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Copyright © 2007 American Chemical Society
October 22, 2007 Cover
Volume 85, Issue 43
COVER: Inmate Randall Countryman attends chemistry class at California’s San Quentin State Prison.
Volume 85, Issue 43
CHEMISTRY CLASS IN PRISON
While balancing equations, inmates at San Quentin learn to balance their lives
COVER: Inmate Randall Countryman attends chemistry class at California’s San Quentin State Prison.
Credit: HeatherRowley
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October 22, 2007 Issue
Volume 85, Issue 43
October 22, 2007 Issue, Vol. 85 | Iss. 43
While balancing equations, inmates at San Quentin learn to balance their lives
(pp. 17-22)
Features
Business
Increased product outsourcing and busier plants make custom manufacturers feel more prosperous at CPhI (pp. 34-38)
Career & Employment
Three top companies share their strategies for producing happy employees (pp. 67-72)
News of the Week
Nanowire Powers pH Meter
Design of coaxial nanostructures yields stable, powerful solar cells
(p.11)A Golden Close-Up
Crystal structure of a gold-thiolate cluster reveals surprising surface chemistry
(p.13)Alternative Energy
Universities compete in third solar decathlon
(p.15)Departments
Business
Dow's R&D leadership directs a global army pursuing lower raw material and energy costs
(pp. 29-32)
Increased product outsourcing and busier plants make custom manufacturers feel more prosperous at CPhI
(pp. 34-38)
Major U.S. drug firm seeks alliances with talented partners
(pp. 39-40)
Chemical firms sponsor airship to measure ice-cap thickness
(p.13)Concentrates
(pp. 25-26)
(pp. 25-26)- Perstorp to Buy Solvay Caprolactone Unit
- Fired Exec Wants JPMorgan Named in Dow Suit
- Olin To Sell Metals Business
- Frutarom Buys Gewurzmuller
- Air Products, Matheson Form Helium Venture
- Pfizer LeadsR&D Spending
- Cray Valley Opens Lab
- Basell Closing Canadian Plant
- Teijin Boosts Carbon Fiber
- Genencor Unveils Cellulose Enzyme
- Chemical Prices Rise In September
- Technology Incubator Launches Biopolymer Venture
- BASF and G24i Develop Solar Cells
- Arkema Cuts Jobs, Expands Plant
- BUSINESS ROUNDUP
- All Concentrates
ACS News
Cooperative agreement reached after visit to the Balkan region
(p.62)
Tapping the reservoir of talent in ACS keeps the society's business moving
(p.63)
Government & Policy
Construction of critical chemical weapons destruction facility at Shchuch'ye is back on track
(pp. 42-44)
Changes at the health agency are sharply criticized at congressional hearing
(pp. 45-47)Education
While balancing equations, inmates at San Quentin learn to balance their lives
(pp. 17-22)
Science & Technology
Specialty conference highlights the benefits of supercritical fluids for chiral drug development
(pp. 49-50)
Impending environmental lab closure generates protest, even while scientists prepare to move on
(pp. 52-53)
Method yields tunable materials that diffract visible light selectively
(pp. 54-55)
An NMR study enables analysis of a protein while it's still busy being born on the ribosome
(pp. 56-57)
First core samples from deep inside the fault zone promise new earthquake understanding
(p.58)
New And Notable In The Chemical Industry
(p.59)Career & Employment
Three top companies share their strategies for producing happy employees
(pp. 67-72)Newscripts
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(p.88)Editor's Page
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