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ACS Comment | ACS: Fostering Chemistry And Chemists In Transformative Times (Member Content)
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Town Hall Meeting Predicts Chemistry's Future (Member Content)
(March 8, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 10 | p. 47)Panel convened by Northeastern Section discussed role of chemistry in the U.S. economy.
Green Chemistry Summer School (Member Content)
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Outstanding Student Chapters (Member Content)
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ACS Fellows Program (Member Content)
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Abstracts For Pesticide Residue Workshop (Member Content)
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Fine Chemicals Firms Continue To Expand(Member Content)
(March 8, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 10 | pp. 20-22)At Informex, companies wooed customers with new in-house and partnered capabilities.
Always Looking Ahead(Member Content)
(March 8, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 10 | pp. 23-25)At Informex, companies wooed customers with new in-house and partnered capabilities.
Downturn Dampens Big Mergers(Member Content)
(March 8, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 10 | pp. 26-27)Chemical firms, focused on survival, avoided big-ticket acquisitions in 2009.
Eye On Mental Health Bible(Member Content)
(March 8, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 10 | p. 28)Proposed revamp of psychiatry tome presents opportunities for drug firms.
Business Concentrates (Member Content)
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A World View At India's Dishman
(March 1, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 9 | p. 26-28)Smart acquisitions and a knack for retaining foreign employees propel growth of drug ingredients producer.
Rightsizing Pfizer(Member Content)
(March 1, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 9 | p. 29)The world's largest drug company enters a new round of postmerger consolidation.
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New Jolt For Nuclear Power(Member Content)
(March 8, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 10 | pp. 31-33)News Analysis: Obama offers waste-plan overhaul, more R&D funds, and loan guarantees in hopes of building more reactors.
Verifying Emission Cuts(Member Content)
(March 8, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 10 | pp. 34-35)Atmospheric measurements can truth-check assertions about greenhouse gas reductions.
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EPA Revisits Atrazine(Member Content)
(March 1, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 9 | pp. 31-33)Agency wants to incorporate human epidemiology and incident data into risk assessments.
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Laser Turns 50
(March 8, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 10 | pp. 13-17)C&EN celebrates a half-century of a device that shaped modern chemistry.
Predicting Amyloid Formation(Member Content)
(March 8, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 10 | pp. 38-39)Computer algorithms find fibril-forming sequences in nearly all proteins.
Rethinking Breast Cancer Toxicology(Member Content)
(March 8, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 10 | pp. 40-41)Expert panel recommends screening for effects of chemicals on critical disease pathways.
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The More The Merrier(Member Content)
(March 1, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 9 | pp. 36-37)New evidence proves that RNAs can take on multiple folded forms, just as proteins do.
Lassoing Your Target(Member Content)
(March 1, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 9 | pp. 38-39)Unusual peptides with pharmacological potential are amenable to engineering.
Croconic Acid Is Ferroelectric(Member Content)
(March 1, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 9 | p. 41)Discovery suggests organic ferroelectrics may not be as elusive as once thought.
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