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February 15, 2010 Cover
Volume 88, Issue 7
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Volume 88, Issue 7
2011 FEDERAL R&D BUDGET
President Obama’s second budget keeps basic-science funding growing
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February 15, 2010 Issue
Volume 88, Issue 7
February 15, 2010 Issue, Vol. 88 | Iss. 7
President Obama’s second budget keeps basic-science funding growing
(pp. 16-27)
Features
Business
Chemical firms slate a 9.4% hike in capital spending and a step-up in R&D spending of 2.1% (pp. 30-32)
ACS News
This year’s pittcon aims to be the most comprehensive conference and exposition on laboratory science (pp. 54-56)
News of the Week
Ardent Bement, NSF Director, To Step Down
Personnel: Bush appointee will leave on June 1 to move to Purdue University
(p.12)Very Cool Chemistry
Fundamentals: Reactions at nano-Kelvin temperatures illustrate the role of quantum mechanics in reactivity
(p.12)Precise Route To Polypropylenes
Polymer Chemistry: Novel chain-transfer process expands range of possible materials
(p.13)Providing Climate Information
Commerce Department proposes a climate agency akin to the National Weather Service
(p.13)After The Smoke Clears
Indoor Chemistry: Tobacco residues react with chemicals in air to form dangerous products
(p.14)Departments
Business
Chemical firms slate a 9.4% hike in capital spending and a step-up in R&D spending of 2.1%
(pp. 30-32)
Three new CEOs aim to push their start-ups out of the nest and into commercialization
(pp. 34-35)
With international acquisitions, Mumbai’s Dorf Ketal leaps ahead
(pp. 36-37)Concentrates
(p.28)
(p.28)- Start-Ups Reveal Biobased Chemicals
- Bayer Loses Second Transgenic Rice Trial
- Eastman Plastic Used In New Pacifier
- Fujifilm Sets Up Pharmaceutical Unit
- Solvay Plans Three Asian R&D Facilities
- U.K. Testing Firm LGC Changes Hands
- MDS Sells Service Business To Ricerca
- AstraZeneca, Nonprofit Eye Cancer Metabolism
ACS News
Votes on petitions, election of candidates on agenda for ACS meeting in San Francisco
(pp. 57-58)
This year’s pittcon aims to be the most comprehensive conference and exposition on laboratory science
(pp. 54-56)Awards(p.59)
(p.59)- 2010 ACS National Award Winners
- Ralph F. Hirschmann Award In Peptide Chemistry
- Ahmed Zewail Award In Ultrafast Science & Technology
- ACS Award For Encouraging Women Into Careers In The Chemical Sciences
- Ipatieff Prize
- Ronald Breslow Award For Achievement In Biomimetic Chemistry
- ACS Award In Applied Polymer Science
- ACS Award For Creative Work In Synthetic Organic Chemistry
- Joel Henry Hildebrand Award In The Theoretical & Experimental Chemistry Of Liquids
- Glenn T. Seaborg Award For Nuclear Chemistry
- ACS Award For Team Innovation
- Technician Award to Thelma Watterson
- Midwest Award to Larock
- All Awards
Government & Policy
Chemical Safety Board aims to increase funding and conduct more accident investigations
(pp. 40-41)
Agency gets 23% boost for fiscal 2011, but budget relies heavily on user fees
(p.42)Books
Book's lush illustrations, engaging text bring micro- and nanoscale science to a broad audience
(pp. 52-53)Education
Science & Technology
Researchers worldwide are studying the many links between cancer and metabolism
Web Exclusive
Revival of classic hypothesis opens auspicious avenues to treatments
(pp. 46-47)