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August 17, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 33
COVER: Argonne National Laboratory scientist Robert Winarski peers at a sample inside a hard X-ray nanoprobe. ANL’s Center for Nanoscale Materials is receiving stimulus funds.
Volume 87, Issue 33
TOOLS FOR SCIENCE
Instrument makers hope government stimulus funds will spur sales and development
COVER: Argonne National Laboratory scientist Robert Winarski peers at a sample inside a hard X-ray nanoprobe. ANL’s Center for Nanoscale Materials is receiving stimulus funds.
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August 17, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 33
August 17, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 33
Instrument makers hope government stimulus funds will spur sales and development
(pp. 13-16)
Features
Government & Policy
Congress, natural gas producers clash over tainted-water claims (pp. 28-29)
Science & Technology
Features formed by melting permafrost provide clues to a changing Arctic landscape and climate (pp. 39-43)
News of the Week
Flexible Fluorination
Pd-catalyzed reaction adds fluorine to a wide variety of substrates
(p.7)Bacteria Interfere With Painkillers
Gut microbes manipulate acetaminophen metabolism
(p.8)Tokuyama Doubles Output
Expansion takes place amid softening demand
(p.8)Deal Fever Strikes Japan
Union of Mitsubishi Chemical and Mitsubishi Rayon could benefit both
(p.9)Monsanto's Phosphate Operation
Life sciences company will process phosphorus for Roundup herbicide from a new mine in Idaho
(p.9)Broad-Spectrum Photosensor
Polymer plus fullerene yields photodetector that covers ultraviolet to near infrared
(p.10)Emissions Swaps
North American leaders envision regional trading system for greenhouse gases
(p.10)Departments
Business
As destocking ends, chemical firms look for signs of growth
(pp. 19-21)
U.S. companies have lackluster results in the second quarter, but flu treatments could help european firms
(pp. 22-25)
Scientists sail off to study plastic trash in the Pacific and ways of recovering it
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Instrument makers hope government stimulus funds will spur sales and development
(pp. 13-16)Concentrates
(pp. 17-18)
(pp. 17-18)- Elan Sues Biogen Idec In Spat Over J&J Deal
- DuPont Rejiggers Business Operations
- Iofina Acquires Iodine Firm H&S
- ISP Forms Skin Test Alliance
- BP And Martek Join For Algae Biofuel
- Sigma-Aldrich Buys ChemNavigator
- EU Probes Chinese Chemical Exporters
- Lanxess Scores With Novel Tire Additive
- Clinton Foundation Lowers HIV Drug Prices
- Millipore Acquires England-Based BioAnaLab
- EMD Serono Links With M.D. Anderson
- GSK Strikes Deals With Vernalis, Nabi
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
Congress, natural gas producers clash over tainted-water claims
(pp. 28-29)
The enormous potential of untapped natural and engineered geothermal energy sources
(pp. 30-33)
National Research Council review of the science used in the FBI's Amerithrax investigation is under way
(pp. 34-35)
Science & Technology
Toolik scientists study the long-term impact of a raging fire in the Arctic
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Features formed by melting permafrost provide clues to a changing Arctic landscape and climate
(pp. 39-43)
Existing representations of chemistry in action cannot match the chemist’s imagination
(pp. 44-46)
The internet is an important hub for discussing chemistry—don’t dismiss it
(p.47)
New and notable in the chemical industry
(p.49)Newscripts
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