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October 19, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 42
COVER: Marco Leona (foreground) of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Simone Porcinai, a physicist at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, in Florence, Italy, identify dyes in a 16th-century tapestry.
Volume 87, Issue 42
SCIENCE AT THE MUSEUM
Chemists tap museum collections as a rich source of novel research questions, collaborations
COVER: Marco Leona (foreground) of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Simone Porcinai, a physicist at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, in Florence, Italy, identify dyes in a 16th-century tapestry.
Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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October 19, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 42
October 19, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 42
Chemists tap museum collections as a rich source of novel research questions, collaborations
(pp. 12-16)
Features
Business
Water treatment start-ups are awash in innovation but face a risk-averse industry (pp. 20-21)
Government & Policy
EPA administrator announces new priorities for agency’s chemical policies (pp. 28-29)
News of the Week
Putting A Price On Cutting CO2
Climate Change: Economists predict modest overall impacts but deep cuts for some
(p.7)Cold Deep-Sea N2 Fixers
Environment: Microbe consortium could help balance oceanic nitrogen budget
(p.8)Patent Rules Rescinded
Intellectual Property: Bush-era regulations on patent size pulled
(p.8)Fine Chemicals Tough It Out
CPhI: After a difficult year, there could be signs of life for pharmaceutical chemical producers
(p.9)More Acetonitrile
Ineos rolls out new technology that will help keep the polar solvent in supply
(p.9)Journal Of Chemical Education Joins ACS Publications
ACS News: Premiere journal for chemical education to become available on the ACS Publications website.
(p.10)New Helper For Bulky Amino Acids
Asymmetric Synthesis: Stripped-down small-molecule catalyst improves synthesis of key chiral intermediates
(p.10)Homoallenylation Sans Separation
Organic Synthesis: Chiral reaction could be used to make natural products, drugs
(p.11)Newcomer Enters Patent Measuring
R&D: Dow, BASF back new method for assessing impact
(p.11)Departments
Business
Water treatment start-ups are awash in innovation but face a risk-averse industry
(pp. 20-21)
A unique methyl methacrylate plant in Singapore owes its success to a handful of British chemists
(pp. 22-23)
A few chemical companies are combining chemistry and magnetics
(pp. 24-25)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- Bayer Ending Shorter Hours, BASF Results Improve
- Evonik Will Acquire Lilly API Facility
- Clariant To Cut 800 More Jobs
- Qafco Plans will Boost Urea, Ammonia
- Tosoh Is Expanding Specialty Elastomer
- Novartis Strikes Multiple Deals
- Merck, Lonza Buy Indian Companies
- Bayer Sequences Canola Genome
- Biotech Hub Planned For U.K.
- Progenics Takes Back Rights From Wyeth
- Onyx To Buy Proteolix
- Nova And Solutia Get New Credit
- Business Roundup
ACS News
ACS’s Division of Medicinal Chemistry celebrates its 100th anniversary
(p.42)
Government & Policy
EPA administrator announces new priorities for agency’s chemical policies
(pp. 28-29)
Battles heat up as EPA, Congress debate how to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions
(pp. 30-32)
Scientists fear tighter restrictions could hamper biological research
(pp. 33-35)
Science & Technology
Chemists tap museum collections as a rich source of novel research questions, collaborations
(pp. 12-16)
Techniques provide ways to manipulate and understand protein folding
(pp. 39-40)
Technology and Business news for the laboratory world
(p.41)Concentrates(pp. 36-37)
(pp. 36-37)Career & Employment
In biotech, a culture of creativity and team building helps top companies to work for weather a tough economy
(pp. 46-48)