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Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society
February 23, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 8
COVER: Detail from the program cover of the 1961 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy held at the Penn Sheraton Hotel.
Volume 87, Issue 8
PITTCON AT 60
What started as a humble gathering of analytical researchers has become a central institution for an entire field
COVER: Detail from the program cover of the 1961 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy held at the Penn Sheraton Hotel.
Credit: Pittcon and Roy Engelbrecht
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February 23, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 8
February 23, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 8
What started as a humble gathering of analytical researchers has become a central institution for an entire field
(pp. 12-22)
Features
Government & Policy
As power plants face new air pollution controls, ash piles and their environmental threats are poised to grow (pp. 44-47)
Science & Technology
Poor clinical trial results and controversy stymie attempts to create alternatives to donated blood (pp. 52-55)
News of the Week
Questionable Crime-Scene Science
U.S. forensic science is inadequate, NRC says
(p.7)Making Hydrogen Peroxide Directly
Acid treatment of catalyst support could simplify production of chemical
(p.8)Nature Chemistry Debuts
Nature Publishing Group launches a monthly chemistry journal
(p.9)LyondellBasell's Problem
Firm's European arm misses debt payments
(p.9)Energy Jobs
DOE gears up to spend big on infrastructure, renewable energy projects
(p.10)Industrial R&D Spending Stalls
Investments in research will be flat in 2009
(p.11)Departments
Business
Nearly six years after Pfizer closed down its site in Kalamazoo, the life sciences industry there is growing steadily
(pp. 26-30)
A six-year partnership ends, and a new era begins for a biotechnology pioneer
(pp. 31-34)
Steep drop in demand from economic downturn sends chemical firms racing to cut costs
(pp. 35-37)
After a difficult 2008, big firms are taking aggressive restructuring steps
(pp. 38-41)Concentrates
(pp. 23-24)
(pp. 23-24)- Chemical Firms Scrounge For Cash To Pay Bills
- Dow To Slash Top Exec Bonuses
- Rhodia Idles Workers In Charleston
- CoorsTek Adds Armor Facility
- Rockwood Cuts Jobs, Freezes Salaries
- Investors Put Money Into Affymax, Opsona
- GPC Biotech, Agennix To Merge
- Bayer, Dow Enter Crop Research Pacts
- Divergence Raises $12 million
- BP and Verenium Form Joint Venture
- Lilly Makes Pact With Neurosearch
- CuraGen Evaluates Strategic Options
- GSK Starts Trial Of HGS Diabetes Drug
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Awards(p.63)
(p.63)- 2009 ACS National Award Winners
- ACS Award In Pure Chemistry
- Charles Lathrop Parsons Award
- Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in The Theoretical & Experimental Chemistry of Liquids
- Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science & Technology
- ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
- ACS Award In Inorganic Chemistry
- Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator
- Robert Crabtree Wins Green Chemistry Award
- Call For Nominations For Paul Marks Prize
- Tess Award To Christian Decker; Call For Nominations
- Peter Rossky Wins Theoretical Chemistry Award
- Scholarships Available For Women Undergrads
- Carolyn Bertozzi Wins Harrison Howe Award
- Dallas-Fort Worth Awards To Balkus, Bernabo
- Hillebrand Prize Goes to Michael Kurylo
- Richard Zare Receives Honorary Fellowship
- Rosalind Kornfeld Lifetime Achievement Award Winners Named
- Nominations Sought for Radding Award
- Environmental Chemistry Awards to Graduate Students
Government & Policy
As power plants face new air pollution controls, ash piles and their environmental threats are poised to grow
(pp. 44-47)
Latest Salmonella outbreak has renewed calls for a single food agency
(pp. 44-47)Books
Sound advice for African American scholars working to achieve tenure
(pp. 60-62)
Science & Technology
What started as a humble gathering of analytical researchers has become a central institution for an entire field
(pp. 12-22)
Artificial blood derived from cord blood stem cells is being tested in humans
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Poor clinical trial results and controversy stymie attempts to create alternatives to donated blood
(pp. 52-55)
Acidification from absorbing atmospheric CO2 is changing the ocean's chemistry
(pp. 56-58)
Lab incident at UCLA highlights need to disseminate accident information and increase safety awareness
(p.59)Concentrates(pp. 49-50)
(pp. 49-50)Career & Employment
A good résumé is a marketing tool that gets you noticed, even in a weak job market
(pp. 71-72)Newscripts
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