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Volume 86, Issue 12

PITTCON 2008

Annual instrument show convenes in partially recovered New Orleans

COVER: At PITTCON 2008, a Bruker representative demonstrates a sample stage and autochanger that enables the company’s D8 Advance X-ray diffractometer to handle batches of up to 90 samples.

Credit: Mitch Jacoby/C&EN

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March 24, 2008 Issue

Volume 86, Issue 12

March 24, 2008 Issue, Vol. 86 | Iss. 12

Pittcon Returns To The 'Big Easy'

Annual instrument show convenes in partially recovered New Orleans

By Stu Borman

(pp. 51-55)

Features

Government & Policy

Destroying VX

Activists fear the Army's 1,000-mile shipments of neutralized VX wastewater may be endangering the public and environment (pp. 29-33)

Science & Technology

Switches For The Body Electric

Double-bond isomerization makes new ways to control nerve impulses available (pp. 42-44)

Cover Story: Pittcon Returns To The 'Big Easy'

Moving From Bench To Bedside

Symposium emphasizes need to translate spectroscopic methods from the lab to the clinic

(pp. 56-58)

Clues At The Scene Of The Crime

Advances in forensics push the limits of trace analysis and raise public interest in science

(pp. 59-60)

New And Notable At Pittcon

Scientific Instrumentation And More

(pp. 62-66)

Pittcon Awards 2008

Researchers receive honors for achievements in analytical chemistry and spectroscopy

(pp. 67-68)

News of the Week

Financial Turmoil Worries Industry

Possible recession, high raw material costs likely to squeeze chemical profits in 2008

(p.11)

Data Duping

South Korean researchers admit to fabricating data in two papers

(p.12)

Radical Source

Hydroxyl radicals born from excited nitrogen dioxide and water

(p.12)

Mixed Impact Of Cutting CO₂

Large range of outcomes possible from legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions

(p.13)

Extrasolar Gas Discovered

Astronomers thrilled at sighting of methane on distant planet

(p.14)

NIH Seeks Input On Public Access

Research agency holds meeting to hear from stakeholders

(p.14)

Departments

Business

Eyeing The Move Back To China

Chinese-born chemists confront difficult choices when they consider moving back to their country

(pp. 20-24)

Encapsulating A New Business

In a strategy shift, specialty paper maker Appleton offers encapsulation technology to the market

(pp. 26-27)

Concentrates

(pp. 17-18)