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January 25, 2010 Cover
Volume 88, Issue 4
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Volume 88, Issue 4
SOAPS AND DETERGENTS
Laundry detergent makers and their raw material suppliers are sticking to innovation despite a rocky economy
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January 25, 2010 Issue
Volume 88, Issue 4
January 25, 2010 Issue, Vol. 88 | Iss. 4
Laundry detergent makers and their raw material suppliers are sticking to innovation despite a rocky economy
(pp. 12-17)
Features
Business
New chemistries promise to revolutionize stodgy building materials industry (pp. 20-21)
Cover Story: Beyond The Basics
News of the Week
University Lab Accident Under Investigation
Lab Safety: Texas Tech examination is first for chemical safety board
(p.7)Court Ruling Favors Monsanto
Seed Traits: Dupont cannot combine its own herbicide tolerance with Monsanto's
(p.8)FDA Raises Flag On Bisphenol A
Chemical Safety: Agency moves to collaborate with other federal partners on health effects research
(p.8)Flame Retardants
Chemtura signs bromine agreements with Albemarle
(p.9)Printing On The Nanoscale
Nanotechnology: Method exploits electrified liquid jets for high-resolution patterning
(p.9)Chemist Takes Helm Of French Research Society
Europe: Alain Fuchs is new president of CNRS
(p.10)Ebola's Clever Cloak
Structural Biology: Protein that hides viral RNA prevents immune system's detection of deadly virus
(p.10)MIT's Diversity Problems
Academe: Prestigious science institution takes a long look in the mirror and doesn’t like what it sees
(p.11)Marshall Nirenberg Dies At 82
Obituary: Nobel Laureate's accomplishments were recently honored at NIH symposium
(p.11)Departments
Business
New chemistries promise to revolutionize stodgy building materials industry
(pp. 20-21)
Forma Therapeutics bets on market's appetite for its platform technology
(pp. 22-23)
Laundry detergent makers and their raw material suppliers are sticking to innovation despite a rocky economy
(pp. 12-17)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- J&J Recalls Tainted Tylenol
- Lanxess Relaunches Asia Rubber Project
- Thermo Fisher Will Buy Ahura Scientific
- Industry Medal Will Go To Campbell
- Agilent Wins Okay To Acquire Varian
- Cabot And ChemChina Adjust Silica Plans
- CF Drops Its Bid For Rival Terra
- Thailand Eyes Restart Of halted projects
- DSM To Work With Novomer, Shut Plant
- DuPont Expanding Films For Solar
- GSK focuses on Neglected Diseases
- Karolinska Invests In Swedish Firms
- Germany’s Merck Adds Inorganic Salts
- Business Roundup
ACS News
A mother's support, a magnet school, and an ACS scholarship spur this engineer's journey from small-town Oklahoma to ExxonMobil R&D
(p.41)
Divisions issue calls for papers for the Aug. 22–26 meeting in Boston
(pp. 43-47)
San Francisco, March 21-25
(pp. 61-98)Awards(p.49)
(p.49)- 2010 ACS National Award Winners
- Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society
- F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
- ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry
- Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator
- ACS Award in Separations Science & Technology
- Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry
- Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry
- ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry
- President Honors Outstanding Educators
- Stephen Buchwald Wins Esselen Award
- Nakanishi Prize Awarded To Shosuke Yamamura
- Division Of Biological Chemistry Announces Honorees
- Bailey Award Goes To James Liao
- Baton Rouge Section Seeks Nominations
- Rasika Dias Wins Southwest Regional Award
- Presidential Video Challenge Winners Announced
- Nominations For James Flack Norris Award
- Kevin Schug Gets Young Investigator Award
- All Awards
Government & Policy
More private-sector groups sign onto administration’s campaign to improve math and science education
(pp. 25-26)
Science & Technology
Efforts to deter protein misfolding yield promising drug candidates for degenerative diseases
(pp. 30-32)
Advances in computational modeling of molecule-surface processes reveal details of reactions
(pp. 34-35)
Small packets of warmth work through a simple exothermic reaction
(p.36)Concentrates(pp. 28-29)
(pp. 28-29)Career & Employment
Academic chemists who get a taste of government or industry jobs have few regrets
(pp. 37-39)Newscripts
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