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February 23, 2004
RHODIA REELING
Sharp downturn is reported by French specialty chemicals maker.
CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
Science leaders protest a variety of Administration actions regarding science and policy.
ISOPRENE SURPRISE
Previously unknown oxidation products of abundant compound are discovered in aerosols.
DNA VACCINES
Biodegradable microspheres are designed to deliver pathogen DNA to immune system cells.
MORATORIUM CANCELED
ACS will resume publishing papers from authors in Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Sudan.
LAB SUPPLIER SOLD
Merck KGaA will sell its VMR laboratory products distribution business to a private equity firm.
ENGINEERING HONORS
National Academy of Engineering elects new members.
MERCURY SENSOR
Colorimetric system exhibits high selectivity and parts-per-million sensitivity.
ACS ELECTION
In three-way contest, Kent J. Voorhees is elected an ACS director-at-large.
February 16, 2004
TUBULAR TRANSFER
Tunneling nanotubes transport organelles from one cell to another.
SLEEP DRUG DEAL
Merck gains U.S. rights to Lundbeck's gaboxadol.
VACCINE SAFETY
Researchers disagree over preservative thimerosal's link to autism.
DNA REPAIR MANUAL
Structure reveals how enzyme finds and removes damaged base pair.
NSF HEAD RESIGNS
Director Rita Colwell will step down on Feb. 21.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
Dow tests advanced fuel cell at Texas facility; Novozyme slashes cost of key enzyme for making renewable fuels.
CORPORATE SCORECARD
Chemical industry attains average ranking in accountability survey.
ARCTIC FISH ANTIFREEZE
Synthesis of glycoproteins helps explain how they inhibit ice formation.
AGING ARMS STOCKPILE
NRC report urges the Army to improve its monitoring of stored chemical weapons.
February 9, 2004
TWO NEW ELEMENTS
In Russia, an international research team has synthesized elements 113 and 115.
FEDERAL BUDGET
Limited growth and a few cuts characterize the Administration's R&D spending proposals.
MULTIPOLLUTANT STRATEGIES
Regulating clusters of pollutants could be more protective and cost-effective, study says.
EUROPEAN EARNINGS
Chemical industry has been hit hard by exchange rates.
MAKING AMMONIA
Ligands play key roles in soluble zirconium process for nitrogen fixation.
POROUS CRYSTALS
Chemists design material with record-breaking surface area and many potential applications.
INCYTE CLOSURE
California human genome facility is no longer a viable business.
RICIN SCARE
Analyses of powder found in Sen. Bill Frist's mail room indicate lethal plant protein.
FRENCH TAKEOVER BATTLE
To thwart Sanofi, Aventis pitches shareholders on new products and earnings.
February 2, 2004
AVENTIS TAKEOVER
France's Sanofi makes bid that infuriates German shareholders.
GROWING NANOFIBERS
Researchers track process in real time and with unprecedented spatial detail.
BIG FERTILIZER DEAL
IMC Global and Cargill join forces to create world's second largest fertilizer operation.
FOURTH-QUARTER EARNINGS
Little overall direction is evident, but six mid-to-large-size chemical companies report improvements.
CHEMICALS TRANSPORT
City council in Washington, D.C., considers restricting chemicals' movement through town.
MAD COW AGENDA
On Capitol Hill, a Senate hearing and a scientific forum spotlight government concern.
ELECTRONIC PAPER
Advances in organic thin-film transistors could lead to marketable products by 2006.
LANTIBIOTIC LANDMARK
Chemists isolate and purify key enzyme for production of lacticin 481.
NATURAL GAS PRICES
Chemical companies say environmental policies have spurred greater gas use.
The latest environmental science and technology news
Microbes in the air near swine farms-more or less
Monitoring of bioaerosols from CAFOs under conventional and alternative waste management conditions suggests some promising alternatives for North Carolina.
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September 22, 2008
Hybrid Polymers For Healing Voices
Elastin mimics could help grow new vocal cords.
