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Volume 88, Issue 32

TRACKING EMISSIONS

Academia and government are avid purchasers of  greenhouse gas measurement tools, but industry is slow to catch on

COVER: In May 2002, NASA launched the Atmospheric infrared Sounder, one of six weather-and climate-measuring instruments aboard the Aqua spacecraft. The instrument, shown along with its partners being prepared prior to launch, is used to detect and measure CO2, and other greenhouse gases at 3 to 7 miles above Earcth's Surface.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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August 9, 2010 Issue

Volume 88, Issue 32

August 9, 2010 Issue, Vol. 88 | Iss. 32

Monitoring Greenhouse Gases

Academia and government are avid purchasers of  greenhouse gas measurement tools, but industry is slow to catch on

By Marc S. Reisch

(pp. 10-13)

Features

Government & Policy

Lab-Developed Tests Come Under Fire

FDA ramps up efforts to ensure the analytical, clinical validity of diagnostics created and used by single labs (pp. 24-25)

Science & Technology

Microbes To The Rescue

The fate of spilled oil in the Gulf rests with the hydrocarbon-digesting microorganisms colonizing underwater plumes (pp. 32-33)

News of the Week

Dispersants' Effects Debated

Gulf Oil Spill: Much needs to be learned about oil treatments' toxicity, scientists say

(p.5)

BASF And Dow Post Big Gains

Chemical Earnings: Second-quarter results are strong, but future is cloudy

(p.6)

EPA's Move On CO₂ Reaps 24 Lawsuits

Climate Change: Plaintiffs challenge agency’s plan, based on ‘endangerment’ decision

(p.6)

Sanofi-Aventis Readies Bid For Genzyme

Pharmaceuticals: Takeover would give French giant a portfolio of drugs for rare diseases

(p.7)

Stem Cell Multiplier

Medicinal Chemistry: Small molecule spurs the proliferation of blood stem cells

(p.7)

A Radical Way To Make Phosphines

Organic Synthesis: Chlorine-free procedure could lead to a green industrial process

(p.8)

ACS Again Appeals Leadscope Case

Intellectual Property: Society and amicus partners will seek a decision from the Ohio Supreme Court

(p.9)

Gulf Of Mexico Dead Zone

Annual measurement reveals record hypoxic zone, but not necessarily related to the oil spill

(p.9)

Departments

Business

Women In Industry

Over the past year, women have made slow but steady progress in the U.S. chemical industry’s upper crust

(pp. 16-17)

Zhangjiang Attracts The World’s R&D

China’s flagship high-tech park hosts a surprising concentration of major R&D facilities

(pp. 18-19)

A Clean Slate

Freeslate, a Symyx Technologies spin-off, can now focus on tools for high-throughput experimentation

(pp. 20-21)