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Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society
January 26, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 4
Volume 87, Issue 4
SOAPS AND DETERGENTS
Makers of cleaning products and detergents seek the sweet spot between products that are green and products that clean
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January 26, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 4
January 26, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 4
Makers of cleaning products and detergents seek the sweet spot between products that are green and products that clean
(pp. 13-19)
Features
Government & Policy
Biotech fish, livestock set groundwork for regulating emerging industry (pp. 25-28)
Cover Story: The Greening Game
News of the Week
ACS Receives Hach Funds
Multi-million-dollar gift is largest in society's history
(p.7)CF Industries Wants Terra
Combined firm would be world's largest nitrogen producer
(p.8)Protein Racemate Yields Crystals
Racemic crystallography gives structures of uncrystallizable proteins
(p.8)Stimulating Science With More R&D Funds
House puts science funds in economic stimulus bill
(p.9)Teva USA Scholars
Generics giant provides ACS with funds to establish grant program for newly tenured faculty
(p.9)Chemical Makers Stage More Cuts
Economic downturn brings additional job reductions
(p.10)Planetary Science
Spectral band in Venus' 'nightglow' allows study of NO, O2
(p.11)Departments
Business
Start-up companies see algae as the new renewable fuel source
(pp. 22-23)
Makers of cleaning products and detergents seek the sweet spot between products that are green and products that clean
(pp. 13-19)Concentrates
(pp. 20-21)
(pp. 20-21)- BASF Sees More Woes
- Celanese Mulls Plant Closures
- Dow And Süd-Chemie In Research Alliance
- Lipton Receives SCI Chemical Medal
- European Projects Target Biofuels
- Mitsubishi Rayon Writes Down Assets
- Showa Denko Slates Nanotube Facility
- AkzoNobel Exits Nonstick Coatings
- Start-Up Solarmer Eyes Solar-Cell Advance
- Gases Firms Boost Electronics Offering
- Indian Firms Expand Discovery Services
- Teva And Lonza Join For Biosimilars
- Business Roundup
ACS News
New member benefit is unique among nonprofit associations
(pp. 36-38)
Division issue calls for papers for the Aug. 16–20 meeting in Washington, D.C.
(pp. 39-44)
Salt Lake City, March 22–26
(p.53)Awards(p.45)
(p.45)- 2009 ACS National Award Winners
- Nobel Laureate Signature Award For Graduate Education In Chemistry
- ACS Award In Applied Polymer Science
- ACS Award For Achievement In Research For The Teaching & Learning Of Chemistry
- ACS Award For Research At An Undergraduate Institution
- Ralph F. Hirschmann Award In Peptide Chemistry
- Gabor A. Somorjai Award For Creative Research In Catalysis
- Ernest Guenther Award In The Chemistry Of Natural Products
- ACS Award For Creative Work In Synthetic Organic Chemistry
- Deadline Approaching For Undergraduate Organic Fellowships
- Nominations Sought for Inorganic Nanoscience Award
- MEDI Announces 2009 Division Awards
- Mosher Award Goes To Theodore Brown
- All Awards
Government & Policy
Biotech fish, livestock set groundwork for regulating emerging industry
(pp. 25-28)
Science & Technology
Cofounder of the Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science talks about the Year of Science
(p.34)Concentrates(pp. 30-31)
(pp. 30-31)- EPR Sizes Up Histones
- Synthetic HDL Binds Cholesterol
- Fast Temperature Programs For LC
- Atom Pairs In Metal Clusters Are Key To Reactivity
- Plant Enzyme Accepts Unnatural Substrates
- Biomass Burning Leads To Asian Brown Cloud
- Expanded Screening Leads To New Class Of Antibiotics
- Small Molecule Stops Cancer-Related Hedgehog Protein
Career & Employment
As recession deepens, postdocs find themselves caught in a difficult academic job market
(pp. 32-33)Newscripts
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