Back Issue
Volume 87, Number 06: February 9, 2009
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- ACS News
- Awards
- Editor's Page
- The Departments

Cover Story
Breaking The Cycle
Behind the latest megadeal in pharmaceuticals, a more subtle transformation of the industry is taking place.
Cover: iStock

News of the Week
Demand Collapses In Fourth Quarter
Chemical executives rue the worst quarter in decades.
Federal Budget A No-Show
Obama Administration delays release of fiscal 2010 federal spending package.
Nanotube Catalysts
Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes could make fuel cells more affordable.
Roche Gets Hostile
Lower offer for Genentech coincides with more merger talk in the pharma sector.
Technique Dives Into Cells
Microscope offers best three-dimensional resolution yet.
Hope For A Rare Disease
Solubilizing agent reverses Niemann-Pick C disorder in mice.
Dow Responds To Rohm And Haas
K-Dow joint venture, acquisition would spell financial peril, firm maintains.
Atom-sized Quantum Dots
Newly discovered property of silicon atoms may shrink computers. With Video
Senate Democrats Set Principles For Legislation
Plans for cap-and-trade system could also help U.S. in global talks.
ACS News
ACS Comment
ACS prepares for economic challenges.
After-School Chemistry
Students, teachers have a new way of exploring chemistry through ACS's network of high school chemistry clubs.
ACS Releases Global Challenges Report
Water quality and safety are among topics covered in publication. Web Exclusive
Warm Welcome
Web Exclusive
Abstracts For Green Chemistry Conference
Web Exclusive
ACS Public Affairs Honored
Web Exclusive
Awards
2009 ACS National Award Winners
Recipients are honored for contributions of major significance to chemistry.
ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry
George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education
ACS Award for Creative Research & Applications of Iodine Chemistry
Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal
Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry
Alfred Bader Award In Bioinorganic Or Bioorganic Chemistry
Nakanishi Prize
» Business
February 9, 2009

Tiny Prospectors
Companies developing microbially enhanced oil recovery hope to gain traction with the industry.
Inherently Safer Water Purification
Use of on-site bleach generation grows as an alternative to shipping chlorine.
Business Concentrates 
- Nova Chemicals' Stock Tumbles On Debt Worries
- Wellman Emerges From Bankruptcy
- Lanxess Enacts A Crisis Plan
- Sumitomo Forecasts A Loss, Cuts Jobs
- BASF Will Maintain R&D Spending ...
- ... As It Eyes Sale Of Leather Business
- DuPont Sues An Aramid Competitor
- Airline Adopts Corn-Based Deicer
- Mitsui Mothballs Two Facilities
- Ferro Lowers Dividend, Freezes Hiring
- DSM, Arsenal Drop Benzoic Acid
- Drug Firms Cut Jobs To Preserve Cash
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
February 9, 2009

Court Fight
Lawyers seek to reverse limits on liability lawsuits.
Safety Law Confounds
Extension on testing requirement gives industry much-needed time to comply.
Nanoceuticals
Dietary supplements made with nanotechnology are hitting the market with little government oversight. Web Exclusive
Government & Policy Concentrates
» more government & policy news...
» Science & Technology
February 9, 2009

Simulating Life's Envelopes
Models provide clues about lipid behavior in cell membranes, but they may have reached their limits.
New Tools Offer Look At Tiny Domains In Membranes
C&EN Talks With: Jean-Claude Bradley
Organic chemist champions open science, web technology. With Videos
New Products
New and notable in the chemical industry.