Current Issue
Volume 86, Number 47: November 24, 2008
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- Education
- Meetings
- Awards
- Editor's Page
- The Departments

Cover Story
Keeping Track
Laboratory management software takes on the data explosion in life sciences.

News of the Week
Auto Woes Hit Chemical Makers
Car production plummets, and chemical demand follows.
Panel Validates Gulf War Ills
Exposure to pesticides and a prophylactic drug caused vets' illness.
Functionalizing Silicon
Classic organic reaction modifies semiconductors.
Coal Plant Permit Blocked
EPA appeals board orders agency to consider power plant's CO2 emissions.
Ineos' Loan Problem
Debt-ridden petrochemical maker arranges waivers of loan covenants.
Naming Dangerous Chemical Facilities
Report lists sites where accidents, terrorist attacks could kill millions.
HHMI Supports Collaborative Teams
Howard Hughes underwrites specific research projects for first time.
A Catalyst With Fluxionality
New class of chiral catalysts mediates tricky olefin metathesis reactions.
Pfizer's Stem Cell Research
Regenerative medicine unit will combine and expand current work.
Education
The Lure Of Informal Education
Science learning takes many forms outside the classroom and may spark long-term interest.
Outreach
Get involved with informal education through ACS.
Awards
Smissman Award To Bruce Maryanoff; Six Inducted Into MEDI Hall Of Fame
Joan Valentine Receives Seaborg Medal
Call For Nominations For Patterson-Crane Award
Edelstein Award Seeks Nominations
Call For Nominations For The 2009 AkzoNobel Award
Dr. Paul Janssen Award Seeks Applicants
Call For Nominations For Spectroscopy Award
Klaus Ditrich Awarded The Siegfried Medal
Akron Section Award Goes To Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
» Business
November 24, 2008

Getting Rid Of Mercury
Anticipating a national rule on mercury removal from coal flue gas, technology providers jockey for position.
European Firms Hit A Brick Wall
Chemical companies' third-quarter results start to reflect impact of financial crisis.
A Solvent Dries Up
Acetonitrile is in short supply, and chemists are concerned.
Business Concentrates 
- M&A Jumps In third Quarter
- Bayer Implements Sumitomo Cl2 Process
- Wellman Moves On Reorganization
- DSM Will Divest Side-Chain Business
- SABIC, Exxon Advance Elastomers Project
- Métaux Spéciaux Beats Sodium Dumping Rap
- Codexis And Dyadic Sign Enzymes Pact
- Wacker, Dow Corning Produce Silicones
- AMRI, Sanofi Settle Fexofenadine Case
- CiventiChem Adds An Analytical Lab
- AstraZeneca Sells Off Biomanufacturing Plant
- Cherokee Expanding Former Merck Plant
- Lilly Links With United Therapeutics
- Genzyme Partners in new Malaria Effort
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
November 24, 2008

Blueprint For EPA Science
Transition to Obama Administration poses opportunity for shifts in priorities, direction of agency research.
Patent Reform Prospects Cloudy
Critics worry changes would reduce investment, slow pace of innovation.
Government & Policy Concentrates
» more government & policy news...
» Science & Technology
November 24, 2008

Say Hello to Helium Ion Microscopy
New technique catches eye of semiconductor industry and nanomanufacturing researchers.
Postcards From Innerspace
An artist scans a nanoscientist's samples for framable landscapes.
Inside Instrumentation
Technology and Business news for the laboratory world.
Digital Briefs
New Software and Websites for the Chemical Enterprise.
Science & Technology Concentrates
- Light-Activated Bug Killers
- Protein Levels Vary With Fate Of Treated Cancer Cells
- Confinement Alters Amine Chemistry
- Unearthing New Protease Substrates
- Synthetic Replicator Amplifies Itself
- Metathesis Expands Diversity Synthesis
- Yarn Gets Smart With Nanotube Coating
- Interorgan Signaling Could Help Diabetics