Back Issue
Volume 87, Number 07: February 16, 2009
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- ACS News
- Awards
- Meetings
- The Departments

Cover Story
Greening The Farm
Safer and environmentally friendlier pesticides and agricultural practices gain traction on U.S. farms.
Pinpointing Trends In Pesticide Use Web Exclusive
Defending Mother Nature Web Exclusive

News of the Week
Congress Breaks Stimulus Logjam
Science, energy, education get big boost in sweeping package.
Companies Halt Plans For Plants
Seeking to cut costs, chemical makers delay projects.
Biomarker For Cancer Aggression
Metabolite in urine is linked to prostate cancer's progress.
Dow/Rohm And Haas Update
Dow works overtime to complete deal with financing that will preserve its credit rating.
FDA Approves Drug From Transgenic Goat Milk
Decision marks the first U.S. approval of a human therapy derived from a genetically engineered animal.
Making Water Step By Step
Atomic resolution study reveals sequence of events. With Video
Self-Assembled Nucleotide Helix
Structure may have implications for prebiotic chemistry.
Measuring Cell Fever
Nanogel makes it possible to sense tiny temperature differences inside cells.
Chemtura's Debt
With a deadline looming, firm seeks to avoid bankruptcy, sale of the company.
ACS News
ACS Comment
Challenges, opportunities, and hope.
ACS President On Facebook, Networks With Younger Chemists
ACS Wins Publishers Awards
ACS Nano and the ACS website are cited for excellence.
Awards
2009 ACS National Award Winners
Recipients are honored for contributions of major significance to chemistry.
Herbert C. Brown Award For Creative Research In Synthetic Methods
E. V. Murphree Award In Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award For Interpreting chemistry For The Public
ACS Award In Industrial Chemistry
Award For Volunteer Service To The American Chemical Society
ACS Award For Encouraging Women Into Careers In The Chemical Sciences
ACS Award In Chromatography
ACS Award In The Chemistry Of Materials
PMSE Selects 2009 Fellows
Michael Salyer Wins Chemical Technician Award
San Diego Section Awards
Catherine Hunt Receives Outstanding Alumna Award
Nominations Sought For James Flack Norris Award
Winners Selected For Astellas Award
» Business
February 16, 2009

Pinching Pennies
Chemical firms plan a 25.1% capital spending cut and a 1.8% drop in R&D spending in 2009.
Fine Chemicals Firms Continue To Expand
At Informex, companies touted investments in facilities and technology.
Small Technologies Firms Find A Home
Informex introduces forum for sustainable chemistry firms. Web Exclusive
Roche Pins Hopes On R&D
Swiss drug company continues to boost research spending even in downturn.
Less Sunny Skies
Attendees at annual detergents meeting confront a more hostile business environment. Web Exclusive
Business Concentrates 
- More Pharmaceutical Firms Cut jobs
- ICIG Will Acquire Italy's Miteni
- Invista, Innospec Refinance Debt
- Arkema Sells One Firm, Buys Another
- Lyondell Protects European Parent
- Valero Bids For VeraSun Plants
- NatureWorks Achieves Big CO2 Reduction
- Fragrance Maker IFF Opens China Center
- Merck Buys Plant For Follow-On Drugs
- Sanofi Launches Diversification Plan
- GSK, Idenix Ink Collaboration
- Bayer Invests In China R&D Center
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
February 16, 2009

Regulatory Overlord
Obama's pick for White House job endorses strict analysis of federal rules.
Insights: Budget Mess
The fiscal 2010 budget is late and the process is broken.
Government & Policy Concentrates
» more government & policy news...
» Science & Technology
February 16, 2009

Bacteria Boast Unexpected Order
Despite lacking organelles, microbial cells muster an extraordinary degree of internal organization.
Inside Instrumentation
Technology and business news for the laboratory world.
Science & Technology Concentrates
- Plants Make Bilirubin, Too
- Nerve Receptor Binds Hallucinogenic Ligand
- Magnetic Doping Speeds Up Protein NMR
- Designer Surfactant For Micellar Catalysis
- Hemoglobin Helper Aids Oxygen Delivery
- Optical Mask Could Improve Imaging Resolution
- Ceria Nanoparticles Act Like Enzymes
- Organic Matrices Help Preserve Iron At Sea