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Volume 87, Number 05: February 2, 2009
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- Books
- ACS News
- Awards
- Editor's Page
- The Departments
Cover Story
Materials For The Modern Gladiator
Thanks to innovations in materials science and engineering, NASCAR drivers can crash at 200 mph and walk away from the wreckage.
Cover: Aerial image of Darlington Raceway, in South Carolina, at night. Bo Nash
News of the Week
Pfizer Buys Wyeth
Deal will make Pfizer the biggest prescription drug company in the world.
Fine Chemicals Show Fortitude
Pharmaceutical chemical manufacturers at Informex are proceeding with investments.
Science Windfall From Legislators
House passes package; Senate is still working on its version.
Dow, Rohm And Haas Deal Gets Ugly
Rohm and Haas says a deal is a deal, despite Dow's woes.
New Form Of Boron
Entity has significant ionic character, a first for a material made from a single element.
FDA Clears Stem Cell Clinical Trial
Testing in humans is a milestone in a field fraught with controversy.
Making A Toxin
Researchers build a poisonous lipid found in mussels.
Antique Plutonium
Manhattan Project-era plutonium is found in a glass jug during Hanford Site cleanup. Web Exclusive
Researcher Dies After Lab Fire
UCLA research assistant burned in incident with tert-butyl lithium.
Irreversible Effects
Sea-level rise, drying of some regions may continue for centuries, study finds.
Mapping Earth's CO2
NASA's soon-to-be-launched Orbiting Carbon Observatory will help map sources and sinks of the greenhouse gas. With Video
ACS News
ACS Comment
A challenge to ACS members: reach out to American Indian scientists.
Awards
2009 ACS National Award Winners
Recipients are honored for contributions of major significance to chemistry.
ACS Award In Analytical Chemistry
ACS Award For Affordable Green Chemistry
ACS Award For Computers In Chemical & Pharmaceutical Research
ACS Award For Creative Invention
F. Albert Cotton Award In Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
James Bryant Conant Award In High School Chemistry Teaching
Glenn T. Seaborg Award For Nuclear Chemistry
ACS Award For Creative Work In Fluorine Chemistry
ACS Award For Creative Advances In Environmental Sciences & Technology
» Business
February 2, 2009
Leather From Another Era
In the Hazaribagh district of Dhaka, Bangladesh, archaic tanneries put workers and the environment at risk. With Photo Gallery
Insights: The Language Of Hard Times
No matter how chemical companies say it, it's all about the Benjamins.
Business Concentrates
- Venture Capitalists Put Big Bucks In 'Cleantech'
- DuPont Posts $249 Million Loss
- Ashland Plans New Cuts ...
- ... As Clariant Plans Cuts Of Its Own
- Cabot To Close Four Plants
- Equipolymers To Divest In Italy
- Battelle Creates Smart Coating
- Astellas Bids For CV Therapeutics
- GSK Buys UCB Unit
- Terra Rejects CF Takeover Bid
- Forma And Cubist Target Antibacterials
- AstraZeneca, Sepracor Slash Head Count
- More Biotech Firms Announce Job Cuts
- Lonza Starts Up New API Facility
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
February 2, 2009
New Leader Takes Over At NIEHS
Toxicologist Linda Birnbaum charts course for NIH institute. With Audio
C&EN Talks With: Kathryn L. Beers
Polymer chemist reflects on White House science-advising post.
Government & Policy Concentrates
» more government & policy news...
» Science & Technology
February 2, 2009
Authenticating Food
Researchers are developing peptide nucleic acids as a way to detect DNA in food.
Digital Briefs
New Software and Websites for the Chemical Enterprise.
