Back Issue
Volume 85, Number 47: November 19, 2007
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- ACS News
- Editor's Page
- The Departments
Cover Story
Suits and Lab Coats
Industry draws on academic know-how to help develop specialty chemicals and other new materials.
News of the Week
Ion Channel Close-Up
Structure reveals intimate role for lipids.
Merck Settles Vioxx Claims
Agreement with plaintiffs will allow company to refocus on R&D.
Nanoscale Doping Via Chemistry
Surface reactions tailor silicon's properties with high spatial precision.
Japanese Earnings
Major chemical companies are seeing their profits shrink.
Cacao Drinks Date To 1150 B.C.
Analysis of pottery residue shows chocolate plant used earlier than anthropologists realized.
Weapons Labs' New Directions
With planned downsizing, labs will chase more nonweapons contract R&D.
Al Gore Joins Venture Firm
Former vice president joins Silicon Valley push into renewable fuels.
» Business
November 19, 2007
First The Kingdom, Then The World
With its purchase of GE Plastics, SABIC is on the offensive globally and technologically.
More Growth For Chemical Earnings
With increased prices and steady demand, companies overcome economic turmoil.
Pharma's Tough Balancing Act
Weaker third-quarter earning at the major drug companies reflect drug withdrawals and generic competition.
Biotech Challenges
Earnings drop in third quarter at both Amgen and Biogen but increase 22% at Genentech.
Business Concentrates
- U.K. Government Earmarks $200 Million For R&D
- BASF Opens European Electronics Center
- SABIC Will Sell Polymer Venture Stake To BASF
- ADM Forms A New Chemicals Group
- Sterling Leaves Styrene Business
- Eastman Plans Air Emissions Reduction
- InnoCentive Winner Solves Oil Problem
- PotashCorp Plans Another Expansion
- Chemical Prices Climb Again
- Millennium To Close French TiO2 Facility
- Pfizer, Nektar Make Peace Over Exubera
- Cambridge Major Buys Dutch Contractor
- Lead Therapeutics Draws Investors
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
November 19, 2007
Congress Takes Aim At China
Multinationals fear retaliation as lawmakers step up pressure on Beijing's trade practices.
Government & Policy Concentrates
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» Science & Technology
November 19, 2007
Catalysis At PNNL
National lab leverages its assets and diverse expertise for basic and applied research
Designer Reactions
Novel CO2-based solvent systems meld reaction and separation steps into continuous processes.
New Strides In Metal-Metal Bonding
Recent Research efforts yield a record short Cr–Cr bond and the first stable Mg(I) compounds.
Digital Briefs
New software and websites for the chemical enterprise.
