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Volume 86, Number 39: September 29, 2008
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- ACS News
- Books
- Awards
- Editor's Page
- The Departments
Cover Story
Unraveling Breast Milk
Analytical scrutiny reveals how complex fluid nourishes infants and protects them from disease.
Cover: Dreamstime
News of the Week
Ellen Kullman Is Dupont's New CEO
Incoming chief executive will focus on expanding a transformed chemical giant.
Ernest Eliel Dies At 86
Organic chemist and textbook author made fundamental contributions to stereochemistry.
Elias Zerhouni Steps Down
NIH director will leave the agency by Oct. 31.
Solvation Observation
Experiment shows solvent molecules don't always obey theory.
Industry Weathers Storms
Hurricanes and Wall Street crisis just graze chemical firms.
Taming Alkyl Oxonium Ions
Fused tricyclic structure stabilizes famously reactive alkylating agents.
Senate Backs Wind, Solar Tax Breaks
Tax bill's final fate is unclear, but drilling ban is lifted for now.
Proteins Caught In The Act
X-ray scattering technique captures conformational changes on nanosecond time scale.
New Bid For ImClone
Bristol-Myers Squibb hikes its offer, while unnamed bidder could up the ante.
ACS News
ACS Comment
Why ACS? Why now?
A Centennial Stimulus
Milestone anniversary prompts ACS divisions to examine their efforts at preserving their past.
Books
Launching A Science Career
Book provides fundamental knowledge for young scientists contemplating a variety of career paths.
Awards
2008 Lasker Awards Announced
Undergraduate Fluorine Fellowship
Grubbs Honored With Basolo Medal
Astellas USA Awards for 2007 Presented
Dreyfus Foundation Announces Major Prize
CHAS Presents Health And Safety Awards
Sigal Fellowship To John Hoerter
Women In Chemistry Scholarships
Martin Wins Skolnik Award, Nominations Wanted
Malcolm MacCoss Wins Creativity Award
Nominations For Organic Awards
Kirkwood Medal To JoAnne Stubbe
Herty Award Nominations Sought
» Business
September 29, 2008
Growing Plastics
Producers of biomass-derived polymers will seize the day, if they can get price and performance right.
Seeking Full Partnership
Founders of Indian contract research organization Anthem strive for research alliances with drug industry customers.
Business Concentrates
- Chinese Baby-Food Tragedy Intensifies
- U.S. Judge Rules Against Tate & Lyle
- PolyOne, ADM Link For Plasticizers
- Kemira Advances R&D Consolidation
- Industry, Academia team Up In Scotland
- Hexion Agrees To Sell Epoxies Unit
- Ineos Plans New Lubricants Plant
- Plexiglas Celebrates 75th Anniversary
- Cocrystal Discovery Secures Financing
- Ligand To Acquire Pharmacopeia
- Italy Drops Bayer's Neonicotinoids
- Genzyme Opens Science Center
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
September 29, 2008
Passing The Recycling Buck
Federal investigators find recyclers willing to ship hazardous electronic waste to world's poor.
Shoring Up Copyright
Bill reinforces publishers' rights, forces change to NIH's open-access policy.
Government & Policy Concentrates
» more government & policy news...
» Science & Technology
September 29, 2008
Ionic Liquids Go To Market
After years of high expectations, low-melting-point salts are quietly settling into niche commercial applications.
C&EN Talks With: Stephen Lyons
A television producer's take on what makes good chemistry for the small screen. With Video
What's That Stuff? Instant Coffee
The popular drink's less popular, highly processed relative.
Digital Briefs
New Software and Websites for the Chemical Enterprise.
