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Quote of the Week
"What's special about natural products is that they have an evolutionary history—that they’ve been selected to do something in biology."
JON CLARDY, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL – p. 32
August 10, 2009
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Highlights
Cover Story
Nanotech Toolkit
As nanotechnology R&D advances, instrumentation is keeping stride with scientific and educational needs. (pp. 12-17)
Science & Technology
From Nature, A Past And Future
Golden anniversary for natural products research society brings celebration, introspection. (pp. 32-35)
Career & Employment
Where Art Meets Science
For scientists with a flair for the visual, illustration is a fulfilling career. (pp. 48-50)
Table of Contents
News Of The Week
Hydrogen From Sun And Water p. 7
Three-component catalyst evolves hydrogen with exceptional efficiency.
An Evolving Debate p. 8
Industry is split on reform of U.S. chemical law.
Resisting Health Care Reform p. 8
Drugmakers find fault with overhaul plan.
HIV's Genomic Architecture p. 9
Chemical method reveals that HIV's RNA genome is highly structured.
Advancing Electric Vehicles p. 9
Battery technology projects win stimulus funds worth $2.4 billion.
Isoprene's Fate In Air p. 10
Biogenic hydrocarbon's atmospheric oxidation involves epoxides.
Lasers Spark Crystal Growth p. 10
Chemists revive a bright way to initiate crystallization.
European Decline Persists p. 11
Reports show poor earnings, but some positive signals are on the horizon.
Arkema Will Acquire Dow Acrylics Unit p. 11
Sale satisfies FTC demand following Dow's Rohm and Haas purchase.
Business
Positioning Ricerca pp. 20-21 (Member Content)
Contract research firm focuses its chemistry, biology services on early-stage drug development.
Viwa's Business Model p. 22 (Member Content)
Custom chemical supplier not only serves customers abroad but also brings foreign products to the Chinese market.
The Grim Auto Reaper Web Exclusive
Engine-killing by chemistry is vital to the federal government's Cash-for-Clunkers program.
Business Concentrates pp. 18-19 (Member Content)
- Biotech Firms Dip Toes In Investment Waters
- An upturn in biotechnology company fortunes is helping boost stock values in the industry...
- Former Innospec Exec Is Charged With Bribery
- A former agent for the specialty chemical maker Innospec has been charged with bribery and paying kickbacks under the United Nations Oil for Food Program (OFFP)...
- Dow Has Role In North Korea Rescue
- An airplane provided by Dow Chemical played a role in the mission undertaken by former president Bill Clinton to win the release of American journalists...
- Wacker Expands Tech Center In Dubai
- Wacker Chemie has completed the relocation and expansion of a construction chemistry technical center in Dubai...
- Elemica Merges With RubberNetwork
- Elemica, a provider of chemical industry supply-chain services, has merged with RubberNetwork, a similar company serving the rubber and tire industry...
- Continental Carbon Settles Suits
- Carbon black maker Continental Carbon has settled two class-action lawsuits claiming that emissions from the firm's Ponca City, Okla., plant damaged nearby properties...
- BASF Sells Korean Styrene Facility
- BASF will sell a styrene plant to South Korean refiner SK Energy...
- Cadmium Poisoning Reported In China
- The deputy chief of Zhentou township in central China has been arrested for accepting bribes after cadmium emissions from a local chemical plant in which he was a shareholder...
- Nissan Unveils All-Electric Car
- Auto manufacturer Nissan gave car enthusiasts a preview last week of the all-electric Leaf, slated for launch in late 2010 in the U.S., Japan, and Europe...
- Teijin Restructures Polyester Business
- Teijin will stop producing polyester filament and fiber at its Matsuyama plant in Shikoku, Japan...
- Alnylam And Tekmira Ink RNAi Delivery Pact
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Canada's Tekmira Pharmaceuticals have formed a research collaboration...
