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November 10, 2008 Cover
Volume 86, Issue 45
COVER: AstraZeneca scientists Stefan Hallén and Daniel Linden prepare a plate to assess the metabolic rate of cells in a tissue culture. Linden (foreground) will work at Columbia Medical School as part of an obesity-related research collaboration with the university.
Volume 86, Issue 45
BRAIN TRUST
Seeking closer ties, drug companies and universities shake up the model for research alliances
COVER: AstraZeneca scientists Stefan Hallén and Daniel Linden prepare a plate to assess the metabolic rate of cells in a tissue culture. Linden (foreground) will work at Columbia Medical School as part of an obesity-related research collaboration with the university.
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November 10, 2008 Issue
Volume 86, Issue 45
November 10, 2008 Issue, Vol. 86 | Iss. 45
Seeking closer ties, drug companies and universities shake up the model for research alliances
(pp. 13-20)
Features
Government & Policy
Climate change may be game changer that keeps U.S. on conservation path despite tumbling gasoline prices (pp. 32-34)
Education
Yale rain forest expedition and lab course gives undergraduates a career-defining appetite for research (pp. 46-51)
Cover Story: The New Deal
The New Deal
Seeking closer ties, drug companies and universities shake up the model for research alliances
(pp. 13-20)New Models For New Technologies
Enlight uses financial backing from three pharma firms to pull breakthrough technologies out of academia
(pp. 22-23)News of the Week
Obama And Science
New Administration will bring major changes for science policy and the chemical sector
(p.7)Chemical Profits Fade In Japan
Major Japanese firms were barely profitable in their first half
(p.8)Economic Crunch Hits Europeans
Earnings start to drop at major chemical companies
(p.8)Biotech's Financing Drought
Downturn in financial markets has brought IPOs to a standstill
(p.9)Research Foundations Cut Back
Declining endowments necessitate hard choices
(p.9)Nanotubes Deemed Different From Carbon
EPA clarifies to industry that material must be treated as new substance
(p.10)Computer Sensor Goes Biological
Device could pave the way for card-swipe medical diagnostics
(p.11)Tiny Loudspeakers
Flexible, stretchable carbon-nanotube-based devices emit sound via thermoacoustic effect
(p.11)Bacteria Help Create Tropical Grass' Pleasant Aroma
Microbes generate essential-oil compounds by metabolizing sesquiterpenes produced by vetiver's roots
(p.37)Departments
Business
Biodiesel based on hydrogenation technology faces an uphill battle in the U.S.
(pp. 26-28)
The German pharma wing of a Swiss paper company maintains an enthusiasm for European production
(pp. 29-30)
Seeking closer ties, drug companies and universities shake up the model for research alliances
(pp. 13-20)
Enlight uses financial backing from three pharma firms to pull breakthrough technologies out of academia
(pp. 22-23)
Seeking closer ties, drug companies and universities shake up the model for research alliances
(pp. 13-20)Concentrates
(pp. 24-25)
(pp. 24-25)- Biotech Firms Cut Staff
- Judge Sets Date For Hexion Trial
- Lyondell Idles Ethylene Plant
- Evonik And Lucite Act On Acrylics
- U.S. Appeals Court Reopens Bhopal Case
- Rhodia, Dow Corning Link For Green Tires
- Judge Dismisses Invista Lawsuit
- Croda Opens Labs In Delaware
- Petroferm Is Sold
- Flint Hills Will Close Odessa Plant
- Consortium Goes For Pure Pharmaceuticals
- Genzyme Buys Two Stem Cell Therapies
- Business Roundup
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Government & Policy
Climate change may be game changer that keeps U.S. on conservation path despite tumbling gasoline prices
(pp. 32-34)
Homeschooled teenager contributes to science, holds patents, and cofounds a company
(p.35)Books
Easy-to-read book explains the concepts behind the equations
(pp. 52-54)Education
A question of ownership
(pp. 48-49)
Yale rain forest expedition and lab course gives undergraduates a career-defining appetite for research
(pp. 46-51)
Science & Technology
Chemistry hobbyists face a labyrinth of local and state regulations
(pp. 38-40)
'Carbon-capture farm' rebuilds wetlands, sequesters the greenhouse gas in the California Delta
(pp. 41-43)Concentrates(pp. 36-37)
(pp. 36-37)Newscripts
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