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Volume 86, Number 30: July 28, 2008
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- Books
- ACS News
- 236th ACS National Meeting
- Editor's Page
- The Departments
Cover Story
Global Top 50
Sales and profits rise at most of the world's top chemical companies.
Cover: SABIC-Europe
News of the Week
Roche's Reversal
Swiss drugmaker wants to bring long-independent Genentech into the fold.
Bubble Fusion Burst
Researcher engaged in misconduct, committee finds.
Contest For Chemists
Journal issues challenge to create method for predicting solubility.
Chemical Makers Feel The Pinch
High oil prices crimp earnings, but sun shines on agriculture.
Guarding Against Fakes
Federal government opens a center to protect and enforce intellectual property rights.
Visualizing Hydrogen Peroxide
New fluorophore lights up hydrogen peroxide in live mitochondria.
Protective Protein
Membrane enzyme maintains tuberculosis bacterium's pH.
Chemistry Competition
Several teams make history at International Chemistry Olympiad.
Books
Crime Solving With Chemistry
The chemistry tools and methods used by crime scene investigators are explained.
236th ACS National Meeting
236th ACS National Meeting
Technical program for August 17-21 in Philadelphia.
» Business
July 28, 2008
Food Makers Follow Their Hearts
Omega-3 fish oils and plant sterols star at food tech show.
Sweet Nature
Cargill's sugarlike truvia is made from a plant with a lot of history.
Chinese Advantage Rooted In The U.S.
Aiming to offer the best, some Chinese entrepreneurs base their companies in the U.S. but do R&D and production in China.
Asymchem Pervades China
An Olympic Drag On Industry
Temporary security measures disrupt manufacturing and research operations in China.
Business Concentrates
- Teva Will Acquire Generics Rival Barr
- Shankland To Get Perkin Medal
- Rockwood Will Buy Pigments Producer
- Dupont Danisco Plans Cellulosic Ethanol
- Change In Store For Cognis' Oleochemicals
- PotashCorp Adds Yet More Capacity
- Lyondell Refinery Incident Kills Four
- Albemarle To House Chinese Fire Facility
- Firms Wax Prolific
- GSK Plans Shift In Business Direction ...
- ... As It Signs With Harvard, Cambridge
- Roche Will Acquire Two Technology Firms
- Air Products To Sell Health Care Business
- Alphora Will Add A cGMP Kilo Lab
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
July 28, 2008
Plutonium Problems
Radioactive spill at NIST's Boulder facility raises questions about agency's preparedness.
Mercury Down The Drain
Congress moves to limit discharge of dental mercury into wastewater.
Government & Policy Concentrates
» more government & policy news...
» Science & Technology
July 28, 2008
Iron's Star Rising
For more sustainable chemical processing, chemists are exploring catalysts based on abundant and increasingly versatile iron.
Dalton Crosses The Pond
European inorganic chemistry meeting comes to Berkeley to showcase main-group chemistry.
ACS Inorganic Division Adds U.S. Touch To Dalton Discussions
Olympic Air Quality Questionable
Athletes going for gold worry about Beijing's air.
Surprises On Mercury
Spacecraft finds evidence of volcanism and water.
Sunshine Sails
Propelled through space by the pressure of photons, solar sails need to be lightweight, thin, and durable.
Insights: Eating As An Environmentalist
What you eat matters more than how far it traveled.
New Products
New and notable in the chemical industry.
An Appetite For Science
For Food Network host Alton Brown, science plays more than a cameo role. Web Exclusive
Sugar-Coated Science
Cooking and comedy combine for some sweet results. With Photo Gallery
