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March 19, 2007 Cover
Volume 85, Issue 12
Volume 85, Issue 12
PITTCON 2007
Despite angry weather, annual conference's registration grows
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March 19, 2007 Issue
Volume 85, Issue 12
March 19, 2007 Issue, Vol. 85 | Iss. 12
Despite angry weather, annual conference's registration grows
(pp. 51-55)
Features
Business
Riding on record profits, BASF fits recent acquisitions into its expansive 'Verbund' business model (pp. 20-23)
Government & Policy
Debate heats up over DOE plan to transform nuclear complex and produce new warheads (pp. 34-37)
Cover Story: Pittcon 2007
Improving Diagnosis Of Tropical Diseases
Conditions in resource-limited countries pose unique challenges to developing affordable diagnostics
(pp. 56-58)Moving Raman to the UV Range
Spectroscopic method offers large signal enhancementsbut until now was expensive and complicated
(pp. 59-60)Pittcon Awards 2007
Researchers were honored for achievements in analytical chemistry and spectroscopy
(pp. 66-67)News of the Week
Linking Together The Origins Of Life
Crystal structure supports notion of RNA as first biological molecule
(p.11)Biofuels Center Grows In West
Universities, government, and industry will advance biomass conversion
(p.12)Dow Issues Methane Challenge
Call for proposals targets direct conversion of methane into feedstocks
(p.12)Departments
Business
Riding on record profits, BASF fits recent acquisitions into its expansive 'Verbund' business model
(pp. 20-23)
In the long tradition of U.S. industry-academic research collaborations, money could change everything
(pp. 25-28)
Seventh Generation seeks out environmentally friendly detergent ingredients
(pp. 29-31)Concentrates
(pp. 17-18)
(pp. 17-18)- Huntsman, Chevron Phillips Are Back In The ACC Fold
- Private Equity Firm To Buy BOC Edwards
- VWR International Explores Its Options
- ExxonMobil Chemical Ups Hydrocarbon Fluids
- Akzo Divests Its PVC Additives
- Dow Reorganizes Senior Leadership
- Solutia's Dequest Goes To Thermphos
- Reliance Buys Rest Of Indian Petrochemicals
- Degussa, Silpro Have A Polysilicon Plan
- Distributor Univar Acquires ChemCentral
- Ranbaxy Bids For Merck Generics Arm
- Oxford Biomedica Buys Vaccine Firm
- Pfizer Will Sell German Drug Plant
- Chemical Jobs Inch Up In February
- Glenmark And Dyax Form Biologics Pact
- BUSINESS ROUNDUP
ACS News
Researchers were honored for achievements in analytical chemistry and spectroscopy
(pp. 66-67)
Government & Policy
Debate heats up over DOE plan to transform nuclear complex and produce new warheads
(pp. 34-37)
Industry applauds DHS's proposed regulations, while lawmakers and environmentalists slam them
(pp. 39-43)Books
A science writer tells the story—or at least some of it—behind a controversial meteorite from Mars
(pp. 68-69)
Science & Technology
Conditions in resource-limited countries pose unique challenges to developing affordable diagnostics
(pp. 56-58)
Spectroscopic method offers large signal enhancementsbut until now was expensive and complicated
(pp. 59-60)
Novel engineered catalyst opens up alternative route to commodity polymer feedstock
(pp. 46-47)