Japanese drug industry's third in two years.
Undoing Brain Damage
Treatment cures mice of Rett syndrome.
Chemist Wins Gold In Million-Dollar Arsenic Challenge
Two other simple systems to remove arsenic from contaminated drinking water take Grainger silver and bronze engineering prizes.
ACS, Pharma Initiative Awards First Grant
Joint effort toward greening of pharmaceutical industry targets amide reduction with its first research grant.
Business
Business Concentrates
New Life For Old Plants
Biodiesel has joined the mix of products that the chemical industry makes.
Chemical Mergers Intensified In 2006
Acquisitions of basic chemical businesses fell as those of specialty chemical businesses rose.
Government & Policy
Government & Policy Concentrates
Dustup Over Pavement Coatings
Texas city tracks stream pollution to sealant, then bans coal-tar-based coating.
A Long-Term Revolution
The growing dominance of women at graduation ceremonies is starting to filter up through the workforce with profound impact, but it's a slow process.
Science & Technology
Science & Technology Concentrates
Enzymology Embraces Biology
Some mechanistic enzymologists go over to the protein function side.
Research Ethics
Experts ponder how best to prevent and respond to scientific misconduct as three Japanese cases conclude.
Polymerizing The Unpolymerizable
Two-step process leads to new class of polymers from bulky 1,2-disubstituted ethylenes.
ACS News
ChemInsight: Enhancing The Value Of ACS Membership
ACS Unveils New Strategic Plan
Recognition For Nearly 1,000 50-Year ACS Members
Awards
2007 ACS National Award Winners
Cope Medalist Fréchet; Cope Scholars: Bazan, Charette, Louie, MacGillivray, MacMillan, Marshall, Shea, Tirrell, Tour, and Yamamoto.
Books
Career Choices
Book outlines alternative career paths for chemists.