Back Issue
Volume 87, Number 08: February 23, 2009
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- Books
- Awards
- Employment
- 237th ACS National Meeting
- Editor's Page
- The Departments

Cover Story
Pittcon Turns 60
What started as a humble gathering of analytical researchers has become a central institution for an entire field.
Pittcon: A Real Cover Story (Photo Gallery)

News of the Week
Questionable Crime-Scene Science
U.S. forensic science is inadequate, NRC says.
GSK Outlines Aid For Poor Countries
Activist group welcomes move but asks for more specifics.
Making Hydrogen Peroxide Directly
Acid treatment of catalyst support could simplify production of chemical.
Nature Chemistry Debuts
Nature Publishing Group launches a monthly chemistry journal.
LyondellBasell's Problem
Firm's European arm misses debt payments.
Energy Jobs
DOE gears up to spend big on infrastructure, renewable energy projects.
Scientists In The Streets
French researchers and teachers protest proposed government reforms. With Video
Naming What's In Cleaning Products
Activists sue companies, saying they must disclose ingredients under 1976 New York law.
Industrial R&D Spending Stalls
Investments in research will be flat in 2009.
Awards
2009 ACS National Award Winners
Recipients are honored for contributions of major significance to chemistry.
ACS Award In Pure Chemistry
Charles Lathrop Parsons Award
Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in The Theoretical & Experimental Chemistry of Liquids
Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science & Technology
ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
ACS Award In Inorganic Chemistry
Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator
Robert Crabtree Wins Green Chemistry Award
Call For Nominations For Paul Marks Prize
Tess Award To Christian Decker; Call For Nominations
Peter Rossky Wins Theoretical Chemistry Award
Scholarships Available For Women Undergrads
Carolyn Bertozzi Wins Harrison Howe Award
Dallas-Fort Worth Awards To Balkus, Bernabo
Hillebrand Prize Goes to Michael Kurylo
Richard Zare Receives Honorary Fellowship
Rosalind Kornfeld Lifetime Achievement Award Winners Named
Nominations Sought for Radding Award
Environmental Chemistry Awards to Graduate Students
Employment
Make Your Résumé Work For You
A good résumé is a marketing tool that gets you noticed, even in a weak job market.
237th ACS National Meeting
237th ACS National Meeting
Technical program for Salt Lake City, March 22-26. Web Exclusive
» Business
February 23, 2009

An Unlikely Hot Spot
Nearly six years after Pfizer closed down its site in Kalamazoo, the life sciences industry there is growing steadily.
Exelixis After GSK
A six-year partnership ends, and a new era begins for a biotechnology pioneer.
Fourth-Quarter Earnings Tank
Steep drop in demand from economic downturn sends chemical firms racing to cut costs.
Drug Firms Revamp
After a difficult 2008, big firms are taking aggressive restructuring steps.
Business Concentrates 
- Chemical Firms Scrounge For Cash To Pay Bills
- Dow To Slash Top Exec Bonuses
- Rhodia Idles Workers In Charleston
- CoorsTek Adds Armor Facility
- Rockwood Cuts Jobs, Freezes Salaries
- Investors Put Money Into Affymax, Opsona
- GPC Biotech, Agennix To Merge
- Bayer, Dow Enter Crop Research Pacts
- Divergence Raises $12 million
- BP and Verenium Form Joint Venture
- Lilly Makes Pact With Neurosearch
- CuraGen Evaluates Strategic Options
- GSK Starts Trial Of HGS Diabetes Drug
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
February 23, 2009

The Foul Side Of 'Clean Coal'
As power plants face new air pollution controls, ash piles and their environmental threats are poised to grow.
Food Safety Reform
Latest Salmonella outbreak has renewed calls for a single food agency.
Government & Policy Concentrates
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» Science & Technology
February 23, 2009

Artificial Blood
Poor clinical trial results and controversy stymie attempts to create alternatives to donated blood.
Using Stem Cells To Make Blood Substitutes
Artificial blood derived from cord blood stem cells is being tested in humans. Web Exclusive
Off-Balance Ocean
Acidification from absorbing atmospheric CO2 is changing the ocean's chemistry.
Insights: Learning From Mistakes
Lab incident at UCLA highlights need to disseminate accident information and increase safety awareness.
Science & Technology Concentrates
- Elusive Biradical Spotted
- Protein Folding May Be Key To A Long Life
- Nitrogens Commandeer Silicon From Fluorine
- Surface Impacts Of Nanoscale Oscillations With Video
- Peering Deeper Into The Prenylome
- Acid-Responsive Nanoparticles Expand To Deliver Drugs
- MRI Breathing Room
- Ligand Redesign Could Boost Nerve Repair