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April 21, 2008 Cover
Volume 86, Issue 16
COVER: Brandon Kern of Dow Analytical Sciences inMidland, Mich., inserts a sample into a secondary ion massspectrometry instrument.
Volume 86, Issue 16
SPECIALTY CHEMICALS
Specialty chemical companies try to ward off commoditization of their products with a mix of marketing, formulation, and basic R&D
COVER: Brandon Kern of Dow Analytical Sciences inMidland, Mich., inserts a sample into a secondary ion massspectrometry instrument.
Credit: Dow Chemical
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April 21, 2008 Issue
Volume 86, Issue 16
April 21, 2008 Issue, Vol. 86 | Iss. 16
Specialty chemical companies try to ward off commoditization of their products with a mix of marketing, formulation, and basic R&D
(pp. 15-23)
Features
Science & Technology
Highlights include antimicrobials from alligators, mimicking switchability of sea cucumber skin, and more (pp. 46-49)
Cover Story: Lab-To-Market Connection
Buzzword In The Engine
Sustainability push highlights the role of specialty products in consumer and industrial markets
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A Fast Track To Green Gasoline
Catalytic pyrolysis turns cellulose into fuel components in just one step
(p.10)Codexis Going Public
Biocatalyst developer files for initial public offering of $100 million, but there are risks
(p.10)Departments
Business
Basell's acquisition of Lyondell is bringing the polyolefins maker new feedstocks and new businesses
(pp. 28-31)
WTO process enables poor countries to get patented drugs at reduced prices, but it's seldom used
(pp. 32-35)
Sustainability push highlights the role of specialty products in consumer and industrial markets
Web Exclusive
Specialty chemical companies try to ward off commoditization of their products with a mix of marketing, formulation, and basic R&D
(pp. 15-23)Concentrates
(pp. 25-26)
(pp. 25-26)- More R&D for Shanghai
- Rohm and Haas enters Saudi acrylic project
- German solar wafer factory starts up
- BASF postpones move on coal gasification
- Germany's CABB buys Indian rival
- Albemarle will acquire mercury control firm
- Dow, Indian company plan chloromethanes
- French chemical makers pursue carbon credits
- DSM boosts Dyneema
- Lilly to cut jobs in manufacturing
- Roche will acquire Piramed Pharma
- Merck Serono adds U.S. research Jobs
- Pfizer licenses therapeutic vaccine
- Business Roundup
- All Concentrates
Government & Policy
Public broadcasting provides a forum for discussing the risks and benefits of nanotechnology
(pp. 40-41)
Science & Technology
Highlights include antimicrobials from alligators, mimicking switchability of sea cucumber skin, and more
(pp. 46-49)
Metal-ligand coordination and π–π interactions provide unprecedented structure to layered molecular assemblies
(pp. 50-51)
In relinquishing the helm at HHMI, Nobel prize-winning biochemist will return to research and teaching roots
(p.52)