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March 30, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 13
Volume 87, Issue 13
PITTCON 2009
Some instrument vendors skipped Pittcon 2009, but more than 19,000 attendees did not
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March 30, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 13
March 30, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 13
Some instrument vendors skipped Pittcon 2009, but more than 19,000 attendees did not
(pp. 35-38)
Features
Business
As greenhouse gas regulations loom in the U.S., chemical firms worry about what they'll look like (pp. 16-19)
Government & Policy
Researchers help U.S. Army search for chemical munitions dumped at sea (pp. 24-26)
Cover Story: Weathering The Crisis
Analytics For Fuel Cells
New tools to probe degradation will help design of longer lasting devices
(pp. 39-41)Advanced Detectors Take The Stage
Hybrid technologies combine strengths to improve photon and ion detectors
(pp. 42-43)Shining Light On Art
Conservators use intense light sources for everything from characterizing pigments to removing lichens
(pp. 44-45)Food Analysis Gets A Boost
New methods offer simpler, faster, more convenient ways to characterize food
Web ExclusivePittcon Awards 2009
Researchers receive honors for achievements in analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy
(pp. 51-52)News of the Week
Science In The Domestic Agenda
Science is central to U.S. economic recovery and future, House Speaker says
(p.7)A Cell's Vacuum Cleaner
Researchers solve the structure of P-glycoprotein, which kicks molecules out of cells
(p.10)Energy Spending Plans Detailed
Administration proposes big increases in energy development, new R&D program
(p.11)Found Meteorites Could Aid Asteroid Studies
Unique rocks collected in the desert come from recent asteroid breakup
(p.11)Departments
Business
As greenhouse gas regulations loom in the U.S., chemical firms worry about what they'll look like
(pp. 16-19)
New CEO Hariolf Kottmann seeks to complete a long restructuring at the Swiss specialties firm
(pp. 20-22)
Some instrument vendors skipped Pittcon 2009, but more than 19,000 attendees did not
(pp. 35-38)Concentrates
(pp. 13-14)
(pp. 13-14)- Merck Launches Venture Fund
- Lyondell And BASF Shut Ethylene Plants
- 3M and Amperex link For Better Batteries
- Europe Tackles Another Cartel
- Rhodia Restructures French Operations
- Bayer And Novartis Invest In India
- Green Chemistry Pact Set In France
- Aramco Sees Boost Of Sumitomo Venture
- DuPont Opens Solar Center In Hong Kong
- Cortex And Poniard Cut Their Workforces
- GSK Partners With University Spin-Off
- GSK Report Details Aid To Poor Nations
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Opens In Bangalore
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Researchers receive honors for achievements in analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy
(pp. 51-52)
Government & Policy
Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry favors industry over public health, critics say
(p.27)
Science & Technology
New tools to probe degradation will help design of longer lasting devices
(pp. 39-41)
Hybrid technologies combine strengths to improve photon and ion detectors
(pp. 42-43)
Conservators use intense light sources for everything from characterizing pigments to removing lichens
(pp. 44-45)
New methods offer simpler, faster, more convenient ways to characterize food
Web Exclusive
Livermore Lab's National Ignition Facility is gearing up to focus on the inner workings of planets and stars, fusion energy research
(pp. 30-33)
Holy grails increasingly litter the scientific literature; this writer is on a quest to banish them
(p.34)