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July 12, 2010 Cover
Volume 88, Issue 28
COVER: This experimental Intel chip combines 48 computing cneters into what the company calls a single-chip cloud computer
Volume 88, Issue 28
ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
Buoyed by the proliferation of high-tech gadgets, the electronics industry rebounds from last year’s deep downturn
COVER: This experimental Intel chip combines 48 computing cneters into what the company calls a single-chip cloud computer
Credit: Intel
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July 12, 2010 Issue
Volume 88, Issue 28
July 12, 2010 Issue, Vol. 88 | Iss. 28
Buoyed by the proliferation of high-tech gadgets, the electronics industry rebounds from last year’s deep downturn
(p.11)
Features
Cover Story: Electronic Materials
Chemistry Matters To Chip Makers
As advanced electronic components become complex, materials suppliers find new opportunities
(pp. 12-15)News of the Week
Merck Reveals Site Cutbacks
Downsizing: Drugmaker details sweeping closures that follow its purchase of Schering-Plough
(p.5)Restoring Neuron Formation
Neuroscience: In rodents, aminopropylcarbazole also helps neurons survive
(p.6)Ag Majors Form Development Pacts
Crop Protection: BASF and Monsanto, Sumitomo and Nufarm link for new seeds and herbicides
(p.7)Finally, A Full Safety Panel
Accidents: Senate confirms chair, member of chemical safety board as BP spill investigation begins
(p.7)Air Pollution Action
Emissions: EPA targets smog, particulate matter and agrees to review hazardous pollution limits
(p.8)A Boron Cluster‑Go-Round
Chemical Bonding: Fluxional behavior in B19– cluster suggests rotating concentric rings
(p.9)Departments
Business
Water treatment businesses adapt their portfolios to meet new regulations and reduce costs
(pp. 22-23)
Insights: A decade after decoding the genome, scientists are still learning how to read the molecular map
(p.24)
As advanced electronic components become complex, materials suppliers find new opportunities
(pp. 12-15)
Chemical mechanical planarization is becoming indispensable in chip-making
(pp. 16-18)
Buoyed by the proliferation of high-tech gadgets, the electronics industry rebounds from last year’s deep downturn
(p.11)Concentrates
(pp. 20-21)
(pp. 20-21)- BASF Returns Fire In Pemex Lawsuit
- Total And Milliken Collaborate On Resin
- UOP, Total Advance Methanol-To-Olefins
- Dow Claims Low Worker Mortality
- Stepan Gets Cremer’s Methyl Ester Plant
- Sanofi Signs Two Bulk Drug Agreements
- Johnson Matthey Buys Biocatalysis Company
- AstraZeneca And MRC Combine Libraries
- DSM Completes Plant For Novel Polymer
- UCSF Spin-Off Scores Venture Financing
- Aquapharm Picks AMRI For Marine Chemistry
- GSK, Singapore Fund Green Production
- Lilly Will Acquire Protein Drug Firm
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Unemployment reaches new heights in 2009 as recession hits profession hard
(pp. 37-41)
Government & Policy
Legislation would help patent office
reduce huge backlog of patent applications
(pp. 28-29)
Bioterrorism: Executive order calls for better monitoring of biological agents
(p.25)
Science & Technology
Environmental Pollutants: An almost 90% drop in the mutagenic pollutants in urban areas could be part of a longer 20th-century trend
(p.31)
A gold-dicopper complex shifts its luminescence emission wavelength when exposed to VOCs
(p.31)
Researchers delve into the unknowns of
airborne particulates that affect health and climate
(pp. 32-34)
Water's surface is different from the bulk solution, but how remains a tangled question
(pp. 35-36)Career & Employment
Downsized out of big companies, scientists are creating satisfying job opportunities in their own firms
(pp. 57-60)