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February 5, 2007 Cover
Volume 85, Issue 6
COVER: Distillate, a 16th-century engraving by Philips Galle, shows that chemical operations always have requiredequipment and human resources.
Volume 85, Issue 6
FUTURE SPENDING
Chemical firms plan a 7.6% boost in capital spending but forecast an R&D increase of just 5.8%
COVER: Distillate, a 16th-century engraving by Philips Galle, shows that chemical operations always have requiredequipment and human resources.
Credit: Photo by Gregory Tobias/Fisher Collection, Chemical Heritage Foundation
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February 5, 2007 Issue
Volume 85, Issue 6
February 5, 2007 Issue, Vol. 85 | Iss. 6
Chemical firms plan a 7.6% boost in capital spending but forecast an R&D increase of just 5.8%
(pp. 12-15)
Features
Government & Policy
Agency sets groundwork for human lunar outpost, but leaves cost and science objectives up in the air (pp. 23-25)
News of the Week
Synthetic Protein Mimics Real Thing
FOLDAMERS: β-Amino acid-based assembly has hallmarks of a true protein
(p.7)Intel, IBM Unveil New Transistors
Breakthrough: Hafnium-based materials will be incorporated in 45-nm-technology chips
(p.9)Senate Takes up Climate Change
First Of Many: Senate hearing kicks off energy debate in new Congress
(p.10)Drug patent struggles in Asia
Intellectual Property: Thailand revokes patents; Novartis challenges Indian rules
(p.11)Departments
Business
Chemical firms plan a 7.6% boost in capital spending but forecast an R&D increase of just 5.8%
(pp. 12-15)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)
(pp. 16-17)- Dow Seeks Partners
- Eastman Eyes India Oxo Aldehyde Venture
- Fish Farmer Picks Dyneema For Nets
- BASF Invests In Fuel-Cell Maker
- Dow Expands MDI
- AstraZeneca Signs Three Biotech Deals
- Mitsubishi Rayon Boosts Thai Acrylics
- Fine Chemicals Firms Advance In Canada
- MDS In Deal To Buy Molecular Devices
- DSM Sets Up A Campus In Shanghai
- New Name And Focus For Lexicon Genetics
- Pioneer To Upgrade Chlor-Alkali Facility
- DuPont Slates India R&D Center
- BUSINESS ROUNDUP
- All Concentrates
ACS News
Industry member group established to save CAS now focuses on improving education and responding to dramatic growth of small-business employment
(p.31)Awards(pp. 32-38)
(pp. 32-38)- Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry
- James T. Grady James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public
- Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry
- ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry
- Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry
- George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education
- ACS Award for Creative Research & Applications of Iodine Chemistry
- ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution
- ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry
- 2007 ACS National Award Winners
- AAAS Fellows at ACS
- Merck Scholarship Applications Sought
- D. Lansing Taylor Receives 2007 SBS Accomplishment Award
- Berthold Leibinger Receives Werner von Siemens Ring
- 2006 CODATA Prize Goes To John Rumble
- All Awards
Government & Policy
Agency sets groundwork for human lunar outpost, but leaves cost and science objectives up in the air
(pp. 23-25)
Science & Technology
Technique reveals motions of key residues in huge proteasome complex
(p.27)Career & Employment
Building and maintaining a productive lab takes hard work as well as a dose of fun
(pp. 39-41)