Back Issue
Volume 85, Number 32: August 6, 2007
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- ACS News
- Awards
- Meetings
- The Departments
Cover Story
Centering On Chirality
Chemists are finding asymmetric synthesis increasingly handy for making pharmaceutical compounds at large scale.
Web Exclusive - New Horizons Along Asymmetric Routes
Academic researchers describe new synthetic approaches at Chiral Chemistry meeting.
Cover: Robin Braverman/C&EN
News of the Week
Bacterial Wall Component Made
Synthesis of arabinan domain could aid tuberculosis drug discovery.
More Concerns Over Bisphenol A
Human exposures are usually as high as those causing profound effects in rodents.
Brian Crawford Will Head ACS Publications
Journals executive plans to leverage Web, other technologies.
Akzo Nobel Tries Again For ICI
Dutch company and Henkel will split ICI units if improved takeover bid goes through.
Johnson & Johnson Tightens Belt
Firm will cut jobs and consolidate facilities to offset decline in product revenue.
Aerosols Warm Up Atmosphere
Study of 'brown clouds' over Asia contradicts cooling hypothesis.
Tailor-Made Nanostructures
New methods offer precise control of polymeric micelles.
Eastman Pushes Gasification
Company says multi-billion-dollar projects are an end run around energy prices.
Homeland Security
Like House, Senate bill would let states enact chemical plant security laws that are tougher than federal standards.
ACS News
Council Preview
Light agenda for Boston meeting will include committee elections, petition.
ACS Comment
Ambassadors for science, technology & education in the 21st century.
Awards
Nichols Medal Goes To Nicholas Turro
New ACS Grants Available
Nominations Sought For Esselen Award
Merle Eiss Receives Shirley D. Redding Award
Utah Award To Paul Farnsworth
Call For Nominations For Roy W. Tess Award
Roche Names Excellence In Chemistry Award Winners
» Business
August 6, 2007
Cleaning Up In Electronics
Chemical companies work to upgrade cleaners for next-generation computer chips.
Getting Past Bhopal
Documents show that Dow Chemical has been pressing India to disassociate the firm from the 1984 tragedy.
'Top 50' Correction
BASF was tops in 2006, edging out Dow Chemical.
Nix Quarterly Guidance
Business think tank says earnings projections put too much emphasis on short term.
Business Concentrates
- BASF Joins Firms Leaving New York Stock Exchange
- Sumitomo Pledges to Buy Display Firm CDT
- Sun Will Shutter Staten Island Plant
- Ashland Invests in Two China Projects
- Nalco and Keystone Form Nanotech Pact
- Ticona Picks New Home in Germany
- Basell to Buy Shell Refinery in France
- Chemical Makers Close U.K. Sites
- SF-Chem and CABB Combine in Europe
- Grace Opens Lab in Poland
- GSK Inks Pain Pact...
- ... and Gets FDA Backing for Avandia
- Dow and Partners Advance Thai Plans
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
August 6, 2007
Congress Boosts DOE Science Funds
Office of Science, other R&D programs fare well as agency’s 2008 appropriation moves through Congress.
Government & Policy Concentrates
» more government & policy news...
» Science & Technology
August 6, 2007
What's That Stuff? Chewing Gum
Popular confection began as a not-so-sweet treat from trees.
Toxicity Testing Without Animals
High-throughput methods could reduce need for animals when assessing toxicity of chemicals in environment.