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Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society
February 2, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 5
COVER: Aerial image of Darlington Raceway, in South Carolina, at night.
Volume 87, Issue 5
MATERIALS FOR NASCAR
Thanks to innovations in materials science and engineering, NASCAR drivers can crash at 200 mph and walk away from the wreckage
COVER: Aerial image of Darlington Raceway, in South Carolina, at night.
Credit: Bo Nash
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February 2, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 5
February 2, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 5
Thanks to innovations in materials science and engineering, NASCAR drivers can crash at 200 mph and walk away from the wreckage
(pp. 12-15)
Features
Business
In the Hazaribagh district of Dhaka, Bangladesh, archaic tanneries put workers and the environment at risk (pp. 18-21)
Science & Technology
Researchers are developing peptide nucleic acids as a way to detect DNA in food (pp. 30-31)
News of the Week
Pfizer Buys Wyeth
Deal will make Pfizer the biggest prescription drug company in the world
(p.7)Fine Chemicals Show Fortitude
Pharmaceutical chemical manufacturers at Informex are proceeding with investments
(p.8)Science Windfall From Legislators
House passes package; Senate is still working on its version
(p.8)Dow, Rohm And Haas Deal Gets Ugly
Rohm and Haas says a deal is a deal, despite Dow's woes
(p.9)New Form Of Boron
Entity has significant ionic character, a first for a material made from a single element
(p.9)FDA Clears Stem Cell Clinical Trial
Testing in humans is a milestone in a field fraught with controversy
(p.10)Mapping Earth's CO2
NASA's soon-to-be-launched Orbiting Carbon Observatory will help map sources and sinks of the greenhouse gas
(p.11)Departments
Business
In the Hazaribagh district of Dhaka, Bangladesh, archaic tanneries put workers and the environment at risk
(pp. 18-21)
No matter how chemical companies say it, it's all about the Benjamins
(p.22)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)
(pp. 16-17)- Venture Capitalists Put Big Bucks In 'Cleantech'
- DuPont Posts $249 Million Loss
- Ashland Plans New Cuts ...
- ... As Clariant Plans Cuts Of Its Own
- Cabot To Close Four Plants
- Equipolymers To Divest In Italy
- Battelle Creates Smart Coating
- Astellas Bids For CV Therapeutics
- GSK Buys UCB Unit
- Terra Rejects CF Takeover Bid
- Forma And Cubist Target Antibacterials
- AstraZeneca, Sepracor Slash Head Count
- More Biotech Firms Announce Job Cuts
- Lonza Starts Up New API Facility
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Awards(p.36)
(p.36)- 2009 ACS National Award Winners
- ACS Award In Analytical Chemistry
- ACS Award For Affordable Green Chemistry
- ACS Award For Computers In Chemical & Pharmaceutical Research
- ACS Award For Creative Invention
- F. Albert Cotton Award In Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
- James Bryant Conant Award In High School Chemistry Teaching
- Glenn T. Seaborg Award For Nuclear Chemistry
- ACS Award For Creative Work In Fluorine Chemistry
- ACS Award For Creative Advances In Environmental Sciences & Technology
- All Awards
Government & Policy
Toxicologist Linda Birnbaum charts course for NIH institute
(pp. 24-26)
Polymer chemist reflects on White House science-advising post
(p.27)Books
Accounts of true crimes in which victims were polished off by poison
(pp. 33-34)
Science & Technology
Thanks to innovations in materials science and engineering, NASCAR drivers can crash at 200 mph and walk away from the wreckage
(pp. 12-15)
Researchers are developing peptide nucleic acids as a way to detect DNA in food
(pp. 30-31)
New Software and Websites for the Chemical Enterprise
(p.32)Newscripts
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