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April 20, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 16
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Volume 87, Issue 16
SPECIALTY CHEMICALS
The economic downturn is taking its toll across the industry, but companies are fighting to survive and emerge even stronger
COVER: An Altana employee collects a sample of paint,which is normally done with a gripper arm through anopening in the closed lid.
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April 20, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 16
April 20, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 16
The economic downturn is taking its toll across the industry, but companies are fighting to survive and emerge even stronger
(pp. 12-18)
Features
Business
The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative is mobilizing public/private partnerships (pp. 21-24)
Science & Technology
Chemists retool s- and p-block compounds in hopes of widening their use in reaction chemistry (pp. 40-42)
News of the Week
A New Zip For Nanoribbons
New methods peel open carbon nanotubes lengthwise to give strips of graphene
(p.7)Blood Falls Explained
Scientists reveal some chemical secrets behind a crimson-stained glacier in Antarctica
(p.9)Casting Doubt On Old Rocks' Tales
Sediment's unusual sulfur signature may not have required oxygen-poor atmosphere
(p.10)New Asian Team
Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical and China's Sinopec will join forces in petrochemicals.
(p.10)Departments
Business
The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative is mobilizing public/private partnerships
(pp. 21-24)
Vanderbilt's program in drug discovery and others like it push the boundaries of traditional academic research
(pp. 25-27)
Chemistry professors start small businesses to catapult their research from lab to market
(pp. 28-30)
The economic downturn is taking its toll across the industry, but companies are fighting to survive and emerge even stronger
(pp. 12-18)Concentrates
(pp. 19-20)
(pp. 19-20)- GSK And Pfizer To Form Company Focused On HIV
- Invista Pays Emissions Fine
- BASF Executives Take Over At Ciba
- Companies Advance LED Technology
- DuPont Asks Staff To Take Unpaid Leave
- Symyx Will Study Heat-Transfer Fluids
- Creditors Give Georgia Gulf A Break
- Borouge Moves Forward With Plant
- Pfizer Will Raise Presence In India
- iZumi Signs With Kyoto On Stem Cells
- Novartis Wins First U.S. Review Voucher
- Sanofi Will Buy Cancer Drug Firm
- J&J And Amgen Cut Staff In U.S.
- Buisness Roundup
ACS News
Awards(p.57)
(p.57)- Intel Announces Science Talent Search Winners
- HHMI Backs Young Researchers
- Inorganic Nanoscience Award To Charles Lieber
- Accolades For ACS Journals
- Svilen Bobev Receives ExxonMobil Fellowship
- Esselen Award To Chad Mirkin
- Call For Nominations For Nichols Medal
- New Lectureship In Chemical Biology Available
- Lori Koss Is Heller Award Winner
- Call For Nominations For Buck-Whitney Award
- Cecilia Clementi Wins Hackerman Award
- Cooperative Research Awardees Announced
- Eli Lilly Young Investigator Awardees Announced
- Undergraduate Environmental Chemistry Awards
Government & Policy
United Nations work is a top issue at industry gathering on chemical regulation
(pp. 33-35)
Bayer, chemical board dispute over community access to accident data may be harbinger of battles to come
(p.36)Books
Pfizer's former head of research hits back at critiques of R&D at major drug companies
(p.48)Education
ACS Meeting News: Incorporating games and other playful activities in college chemistry classes raises passing rates
(pp. 46-47)
Science & Technology
Chemists retool s- and p-block compounds in hopes of widening their use in reaction chemistry
(pp. 40-42)Concentrates(pp. 38-39)
(pp. 38-39)- Insulin's Impact On Fat
- Antimicrobials From Silver And Egg Whites
- Shuttling Bicarbonate In And Out Of Cells
- Single-Molecule Fluorescence Events Seen In Real Time
- Improved Nanowire-Cell Connections
- Carbon Dioxide To Methanol Via Silanes
- Healthy Diets Now Include Lobster
- Liposomes Deliver Longer Lasting Local Anesthetics