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May 18, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 20
COVER: Using high-performance thin-layer chromatography, researchers can separate the components of Ginkgo biloba leaf extracts. In the cover image, the resolved components appear as glowing bands.
Volume 87, Issue 20
HIGH-PERFORMANCE TLC
New instrumentation, materials, and analysis techniques take lab staple into high-performance arena
COVER: Using high-performance thin-layer chromatography, researchers can separate the components of Ginkgo biloba leaf extracts. In the cover image, the resolved components appear as glowing bands.
Credit: Jason Richards/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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May 18, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 20
May 18, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 20
New instrumentation, materials, and analysis techniques take lab staple into high-performance arena
(pp. 11-18)
Features
Business
Chemical firms cling to shrinking profits, look for glimmer of an upturn (pp. 21-23)
Business
Economic repercussions took a toll on first-quarter sales and earnings (pp. 24-26)
Government & Policy
The fight to update the U.S. patent system focuses on damage awards (pp. 34-35)
News of the Week
Japanese Firms Post Huge Losses
Weak demand and inventory write-offs hurt companies
(p.5)NSF Rolls Out Stimulus Plan
Agency will use money to support mix of new and existing programs
(p.6)RSC Acquires Chemical Database
Repository offers free structure and property data
(p.6)Jury Acquits W.R. Grace In Asbestos Case
After a three-month trial, firm and executives are cleared on all 10 counts
(p.7)Polymer Folding
Hydrogen bonds collapse single polymer chains into nanoparticles
(p.7)Platinum Catalysts Branch Out
Dendritic structures outperform current fuel-cell materials
(p.8)Quantum Dots That Don't Blink
Core structure suppresses blinking and leads to unusual spectral behavior
(p.8)Mystery Structure Solved
Total synthesis confirms structure of micrococcin P1
(p.9)Persistent Organic Pollutants
Treaty now includes PFOS and brominated flame retardants
(p.9)Departments
Business
Chemical firms cling to shrinking profits, look for glimmer of an upturn
(pp. 21-23)
Economic repercussions took a toll on first-quarter sales and earnings
(pp. 24-26)
Newlyweds Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems get to know one another
(pp. 28-30)
Company's first Chinese-born leader sees financial crisis as offering opportunities
(p.31)Concentrates
(pp. 19-20)
(pp. 19-20)- Sanofi Invests In Dengue Vaccines
- SABIC, Sipchem Plan Saudi Complex
- Arkema Restructures In North America
- Two Chemical Firms Cut Texas Output
- Evonik Plans Silane Facility In Japan
- Tronox Sues Former Parent Kerr-McGee
- GE To Open New Battery Plant
- Oxea To Acquire Exxon Ester Plant
- Nanotech Firms Sign On Licensees
- Wacker Expands Its Shanghai Tech Center
- GSK Strengthens Link With Aspen
- Northfield Closes Blood Replacer Plant
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
The fight to update the U.S. patent system focuses on damage awards
(pp. 34-35)
New science leaders and increased funding have policy wonks in a good mood
(pp. 36-38)
Supreme Court decision opens a crack in the rigid waste cleanup law
(p.39)Books
Book explores uranium's history, grip on popular imagination
(pp. 51-52)
Science & Technology
New instrumentation, materials, and analysis techniques take lab staple into high-performance arena
(pp. 11-18)
Disruptions of insulin signaling and glucose regulation contribute to development of Alzheimer's disease
(pp. 42-46)
Behind every sequence of As, Ts, Cs, and Gs is a whole lot of molecular shape, and that's where DNA's business gets done
(pp. 47-49)
Nobel Laureate turns the spotlight on promising young scientists
(p.50)Concentrates(pp. 40-41)
(pp. 40-41)Newscripts
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