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"The nation that out-educates us today is going to out-compete us tomorrow. To continue to cede our leadership in education is to cede our position in the world"
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMAp. 25

January 25, 2010

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Highlights

Cover Story

Beyond The Basics

Laundry detergent makers and their raw material suppliers are sticking to innovation despite a rocky economy. (pp. 12-17)

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Seeking To Cement A Green Future(Member Content)

New chemistries promise to revolutionize stodgy building materials industry. (pp. 20-21)

239th ACS National Meeting

Preliminary Program

List of technical symposia and general meeting information for San Francisco. (pp. 61, 64-76, 77-98)

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News Of The Week

University Lab Accident Under Investigation FDA Raises Flag On Bisphenol A Court Ruling Favors Monsanto Printing On The Nanoscale Ebola's Clever Cloak

University Lab Accident Under Investigation p. 7

Lab Safety: Texas Tech examination is first for chemical safety board.

FDA Raises Flag On Bisphenol A p. 8

Chemical Safety: Agency moves to collaborate with other federal partners on health effects research.

Court Ruling Favors Monsanto p. 8

Seed Traits: DuPont cannot combine its own herbicide tolerance with Monsanto's.

Printing On The Nanoscale p. 9

Nanotechnology: Method exploits electrified liquid jets for high-resolution patterning.

Flame Retardants p. 9

Chemtura signs bromine agreements with Albemarle.

Ebola's Clever Cloak p. 10

Structural Biology: Protein that hides viral RNA prevents immune system's detection of deadly virus.

Chemist Takes Helm Of French Research Society p. 10

Europe: Alain Fuchs is new president of CNRS.

MIT's Diversity Problems p. 11

Academe: Prestigious science institution takes a long look in the mirror and doesn't like what it sees.

Marshall Nirenberg Dies At 82 p. 11

Obituary: Nobel Laureate's accomplishments were recently honored at NIH symposium.

Business

Seeking To Cement A Green Future pp. 20-21 (Member Content)

New chemistries promise to revolutionize stodgy building materials industry.

Against The Grain pp. 22-23 (Member Content)

Forma Therapeutics bets on market’s appetite for its platform technology.

Business Concentrates pp. 18-19 (Member Content)

Awards

2010 ACS National Award Winners pp. 49-53 (Member Content)

President Honors Outstanding Educators p. 54 (Member Content)

 

Stephen Buchwald Wins Esselen Award p. 54 (Member Content)

 

Nakanishi Prize Awarded To Shosuke Yamamura p. 54 (Member Content)

 

Division Of Biological Chemistry Announces Honorees pp. 54-55 (Member Content)

 

Bailey Award Goes To James Liao p. 55 (Member Content)

 

Baton Rouge Section Seeks Nominations p. 55 (Member Content)

 

Rasika Dias Wins Southwest Regional Award p. 55 (Member Content)

 

Presidential Video Challenge Winners Announced p. 55 (Member Content)

 

Nominations For James Flack Norris Award p. 55 (Member Content)

 

Kevin Schug Gets Young Investigator Award p. 55 (Member Content)

 

Government & Policy

Educate To Innovate pp. 25-26 (Member Content)

More private-sector groups sign onto administration's campaign to improve math and science education.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 24 (Member Content)

Employment

Academe As A Career Launchpad pp. 37-39

Academic chemists who get a taste of government or industry jobs have few regrets.

A Historical Precedent For Leaving Academia Web Exclusive

ACS Comment

See The Future Of Sustainability Through Chemistry p. 40 (Member Content)

ACS Scholars

Steven W. Meier p. 41 (Member Content)

A mother's support, a magnet school, and an ACS scholarship spur this engineer's journey from small-town Oklahoma to ExxonMobil R&D.

People

Obituaries pp. 58-59 (Member Content)

This Week Online

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"Creation" tells the story of the life and science of Charles Darwin.
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Science & Technology

Attacking Amyloids pp. 30-32 (Member Content)

Proteomic analysis of peripheral cells reveals aspects of psychiatric disorder.

Clarifying Surface Catalysis pp. 34-35 (Member Content)

Advances in computational modeling of molecule-surface processes reveal details of reactions.

What's That Stuff? Hand Warmers p. 36

Small packets of warmth work through a simple exothermic reaction.

Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 28-29 (Member Content)

Meetings

Deadline Nigh For MARM 2010 Abstracts p. 42 (Member Content)

 

Abstracts Wanted For Green Chemistry Conference p. 42 (Member Content)

 

Fall 2010 ACS National Meeting pp. 43-47 (Member Content)

Divisions issue calls for papers for the Aug. 22–26 meeting in Boston.

Preliminary Program: 239th ACS National Meeting pp. 61, 64-76, 77-96

List of technical symposia and general meeting information for San Francisco.

2010 C&EN Calendar Web Exclusive

C&EN's latest list of meetings and events of interest to those in the chemical community is for January through December.

Editor's Page

Celebrating ACS Scholars p. 3

The American Chemical Society Scholars Program celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2010.

The Departments

Letters pp. 4-5

Newscripts p. 104

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