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Securing The Supply Of Rare Earths
(August 30, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 35 | pp. 9-12)Green-energy and high-tech industries grow anxious over China's monopoly on these valuable resources.
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(August 30, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 35 | pp. 15-16)Eyeing an opportunity, the world's synthetic menthol producers expand.
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(August 23, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 34 | p. 23)European generic drug firm suffers financial losses after problems with Indian supplier.
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(August 30, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 35 | p. 23)First physicist in Congress crossed party lines to advance science and math education.
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(August 23, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 34 | pp. 26-27)Hopes for a new climate treaty grow dimmer, even in the face of extreme weather events.
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(August 23, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 34 | pp. 28-30)Federal agency says state's 'flexible' permit program violates the clean air act.
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(August 30, 2010 | Vol. 88 Issue 35 | pp. 28-29)Chemists' fascination with square-planar carbon compounds continues.
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Measuring The Electric Vehicle's Environmental Footprint
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