September 15, 2008
Making Borosilicate Nanoparticles Is Now Possible
Researchers used video microscopy to observe the synthesis of borosilicate nanoparticles.
September 15, 2008
Newscripts: Grow A Home
This simulation offers an in-depth look at Plantware's proposed ecoarchitectural process.
August 28, 2008
Camera Iris Mechanism Saves Bacteria
Complementary approaches capture ion channel in its open form
July 21, 2008
Spreading The Joy Of Science
Bayer's worldwide educational programs show students and the public the wonder of science
July 17, 2008
Gold Complex Changes Color Reversibly
Grinding and exposure to solvents trigger phase transformations and color changes
July 7, 2008
What's That Stuff? Bowling Balls
Knocking down pins and getting strikes with polymer science and surface chemistry
July 7, 2008
Took Only A Spark
This Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board video of Barton Solvents plant's destruction explains how a tank farm explosion and fire could have been avoided with proper equipment grounding and better handling of nonconductive flammable liquids
July 7, 2008
Follow The Green Spot
An ultraviolet-light-emitting diode creates a green cloud in a photochromic solution
June 23, 2008
Electron Microscopy For Chemists
Advances in imaging and elemental analysis move TEM toward the realm of analytical chemistry
June 23, 2008
Molecular Cage May Contain ... Nothing
Self-assembled prisms may enclose empty spaces rather than solvent
June 18, 2008
Chaperonin's Lid Works Like A Camera's Iris
Proteins lid shuts to give proteins privacy while folding inside
» Photo Galleries
September 1, 2008
Scenes From The ACS National Meeting In Philadelphia
August 18, 2008
Converging Pathways
Chemical companies and environmentalists edge closer together in the pursuit of sustainability
August 4, 2008
Flooded Out Of Their Labs
Displaced University of Iowa faculty strive to advance research while waiting to learn extent of lab damage
April 7, 2008
Surface Science's Sage
Priestley Medalist Gabor A. Somorjai has been advancing surface chemistry for nearly five decades
April 7, 2008
Molecular Chemistry And Catalysis By Surfaces
» Podcasts
August 21, 2007
Applications in Drug Discovery Podcasts
Couldn't make it to the Analytical Pavilion at the national meeting in Boston? Download C&EN podcasts of the speakers at the pavilion.
August 20, 2007
Roald Hoffmann: Chemist and Poet
Roald Hoffmann reads some of his poetry from the C&EN booth.
» Interactive
June 11, 2007
CAS Timeline
100 years of progress from volunteers and index cards to cutting edge computers, see the progress of CAS.
June 11, 2007
The Incredible Vastness of Data
In the hands of CAS, a morass of data points ends up telling epic research stories, page by page.
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» C&EN's Amanda Yarnell reports from CHEMRAWN XII in Cape Town, South Africa, where chemists from around the continent and the world have gathered to discuss their efforts to ensure an adequate and sustainable supply of food for the people of Africa.
Live from Bali: The UN Climate Change Conference
» Daily dispatches of news and observations from The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia from Environmental Science & Technology's Erika Engelhaupt.
Blog: ACS Fall National Meeting 2007
» Daily dispatches from the 234rd National Meeting & Exposition in Boston from Chemical & Engineering News reporters.
Chemistry's Long Tail
» Taken together, three books describe a future for working chemists who will need something different from their professional society
Blog: Brazil!
» Daily dispatches from a 10-day research and meeting trip in Brazil from Chemical & Engineering News and Environmental Science & Technology reporters.
Blog: ACS Spring National Meeting 2007
» Daily dispatches from the 233rd National Meeting & Exposition in Chicago by Chemical & Engineering News reporters.
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» Daily dispatches from the 2006 ACS Spring National Meeting in Atlanta from Chemical & Engineering News reporters.
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» Daily dispatches from the AAAS 2006 Annual Meeting by a pair of Chemical & Engineering News reporters.
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