- Cleveland Clinic Invests In Small Firm
- Cleveland Clinic has taken an equity stake in FTA Therapeutics in return for conducting clinical studies with FTA...
- Cherokee And DuPont In Manufacturing Deal
- Cherokee Pharmaceuticals has signed a five-and-a-half-year deal to supply a fermentation-based product to DuPont Applied BioSciences, which focuses on renewably sourced chemicals...
- Business Roundup
- Air Products, Senomyx, DuPont and Smart Fuel Cell, SouthWest NanoTechnologies, DSM Pharmaceuticals, Sasol, Evotec, CambridgeSoft and Imaginatik...
ACS News
ACS Receives $2 Million Gift p. 39 (Member Content)
Annual Report Shows A Resilient, Forward-Looking ACS pp. 39-40 (Member Content)
Launch Of ACS Symposium Series Online p. 40 (Member Content)
JPR News Story Nabs 2009 Tabbie Award p. 40 (Member Content)
Eminent Organic Chemists Videos p. 40 (Member Content)
ACS To Designate Two Landmarks p. 40 (Member Content)
ACS Network Forum For Strategic Plan pp. 40-41 (Member Content)
Industrial Green Chemistry Conference In India p. 41 (Member Content)
ACS Brings Elements To Kids p. 41 (Member Content)
Government & Policy
Adapting To The Data Explosion pp. 25-29 (Member Content)
Securing the integrity, accessibility, and stewardship of data in the digital age.
Government & Policy Concentrates p. 24 (Member Content)
- NIST Reports On Plutonium Cleanup
- NIST has completed cleanup of a June 9, 2008, plutonium spill at its Boulder, Colo., facility...
- More Recovery Act Funds For Research
- The Department of Energy Office of Science announced more than $327 million in new funding for research, instrumentation, and lab infrastructure projects...
- Food Safety Bill Targets BPA
- Food safety legislation passed by the House on July 30 would require FDA to make a new determination about the safety of bisphenol-A by the end of the year...
- EPA Reanalyzes Perchlorate Data
- EPA is reopening the possibility for a national limit on perchlorate in drinking water by reexamining data on people's exposure to the compound...
- Priorities For 2011 Science Budget
- Federal spending on science and technology for fiscal 2011 should focus on economic recovery, job creation, and economic growth, the White House says...
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Awards
Breakthrough Award To 'Organic Reactions' p. 43 (Member Content)
NobelPrize.org Organic 'Speed Reads' p. 44 (Member Content)
Indiana University Honors Carroll p. 44 (Member Content)
Employment
Where Art Meets Science pp. 48-50
For scientists with a flair for the visual, illustration is a fulfilling career.
Reel Science
Love and Asperger's
Reel Science reviews "Adam," a love story hampered by high-functioning autism.
Science & Technology
From Nature, A Past And Future pp. 32-35
Golden anniversary for natural products research society brings celebration, introspection.
MS Proteomics On Firmer Footing pp. 36-37 (Member Content)
Multilab studies assess performance in mass spectrometry-based proteomics experiments.
Science & Technology Concentrates p. 31 (Member Content)
- Bimetallic Bifrustums
- Nanocrystals with novel shape and composition may spur applications in biodiagnostics and spectroscopy.
- DNA Bar Codes For Libraries
- Methods have screened 800 million compounds for kinase inhibitors.
- New Way To Analyze Art
- Raman spectroscopy is an increasingly popular method for analyzing pigments in artwork.
- Old Drugs' Hidden Job
- There's more than meets the eye to some familiar antibiotics.
- Emitting Light With Nanotubes
- Liquid electrolytes boost nanotube transistor's performance.
» more science & technology news...
Editor's Page
The News Is Changing p. 3
The Departments
Letters pp. 4-6 (Member Content)
People pp. 46-47 (Member Content)
Newscripts p. 56
Human Echolocation, Bird Beauty, Lessons From Locusts
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