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Copyright © 2006 American Chemical Society
January 2, 2006 Issue
Volume 84, Issue 1
January 2, 2006 Issue, Vol. 84 | Iss. 1
(pp. 2-4)
Features
Business
German specialty chemical producer will vanish as an independent company (p.7)
Government & Policy
States strive to solve burgeoning disposal problem as more waste ends up in developing countries (pp. 18-21)
News of the Week
RAG To Take Over Degussa
German specialty chemical producer will vanish as an independent company
(p.7)Synthetic Sodium Transporter
Covalently modified G-quadruplex moves sodium across lipid bilayer
(p.10)Particle Dispute
Industry calls new standards premature; health advocates argue proposal is weak
(p.11)Departments
Business
New synchrotron sets out welcome mat for industrial researchers who need powerful light analysis
(p.14)
Big questions and ethical conundrums abound at the dawn of 'personalized medicine'
(p.15)Concentrates
(pp. 12-13)
(pp. 12-13)- AstraZeneca in two small-molecule drug agreements
- Fuji acquires Avecia's inks
- Kemira boosts paper chemicals
- Ciba in silver marketing pact
- Lonza makes omega-3 buy
- DSM to expand fibers again
- A PEEK at Victrex plans
- BMS and Merck part over drug
- Shell, Basell agree on sale
- EC imposes pricing fines
- Ranbaxy loses Lipitor dispute
- Wyeth signs with Progenics and Exelixis
- Chemical recovery is slow
- India's Tata buys British soda ash firm
- Tripos plans U.K. job cuts
- Roche licenses bird flu drug to Indian firm
- Genzyme moves in gene therapy
- BUSINESS ROUNDUP
ACS News
Awards(pp. 29-33)
(pp. 29-33)- 2006 ACS National Award Winners
- ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution
- ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
- Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products
- Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry
- ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
- ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science & Technology
- Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry
- ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry
- 2007 Award Nominations
- 2006 Herty Award Nominations Sought
- NIH's 2006 Pioneer Award Program Opens
- Call For Nominations For Chirality Medal
- Seeking Pauling Medal Nominations
- ACS Announces New Award For 2007
- Michael Fisher Wins 2005 Royal Medal
- 2006 Siegfried Medal Nominees Sought
Government & Policy
States strive to solve burgeoning disposal problem as more waste ends up in developing countries
(pp. 18-21)
Japanese government gets behind efforts to increase the number of women scientists in the country
(p.25)Books
Two scientist-poets read each other's work and comment on the commingling of art and science
(pp. 27-28)
Science & Technology
Meeting highlights include magnetic wastewater treatment, potential peptide drugs, silole chemistry
(pp. 23-24)
After a year of cleaning up fragments of the solar-wind collectors, scientists are getting results
(p.26)Career & Employment
Companies in a variety of areas are looking to hire in traditional and nontraditional areas
(pp. 35-38)