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Volume 88, Issue 43
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Volume 88, Issue 43
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Chemistry graduate programs seek meaning in long-awaited assessment
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October 25, 2010 Issue
Volume 88, Issue 43
October 25, 2010 Issue, Vol. 88 | Iss. 43
Chemistry graduate programs seek meaning in long-awaited assessment
(pp. 12-17)
Features
Business
Drug companies’ reliance on outside firms to run complex R&D programs so far seems to work (pp. 20-24)
Government & Policy
Chemical industry hopes Congressional Election will spur more bipartisan collaboration (pp. 38-41)
News of the Week
Moon Crater's Icy Character
Astrochemistry: Lunar impactor may have struck a site of previous comet impacts
(p.7)Pfizer Targets Generic Markets
Pharmaceuticals: Drug giant makes Indian supply deal and Brazilian investment
(p.8)White House Hosts A Science Fair
Winners: Exhibit of student projects emphasizes importance of science education
(p.8)Nanodiamond Catalyst Drives Reaction
Industrial Chemistry: Hybrid material mediates steam-free dehydrogenation
(p.9)President Honors Scientists And Engineers
Awards: Winners of the National Medals of Science and of Technology & Innovation are chosen
(p.10)Removing Bisphenol A
Canned Foods: Many companies plan to phase out use of chemical in product containers, survey finds
(p.10)A Slowdown For Start-Ups
Venture Capital: Biotech and cleantech fundraising declined in the third quarter
(p.11)Sensing Peroxide Explosives
Antiterrorism: Sensor array detects triacetone triperoxide at part-per-billion levels
(p.11)Departments
Business
Drug companies’ reliance on outside firms to run complex R&D programs so far seems to work
(pp. 20-24)
After a tough 2009, attendees at CPhI were looking for growth in biotech and nonpharmaceutical markets
(pp. 26-28)
Chemical executives place hope in some government programs but lament others
(pp. 29-31)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- GSK Outlines Rare-Diseases Strategy
- Evonik Will Build New Methionine Plant
- Eastman Revamps Board Of Directors
- French Strike Hits Chemicals
- Cintas Debuts Washable Tuxedos
- Clariant To Cut 100 More Jobs
- Petrobras, Ineos Move On Biofuels
- Bayer Develops LED Materials
- Sanofi-Aventis Teams With Harvard
- Caltech And CEA Unite In Nanotech Program
- Asahi To Build Rubber Plants
- Siluria Gets Venture Funding
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Government & Policy
Efforts are under way to mitigate the risk that good life sciences research could be put to bad use
(pp. 35-37)
Chemical industry hopes Congressional Election will spur more bipartisan collaboration
(pp. 38-41)Education
Science & Technology
Advances in biocatalysis, taming hazardous reactions help improve pharmaceutical and fine chemicals production
(pp. 45-47)
Microfluidic device reveals link between glucose and patient outcome in brain injury
(pp. 48-49)
Researchers seek ways to recycle the alumina refining waste that caused catastrophe in Hungary
(pp. 50-51)