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January 7, 2008 Issue

Volume 86, Issue 1
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January 7, 2008 Issue, Vol. 86 | Iss. 1

The Centrality Of Chemistry: Our Challenges And Opportunities

Let's celebrate and communicate the centrality of chemistryand advocate for science education
By Bruce Bursten, ACS President
(pp. 2-5)
Features
Government & Policy

Fighting Fakes

U.S., trading partners boost efforts against intellectual property theft (pp. 18-19)
Science & Technology

Making Explosives In The Lab

Researchers impress on students the importance of safety (pp. 22-23)
Back Issues
 

News of the Week

Moving Gas Safely

Complexation with low-pressure medium reduces hazards of high-pressure storage, transport
(p.7)

Novel Embrace Of Protein And Metal

Unique interaction may give copper an easy out
(p.8)

Schulman Rejects Investor Proposal

Plastics compounder urges shareholders to support its director slate
(p.8)

Colombian Oil Company Pushes Downstream Into Chemicals

(p.9)

Policy Changes In Budget Bill

Omnibus spending package contains many nonbudget provisions
(p.9)

At-Will Wettability

Materials: Electricity converts surface from repellent to wettable
(p.10)

New World For Biofuels

Ethanol production standards will transform biofuels business, advocates predict
(p.10)
 

Departments

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Business

Cool Comfort

The race to find a replacement auto refrigerant heats up in Europe as a ban on HFC-134a looms
(pp. 14-15)

Free Trade Or Fair Trade

The chemical industry would benefit from international standards of environmental and safety compliance
(p.16)

ACS News

The Centrality Of Chemistry: Our Challenges And Opportunities

Let's celebrate and communicate the centrality of chemistryand advocate for science education
(pp. 2-5)

Business

(pp. 33-34)

Government

(pp. 33-34)

Research Institutes

(pp. 33-34)
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Government & Policy

Fighting Fakes

U.S., trading partners boost efforts against intellectual property theft
(pp. 18-19)

Cleanup Overhaul

Independent oversight panel urges a big jump in DOE nuclear weapons waste cleanup staff
(p.20)

Science & Technology

Making Explosives In The Lab

Researchers impress on students the importance of safety
(pp. 22-23)

Enzyme Opens For Business

Transglutaminase 2 structure may pave new route to developing treatments for celiac disease
(p.24)

What's that stuff? Excipients

Inactive ingredients in medicines serve multiple functions in drug delivery
(p.25)

Newscripts

Newscripts

(p.40)

Letters

Letters(p.6)