Current Issue
Volume 86, Number 43: October 27, 2008
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- ACS News
- The Departments
Cover Story
Sensitizing NMR
Dynamic nuclear polarization opens up new ways to illuminate biochemical processes.
News of the Week
Choosing Metals
The cellular location in which an enzyme folds helps it select the right metal catalyst.
More Solar Silicon
Despite energy slump and credit crisis, Wacker expands.
Bisphenol A Restrictions
Canada will ban baby bottles containing BPA, regulate the substance in can liners and wastewater.
Polymer Pulls Ion Pairs from Water
Bifunctional material could have medical and environmental applications.
Pfizer, UCB Joint Venture
Cyclofluidic, a microfluidics firm, will start up with help from the U.K. government.
CO2 Emissions And Imperiled Species
Agencies nix use of Endangered Species Act to regulate coal-fired power plants.
Platinum Oxo Complex Isolated
Compound is stable without electron-withdrawing ligands.
ACS News
ACS Comment
NCW, chemists celebrate Earth Day, and the importance of outreach.
Official Reports from the Philadelphia Meeting
» Business
October 27, 2008
Invigorating R&D
Corning avoided financial disaster thanks in part to its 100-year-old R&D organization.
Having The Mettle For Sodium Markets
Métaux Spéciaux and DuPont compete head-to-head in sodium metal.
Picking Up The Pieces
Aesica is the first pharmaceutical chemical company created solely from plants divested by big pharma.
Business Concentrates
- DuPont, Celanese Lower Outlook
- DSM Funds Biofuels R&D, Cuts Jobs
- Fleming To Take Helm At Cytec
- Chemist Beats Ineos In Patent Case
- Formosa Founder Wang Dies At 92
- Novomer Relocates And Names CEO
- Dow AgroSciences Expands Workforce
- European Companies Join For Plastic Pipe
- Solvay Will Buy Egyptian Company
- Lilly And Pfizer Settle Drug Charges
- Cancer Drug Companies Make Staff Cuts
- Novartis Will Acquire A Nektar Business
- DeCode Explores Its Business Options
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
October 27, 2008
Limiting Damages
Industry fights to curb large punitive awards.
Methyl Iodide Saga Continues
EPA gives green light to soil fumigant, but California is still assessing risks.
Chemical Boot Camp
Program educates homeland security employees through tours of chemical facilities.
Government & Policy Concentrates
» more government & policy news...
» Science & Technology
October 27, 2008
The Art of Science
Chemical Heritage Foundation takes a new approach to science museums.
Traveling Exhibit
'Molecules That Matter' explores the history and societal impact of 10 compounds.
Opening Doors In China
Trailblazing program devised by William von Eggers Doering opened the West to Chinese chemists.
What's That Stuff? Plasma Globes
Inert gases and electricity combine to generate colored streamers of light. With Photo Gallery
Insights: A Coming-Of-Age Controversy
Habilitation, Germany's post-Ph.D. milestone, stays the course.
Inside Instrumentation
Technology and Business news for the laboratory world.
Science & Technology Concentrates
- Ancient Eukaryotes Produced Tiny Iron Spearheads
- Evidence Confirms Link Between H2S And Blood Pressure
- Streamlined Stem Cell Recipe
- Probes For PET Imaging Of Myelin
- Synthetic Anchored Prion Protein Created
- Controlling Catenation In MOFs
- X-rays From Sticky Tape
- Experiment And Theory Agree On Triatomic Reaction