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August 3, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 31
COVER: A shell Chemicals petrochemical plant under construction in Singapore.
Volume 87, Issue 31
GLOBAL TOP 50
Profits slump in C&EN’s first ranking since the onset of the financial crisis
COVER: A shell Chemicals petrochemical plant under construction in Singapore.
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August 3, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 31
August 3, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 31
Profits slump in C&EN’s first ranking since the onset of the financial crisis
(pp. 11-15)
Features
Government & Policy
Rapidly emerging field opens many opportunities but also poses difficult challenges (pp. 23-25)
Science & Technology
Details of the experiment that led to a researcher’s death prompt evaluations of academic safety practices (p.29)
News of the Week
U.S. Wins Gold In Chemistry Olympiad
Taiwan is big winner; U.S. has best showing since 2002
(p.6)Agilent To Buy Varian
$1.5 billion deal will bolster agilent’s push into bioanalytics
(p.7)Sabotage At Energy Department Facility
Former employee destroys 4,000 protein crystals under study at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
(p.7)Second-Quarter Results
Dow Chemical and BASF earnings reflect bad, but improving, economy
(p.8)Unleashing The Energy Future
National research council calls for rapid technological deployment
(p.8)Bony Variations
Cell type affects characteristics of engineered bone
(p.9)Final Slate For ACS Fall Ballot
Candidates for president-elect, director-at-large, and district I and V directors
(p.9)Cation Courier
The last family of ligand-gated ion channels reveals its form
(p.10)Reaching For The Sun
Chemists convene in Germany to stake out the challenges for solar energy research
(p.10)Departments
Business
Air liquide finds success in a specialized electronic materials niche
(pp. 18-19)
Diversified advanced materials firm renews commitment to synthetic rubber
(pp. 20-21)
Profits slump in C&EN’s first ranking since the onset of the financial crisis
(pp. 11-15)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)
(pp. 16-17)- Sanofi-Aventis Nabs Deals
- SEC Sues For Insider Trading Of Nova Stock
- DSM Selling Energy, Fertilizer Assets
- Bayer Advances Printable Polycarbonate
- Arkema Adds More Facilities In China
- Pfizer Creates More Chinese Partnerships
- China's Yingli Slates Solar Silicon Plants
- La Seda Shutting Down Plastics Output
- Brondeau Leaving Dow Chemical
- Malaria Vaccine R&D Gets Funding
- Amgen And GSK Form Drug Partnership
- Lilly Moves ImClone R&D To NYC Park
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Adoption of one petition to amend election rules may prevent council’s consideration of another
(pp. 41-44)
Government & Policy
Rapidly emerging field opens many opportunities but also poses difficult challenges
(pp. 23-25)
Science & Technology
Details of the experiment that led to a researcher’s death prompt evaluations of academic safety practices
(p.29)
Reversing aging was once only fiction, but a special diet might add years to the human life span
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