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November 2, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 44
COVER: Ting Long is a plant process engineer on AirProducts� Cryogenics Operations team.
Volume 87, Issue 44
ADAPTING AND HOPEFUL
Record unemployment requires a realistic attitude and creative thinking
COVER: Ting Long is a plant process engineer on AirProducts� Cryogenics Operations team.
Credit: Air Products &Chemicals
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November 2, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 44
November 2, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 44
Record unemployment requires a realistic attitude and creative thinking
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Features
Business
With loss of early-stage drug-manufacturing business, CPhI exhibitors vie for late-stage opportunities (pp. 16-19)
Science & Technology
Folded DNA structures in gene-activation sites may be useful cancer drug targets (pp. 28-30)
Cover Story: A New Normal
Down But Not Out
Chemistry jobs took a beating this year, prompting out-of-work chemists to reinvent themselves
(pp. 46-52)Working For Uncle Sam
The recession may lead more chemists to pursue careers as civil servants
(pp. 56-58)News of the Week
Emergency Drug Fills Vaccine Void
Pandemic: FDA allows use of unapproved flu drug while vaccine supplies lag
(p.10)Inhaled Nanotubes Reach Lung Lining In Mice
Nanotoxicology: Carbon structures cause unique physiological effects, study shows
(p.10)Hydrogenation Without Metals
Catalysis: Fullerenes drive nitro-to-amino conversion of aromatics under mild conditions
(p.12)Cut-And-Paste GFP
Protein Engineering: Method opens green fluorescent protein to better scrutiny, design
(p.13)Departments
Business
With loss of early-stage drug-manufacturing business, CPhI exhibitors vie for late-stage opportunities
(pp. 16-19)
Chemistry jobs took a beating this year, prompting out-of-work chemists to reinvent themselves
(pp. 46-52)
The recession may lead more chemists to pursue careers as civil servants
(pp. 56-58)Concentrates
(pp. 14-15)
(pp. 14-15)- Lonza Cuts Jobs, Spending
- Celanese, PPG Plan Resins For China
- Chinese Firm Slates Vinyl Acetate Plant
- Wacker, Dow Corning Expand In China
- Monsanto Will Get Air Products' H2
- SABIC, Albemarle Link For Catalyst
- Ferro Eliminates 230 More Jobs
- GSK And SuperGen In Epigenetics Pact
- Thermo Fisher, Symyx Launch Joint Product
- Astellas Signs Up Medivation Drug
- Biotech Companies Make Merger Deals
- Lonza Inks Biotech Manufacturing Pacts
- DNP Raises Funds For Succinic Acid
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Government & Policy
Market price does not reflect major health damage
from production and use of coal, oil
(pp. 24-25)Books
The art and science of a Japanese culinary delight are presented in a lavishly illustrated book
(pp. 40-41)Education
Updating premedical education to reflect modern science could improve the experience for other students, too
(pp. 35-38)
Science & Technology
Folded DNA structures in gene-activation sites may be useful cancer drug targets
(pp. 28-30)
Philipps University, in Marburg, Germany, celebrates the 400th anniversary of the earliest chemistry professorship
(pp. 32-34)Concentrates(pp. 26-27)
(pp. 26-27)- DNA Shape Directs Proteins
- Novel Fluoropolymer For Fuel Cells
- New Syntheses Of Galanthamine And Codeine
- Microscopy Method Achieves Nanoscale Diffraction
- Bimetallic Base Has Proton-Pulling Power
- Getting A Clue About Cortistatin's Activity
- Aqueous Cross-Coupling For Proteins
- Computational Study Scrutinizes Mixed-Valence Systems