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Copyright © 2007 American Chemical Society
February 5, 2007 Cover
Volume 85, Issue 6
COVER: Distillate, a 16th-century engraving by Philips Galle, shows that chemical operations always have required equipment 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 required equipment 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
Business
Prominent U.S. company gets nowhere with its offer to clean up Bhopal (pp. 18-20)
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)Another Role for RNA
Molecular Biology: Short RNA duplexes turn on gene expression
(p.8)Bill Buoys Science Funding
Congress: Fiscal 2007 budget bill favors science agencies
(p.8)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)New Journal Editor
Penn State's Paul S. Weiss will lead ACS Nano
(p.11)Departments
Business
Prominent U.S. company gets nowhere with its offer to clean up Bhopal
(pp. 18-20)
The genetics pioneer has strong words for the drug industry
(p.21)
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
New Software and Websites for the Chemical Enterprise
(p.30)
Technique reveals motions of key residues in huge proteasome complex
(p.27)
Device could be used to study collisions between neutral molecules
(p.28)
Bees rely on enzymes to create the world's first ready-to-eat sweetener
(p.29)Career & Employment
Building and maintaining a productive lab takes hard work as well as a dose of fun
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