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November 19, 2007 Cover
Volume 85, Issue 47
COVER: Together with university partners, Evonik Industries developed nanoscale metal oxide particles to polish silicon wafers.
Volume 85, Issue 47
FROM ACADEME TO INDUSTRY
Industry draws on academic know-how to help develop specialty chemicals and other new materials
COVER: Together with university partners, Evonik Industries developed nanoscale metal oxide particles to polish silicon wafers.
Credit: Evonik
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November 19, 2007 Issue
Volume 85, Issue 47
November 19, 2007 Issue, Vol. 85 | Iss. 47
Industry draws on academic know-how to help develop specialty chemicals and other new materials
(pp. 15-20)
Features
Government & Policy
Multinationals fear retaliation as lawmakers step up pressure on Beijing's trade practices (pp. 37-42)
Science & Technology
Recent research efforts yield a record short Cr–Cr bond and the first stable Mg(I) compounds (pp. 52-53)
News of the Week
Merck Settles Vioxx Claims
Agreement with plaintiffs will allow company to refocus on R&D
(p.10)Nanoscale Doping Via Chemistry
Surface reactions tailor silicon's properties with high spatial precision
(p.10)Japanese Earnings
Major chemical companies are seeing their profits shrink
(p.11)Al Gore Joins Venture Firm
Former vice president joins Silicon Valley push into renewable fuels
(p.12)Weapons Labs' New Directions
With planned downsizing, labs will chase more nonweapons contract R&D
(p.12)Departments
Business
With its purchase of GE Plastics, SABIC is on the offensive globally and technologically
(pp. 24-26)
With increased prices and steady demand, companies overcome economic turmoil
(pp. 27-30)
Weaker third-quarter earning at the major drug companies reflect drug withdrawals and generic competition
(pp. 32-33)
Earnings drop in third quarter at both Amgen and Biogen but increase 22% at Genentech
(pp. 34-35)Concentrates
(pp. 21-22)
(pp. 21-22)- U.K. Government Earmarks $200 Million For R&D
- BASF Opens European Electronics Center
- SABIC Will Sell Polymer Venture Stake To BASF
- ADM Forms A New Chemicals Group
- Sterling Leaves Styrene Business
- Eastman Plans Air Emissions Reduction
- InnoCentive Winner Solves Oil Problem
- PotashCorp Plans Another Expansion
- Chemical Prices Climb Again
- Millennium To Close French TiO2 Facility
- Pfizer, Nektar Make Peace Over Exubera
- Cambridge Major Buys Dutch Contractor
- Lead Therapeutics Draws Investors
- BUSINESS ROUNDUP
ACS News
Government & Policy
Industry draws on academic know-how to help develop specialty chemicals and other new materials
(pp. 15-20)
Multinationals fear retaliation as lawmakers step up pressure on Beijing's trade practices
(pp. 37-42)
Science & Technology
Structure reveals intimate role for lipids
(p.9)
National lab leverages its assets and diverse expertise for basic and applied research
(pp. 44-46)
Novel CO2-based solvent systems meld reaction and separation steps into continuous processes
(pp. 49-51)
Recent research efforts yield a record short Cr–Cr bond and the first stable Mg(I) compounds
(pp. 52-53)
New software and websites for the chemical enterprise
(p.54)Newscripts
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