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Volume 87, Number 12: March 23, 2009

Cover Story

Boron Dreams

Priestley Medalist M. Frederick Hawthorne has some unfinished business.

Photo Gallery: Priestley Science

Polyhedral Boranes: Chemistry For The Future

COVER: Gene Royer/University of Missouri, Columbia

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News of the Week

Dodging The Substitution Laws

Reaction that yields meta-substituted aromatic rings evades textbook tenets.

Trauma Continues For Chemical Firms

Salary reductions increase as a cost-control measure.

FDA Team Named

Obama selects new agency heads, strengthens food safety efforts.

Congress, Companies Target Chemicals

Bisphenol A and phthalates are in the crosshairs.

Phoenix Water Mystery

Scientists argue over whether droplets on spacecraft's leg are liquid.

Accident Briefing Back On Tap

Chemical safety board resets public meeting that was blocked due to terrorism concerns.

Modified Antibody Binds Two Antigens

Engineered antibody can alter the shape of its binding sites.

Rotaxanes Go Hybrid

New compounds combine inorganic and organic parts.

Chemtura's Bankruptcy

Firm cut dividends, jobs and put businesses up for sale, but it was not enough.

Education

Teaching Chemistry In Qatar

Middle Eastern country fosters unique opportunities for Western-style education.

NYU Abu Dhabi Will Experiment With Interdisciplinary Programs

Science and engineering degrees at Middle East campus will start with two-year foundation courses. Web Exclusive

Books

Science At The Mike

Retracing the early days of broadcast science communication.

ACS News

ACS Comment

ACS on teaching evolution: fact & theory.

The Departments

Letters

Newscripts

» Business

March 23, 2009

Tough Times For Petrochemicals

The long-anticipated petrochemical downturn has finally arrived, heralded by a deep recession.

Middle East

Financial crisis may delay new rush of capacity.

Business Concentrates

» Government & Policy

March 23, 2009

Offshore Drilling Revisited

Congress and the Obama Administration weigh the benefits and risks of expanded oil and gas production.

How Emissions Offsets Work

Congress wades into murky, high-stakes policy for climate legislation.

DOE Drops Yucca Mountain

Energy secretary begins search for alternative ways to handle and dispose of radioactive waste.

Government & Policy Concentrates

» Science & Technology

March 23, 2009

Hand Over Hand

Ideas aplenty still vie to explain how life's single chirality emerged.

What's That Stuff? Instant Film

Layers of light-sensitive dyes, emulsions, and developers combine in one-step photography.

Science & Technology Concentrates

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