Back Issue
Volume 87, Number 11: March 16, 2009
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- Books
- ACS News
- Editor's Page
- The Departments
Cover Story
Pharma Outsourcing
Pharmaceutical companies look for outsourcing partners all along the drug development pipeline.
Case Studies:
News of the Week
Merck To Acquire Schering-Plough
The $41 billion deal is one of three big mergers reshaping the pharmaceutical industry.
Faster-Charging Batteries
Method creates lithium-ion battery that charges and discharges in seconds.
New Life For Coal Gasification
Energy secretary reconsiders Bush-era decision to kill clean-coal project.
Obama's Nod To Science
President signs orders on scientific integrity, stem cell research.
Toxic Release Inventory
Firms must provide more data, not less, according to new legislation.
Eyeing Electrons
Laser pulse enables tracking of electron distribution in reactions.
Coating Fixes Its Own Scratches
UV light helps replace broken cross-links in polyurethane.
Dow, Rohm And Haas Settle
Revised terms pave the way for Dow's big specialty chemical acquisition.
Ozone's Health Impact
Long-term exposure to ground-level ozone heightens risk of death from lung disease.
ACS News
ACS Comment
Using technology to expand access to national meeting content.
Science Cafés Hit the Spot
Casual settings draw the public into conversations about chemistry.
Light Agenda For Council In Salt Lake City
» Business
March 16, 2009
Who's Next?
Veterans of past layoffs tell those facing the ax in the pharma industry what they can expect.
No Second Life
Polypropylene isn't getting recycled nearly as much as its packaging-plastics counterparts.
Chiral Quest Takes On A New Mission
To compete, catalyst developer expands its custom manufacturing strategy.
Europe Hangs On
Suppliers to durable goods markets got slammed in late 2008, while those tied to consumable goods fared better.
Business Concentrates
- Firms Advance Biochemicals
- Eastman Chemical Cuts Costs Again
- BASF, Dow Open Novel Propylene Oxide Plant
- Western Firms Establish Asia Units
- Plastics Compounders Sign Nanotech Pacts
- Total Revamps Its Chemicals In France
- Shell, Codexis Link To Scale Up Biofuels
- DSM Opens Plant For Paint Resins
- Mitsubishi Forms New Research Center
- CF Spurns Agrium Acquisition Offer
- Proteon Inks Deal With Novartis
- Ampac Has Continuous Processing Facility
- Gilead Steps In To Buy CV Therapeutics
- MannKind Will Acquire Pfizer Insulin Plant
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
March 16, 2009
Safety Board Retreats
Citing antiterrorism law, Bayer pressures Chemical Safety Board to cancel public meeting on fatal accident. With Video
Opening Doors For The Disabled
Workshop explores ways to better integrate people with disabilities in academia.
Insights: Change Is Coming
Converging forces spur modernization of U.S. chemical control law. Web Exclusive
Government & Policy Concentrates
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» Science & Technology
March 16, 2009
Making Diagnostics Affordable
Nonprofits and academics work toward tests that meet the needs of the developing world.
Sweeping Eastward
As the global economic downturn blankets the world, some Eastern European scientists feel the heat.
Digital Briefs
New Software and Websites for the Chemical Enterprise.
Science & Technology Concentrates
- A Crayon Box For The Biotech Set
- Double-Duty Cancer Killer
- Gouda Cheese Surrenders Its Secrets
- Squeezing The Opacity Out Of Sodium
- Ice Forms From Water Pentagons, Too
- An Aptamer-Based Sensor For Small Molecules
- Purifying Fluoropolymer Building Blocks Via Crystallization
- Reaction Captures Ephemeral Nitrosothiols