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Copyright © 2007 American Chemical Society
February 19, 2007 Cover
Volume 85, Issue 8
COVER: Three tRNAs (reddish brown, red, and green) nestle between the small (gold and orange) and large (cyan and blue) submits of the ribosome. Based on a high resolution crystal structure (Science 2006,313,1935)
Volume 85, Issue 8
THE RIBOSOME
Researchers picture and poke the ribosome to learn how it works
COVER: Three tRNAs (reddish brown, red, and green) nestle between the small (gold and orange) and large (cyan and blue) submits of the ribosome. Based on a high resolution crystal structure (Science 2006,313,1935)
Credit: Venki Ramakrishnan, PyMOL (Delano Scientific, www.pymoLorg)
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February 19, 2007 Issue
Volume 85, Issue 8
February 19, 2007 Issue, Vol. 85 | Iss. 8
Researchers picture and poke the ribosome to learn how it works
(pp. 13-16)
Features
Government & Policy
Bush's proposed budget continues last year's programs, offers meager gains (pp. 25-41)
Career & Employment
In a declining job market for pharmaceutical sales reps, a science degree can help open doors (pp. 43-46)
News of the Week
Toray Will Boost Carbon Fiber
Growing aerospace use spurs projects by Japanese firm and its competitors
(p.8)Huntsman Divestiture
Firm completes exit from commodity chemicals with $761 million sale of petrochemicals unit
(p.10)Departments
Business
With legacy financial issues mostly resolved, firm focuses on growing businesses
(pp. 20-21)
Output of chemicals per hour increased in 2006, and unit labor costs fell
(p.22)Concentrates
(pp. 17-18)
(pp. 17-18)- Sigma-Aldrich Buys Epichem
- Liveris Becomes ACC Chairman
- Ciba Names New CEO, Sets Innovation Plan
Mitsubishi Chemical Seeks Plastics Arm
- ExxonMobil Expands Polypropylene Film
- Süd-Chemie Invests In Specialty Lithium
- Honeywell To Pay In Baton Rouge Case
- Australian Venture Will Expand TiO2
- French Firms Join For CO2 Capture
- Private Equity Moves At Nalco, Celanese
- BASF Will Expand Engineering Plastics
- Pfizer To Slash Irish Drug Output
- Lackluster Shipments In December
- BUSINESS ROUNDUP
ACS News
Despite strides in industry, the biggest challenges for women chemists remain in academia
(p.40)
Government & Policy
Bush's proposed budget continues last year's programs, offers meager gains
(pp. 25-41)
Paying to compensate for personal carbon dioxide emissions may not be as environmentally sound as it seems
(p.31)
Science & Technology
Researchers picture and poke the ribosome to learn how it works
(pp. 13-16)
Researchers are learning to turn gene transcription on and off with transcription factors of their own making
(pp. 34-35)Career & Employment
In a declining job market for pharmaceutical sales reps, a science degree can help open doors
(pp. 43-46)