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Volume 86, Issue 7
Volume 86, Issue 7
FUTURE SPENDING
Chemical firms plan an 8.6% capital spending increase in 2008 but forecast a more modest 6.0% rise in R&D
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February 18, 2008 Issue
Volume 86, Issue 7
February 18, 2008 Issue, Vol. 86 | Iss. 7
Chemical firms plan an 8.6% capital spending increase in 2008 but forecast a more modest 6.0% rise in R&D
(pp. 11-15)
Features
Government & Policy
Bush's final budget is a mixed bag for science; big changes are expected from Congress (pp. 27-34)
ACS News
C&EN catches up with past participants in ACS’s 40-year-old mentoring program (pp. 42-47)
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(p.9)Powerful Threads
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(p.9)Departments
Business
Custom chemical firms showcase technology and modest expansions at InformexUSA 2008
(pp. 18-21)
New polymer separators are gates to next-generation cars
(pp. 22-23)
Chemical makers supplying the detergents industry seek both sales and sustainability
(p.24)
Chemical firms plan an 8.6% capital spending increase in 2008 but forecast a more modest 6.0% rise in R&D
(pp. 11-15)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)
(pp. 16-17)- Ciba Replots R&D
- Quebec's Petromont Will Shut Down
- Two Polyester Resin Makers Target India
- Saltigo Outlines Expansion Plans
- University Has New TiO2 Process
- Eliokem Launches Novel Latex Process
- Photo Dyes Producer Changes Hands
- Fujifilm Will Buy Drugmaker Toyama
- PPG Industries Buys Nanotech Firm
- Frutarom Opens Flavors Laboratory
- Nektar And Nastech Both Reduce Jobs
- AstraZeneca Spins Off GI Drug Programs
- BUSINESS ROUNDUP
ACS News
Mentoring program has its roots in the political and social turmoil of the 1960s
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Long-term goals include expanding the program and better tracking of former participants
(p.48)
C&EN catches up with past participants in ACS’s 40-year-old mentoring program
(pp. 42-47)Awards(p.52)
(p.52)- Alfred Burger Award In Medicinal Chemistry
- E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
- ACS Award for Achievement in Research for the Teaching & Learning of Chemistry
- Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry
- ACS Award In Separations Science & Technology
- Frances P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal
- Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry
- Young Scientist Awards Nominations Due March 1
- 2008 ACS National Award Winners Landing Page
Government & Policy
Bush's final budget is a mixed bag for science; big changes are expected from Congress
(pp. 27-34)
Massive moves to wind and solar power are feasible, affordable, and necessary
(p.35)
Science & Technology
Journal editors are left reeling as publishers move to rid their archives of scientist's falsified research
(pp. 37-38)
Exploration of the sun's closest neighbor begins anew after 20 years
(p.39)
A density lesson inspired the Woodstock generation
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