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September 20, 2010 Cover
Volume 88, Issue 38
COVER: In the future, pathologists may use Raman spectroscopy instead of conventional stains to diagnose cancer. In this composite photo illustration, a doctor looks at a prostate cancer biopsy stained with hematoxylin and eosin.(left) and raman images of the same tissue(right).
Volume 88, Issue 38
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
Vibrational spectroscopy technique may someday be used to diagnose a variety of diseases
COVER: In the future, pathologists may use Raman spectroscopy instead of conventional stains to diagnose cancer. In this composite photo illustration, a doctor looks at a prostate cancer biopsy stained with hematoxylin and eosin.(left) and raman images of the same tissue(right).
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September 20, 2010 Issue
Volume 88, Issue 38
September 20, 2010 Issue, Vol. 88 | Iss. 38
Vibrational spectroscopy technique may someday be used to diagnose a variety of diseases
(pp. 8-12)
Features
Business
High-throughput-screening firms say their techniques are giving industrial biotech some competition (pp. 15-17)
Science & Technology
Mobile laboratory treks across Europe to study cultural masterpieces (pp. 26-28)
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(p.3)A Professor's Worth
Academia: Report compares Texas A&M faculty members’ salaries and teaching revenues
(p.4)Momentive And Hexion To Merge
Specialty Chemicals: Combined firm will be second largest in U.S. with $7.5 billion in sales
(p.4)Dow Shelves India R&D Center
Bhopal Legacy: As protests persist, company gives up plans to build major facility
(p.5)Survey Finds Undue Influence On Food Safety
Scientific Integrity: Corporate pressure on federal food agencies is a serious problem, respondents say
(p.5)Boosting Solid-State NMR
Surface Science: Signal-enhancing technique makes NMR a powerful probe of surfaces
(p.6)Departments
Business
High-throughput-screening firms say their techniques are giving industrial biotech some competition
(pp. 15-17)
Start-up firm Anasys hopes to open new vistas in material and life sciences at the nanoscale level
(p.18)Concentrates
(pp. 13-14)
(pp. 13-14)- Companies Make Catalyst Investments
- Air Products Wins Airgas Proxy Fight
- DuPont, Invista Resolve Disputes
- Purac Planning U.S. Polymer Plant
- Lanxess Considers Asian Rubber Unit
- Sanofi And Lonza Detail Job Cuts
- Charity Puts Drug In The Clinic
- Bayer Expands In Holland …
- … And Introduces a ‘Green Shoe’
- Galapagos Buys GSK R&D Site
- Temple Expands In Drug Discovery
- Genzyme Sells Unit, Cuts 1,000 Jobs
- Acceleron, Shire Ink Collaboration
- Business Roundup
ACS News
American and German Chemical Society agree to undertake joint activities to communicate chemistry’s value
(p.33)
ACS Meeting News: Grant recipients apply chemical approaches to human health problems
(p.34)
Government & Policy
Congress is unlikely to reauthorize the America Competes Act this year
(pp. 20-21)
ACS Meeting News: Researchers discuss consequences of Deepwater Horizon spill
(pp. 22-23)Education
ACS Meeting News: When linked with children’s literature, science grows less intimidating for elementary school teachers
(p.31)
Science & Technology
Vibrational spectroscopy technique may someday be used to diagnose a variety of diseases
(pp. 8-12)
A "bipedal" molecule does a better job than a "four-legged" molecule moving across a surface
(p.24)
Mobile laboratory treks across Europe to study cultural masterpieces
(pp. 26-28)
ACS Meeting News: Techniques are being developed to probe the location and concentration of essential metal species in cells
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