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January 30, 2006 Cover
Volume 84, Issue 5
Volume 84, Issue 5
SOAPS &DETERGENTS
Specialty chemical makers seek business both with cleaning product innovators and the companies that follow them
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January 30, 2006 Issue
Volume 84, Issue 5
January 30, 2006 Issue, Vol. 84 | Iss. 5
Specialty chemical makers seek business both with cleaning product innovators and the companies that follow them
(pp. 13-19)
Cover Story: Soaps & Detergents
Surfactant Firms End A Tough Year
Restructuring steps are taken to counteract challenges in a competitive industry
(pp. 21-22)News of the Week
Peptide Synthesis Reinvented
Versatile amide-forming reaction could transform field of biomolecular synthesis
(p.7)Tough Ceramic Emerges From Ice
Freezing water acts as template to build ceramic composite that resembles nacre
(p.8)Industry In China
China's environment agency warns that numerous chemical plants there are not operating safely.
(p.9)Departments
Business
Initiative pulls a fragmented industry together to give country's northeast a stronger chemical voice
(pp. 25-28)
Frequent drug industry nemesis seeks to boost its custom manufacturing business
(p.29)
Restructuring steps are taken to counteract challenges in a competitive industry
(pp. 21-22)
Specialty chemical makers seek business both with cleaning product innovators and the companies that follow them
(pp. 13-19)Concentrates
(pp. 23-24)
(pp. 23-24)- Lonza readies new investments
- Hexion takeson waxes
- Akzo to divest two businesses
- DuPont restarts damaged plant
- Ineos changing Innovene name
- Traffic signals get a new look
- BASF, Huntsman eye more MDI
- Amgen biotech expansion keys on Europe
- Tripos details U.K. staff cuts
- FDA to weigh Tysabri fate
- ImClone mulls business options
- AgraQuest adds biopesticide
- Air Liquide builds in China
- Drug polymers pact is formed
- Chemical prices end 2005 at an all-time high
- BUSINESS ROUNDUP
ACS News
Atlanta, March 26-30
Awards(pp. 45-52)
(pp. 45-52)- 2006 ACS National Award Winners
- George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education
- Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management
- ACS Award in Chromatography
- Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator
- ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry
- ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science
- ACS Award for Team Innovation
Government & Policy
Report evaluates ability of U.S. regulatory framework to govern engineered nanomaterials
(pp. 34-35)
Science & Technology
Detective work and expertise are used to evaluate environmental contaminants of emerging concern
(pp. 37-40)
Molecular recognition arrays offer an alternative to lock-and-key approach
(pp. 37-40)
Dover ruling is a setback for intelligent design, but antievolutionists are pursuing other tactics
(p.43)