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Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society
March 23, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 12
Volume 87, Issue 12
2009 PRIESTLEY MEDAL
Priestley Medalist M. Frederick Hawthorne has some unfinished business
Credit: Gene Royer/University of Missouri, Columbia
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March 23, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 12
March 23, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 12
Priestley Medalist M. Frederick Hawthorne has some unfinished business
(pp. 12-14)
Features
Business
The long-anticipated petrochemical downturn has finally arrived, heralded by a deep recession (pp. 25-28)
Science & Technology
Ideas aplenty still vie to explain how life’s single chirality emerged (pp. 38-41)
News of the Week
Dodging The Substitution Laws
Reaction that yields meta-substituted aromatic rings evades textbook tenets
(p.7)FDA Team Named
Obama selects new agency heads, strengthens food safety efforts
(p.8)Trauma Continues For Chemical Firms
Salary reductions increase as a cost-control measure
(p.8)Congress, Companies Target Chemicals
Bisphenol A and phthalates are in the crosshairs
(p.9)Modified Antibody Binds Two Antigens
Engineered antibody can alter the shape of its binding sites
(p.10)Chemtura's Bankruptcy
Firm cut dividends, jobs and put businesses up for sale, but it was not enough
(p.11)Rotaxanes Go Hybrid
New compounds combine inorganic and organic parts
(p.11)Departments
Business
The long-anticipated petrochemical downturn has finally arrived, heralded by a deep recession
(pp. 25-28)Concentrates
(pp. 22-23)
(pp. 22-23)- Burrill, Partner Plan Minnesota Biotech Park
- Spectrum Has New CEO
- LyondellBasell Fails To Pay Bond Interest
- European Commission Approves Ciba Deal
- ExxonMobil Building Shanghai Tech Center
- NatureWorks Mulls New Production
- IBM Develops Water Purification Membrane
- Cedarburg Acquires Contract Firm Hauser
- DSM And North China Sign Antibiotics Pact
- Synta Cuts Workforce After Suspending Trial
- DuPont Gains Access To Rice Hybrid Data
- Roche Buys German Analytics Firm
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Priestley Medalist M. Frederick Hawthorne has some unfinished business
(pp. 12-14)
Government & Policy
Congress and the Obama Administration weigh the benefits and risks of expanded oil and gas production
(pp. 30-32)
Congress wades into murky, high-stakes policy for climate legislation
(pp. 33-34)
Energy secretary begins search for alternative ways to handle and dispose of radioactive waste
(p.35)Books
Retracing the early days of broadcast science communication
(pp. 46-47)Education
Science and engineering degrees at Middle East campus will start with two-year foundation courses
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Middle Eastern country fosters unique opportunities for Western-style education
(p.43)
Science & Technology
Ideas aplenty still vie to explain how life’s single chirality emerged
(pp. 38-41)
Layers of light-sensitive dyes, emulsions, and developers combine in one-step photography
(p.42)Concentrates(p.49)
(p.49)- Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
- Sloan Foundation Names 2009 Fellows
- Gosser, Kampmeier, and Varma-Nelson receive Norris Award for Teaching
- Indolactam Directs Stem Cell Differentiation
- Stable AFM In Air
- Muscular Nanotubes
- Asymmetric Coupling In Water
- Dust May Hurt Phytoplankton
- Pyrolysis Products Intrigue
- Leaching From Plastic Bottles
- New Linker Combo Gives Novel MOF
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