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June 29, 2007

FDA Will Detain Imports Of Farm-Raised Seafood From China

Importers must show shrimp, catfish, and three other species are free of contaminants.

Depolymerizing Plastics

Ionic liquids can be used to convert polymers into monomers.

Roche Launches Hostile Bid For Ventana Medical Systems

Swiss pharmaceutical and diagnostics company believes Tucson-based company will bolster portfolio.

Chemical Weapons

U.S. destroys 45% of its arsenal six months ahead of treaty's deadline.

June 28, 2007

Students Win Green Chemistry Award

Hancock Award goes to Arani Chanda and Jennifer Haghpanah.

Bioenergy Research Centers Announced

DOE program would provide $375 million for three labs.

Sinopec Chairman Suddenly Steps Down

Reasons for resignation are unclear.

BASF Signs Agreements For Electronics Development

German deal tackles organic photovoltaics while pact with IBM targets integrated circuits.

June 27, 2007

Presidential Honors

Awards recognize innovative pollution-prevention strategies.

HHMI Will Require Free Access To Journal Articles

Biomedical institute's investigators must make papers publicly available beginning in 2008.

June 26, 2007

Tyson And Syntroleum Partner For Fat-Based Fuel

Food giant teams up with alternative energy firm to build synthetic fuel plant.

'Chemical Ali' Is Sentenced To Death

Saddam Hussein's cousin led genocidal attacks against the Kurds in 1988.

FDA Finalizes Rules For Dietary Supplements

Agency will require testing of ingredients and accurate labeling.

Chemistry Olympiad Finalists Chosen

Four U.S. high school students will travel to Moscow to compete in the international chemistry competition.

June 25, 2007

Israel Chemicals To Buy Ripplewood's Supresta

$352 million purchase expands ICL's phosphorus chemicals portfolio.

Sweet Routes To Sustainability

Catalytic reactions convert sugars from biomass into renewable fuel and feedstock.

Pharma R&D

Pfizer invests in South Korea, consolidates in Kalamazoo.

Calcium Under Surveillance

Sensor tracks ion in both space and time in a cell.

June 22, 2007

Senate Passes Energy Bill

Vote follows surprise agreement over vehicle-efficiency standards.

Cheves Walling Dies At 91

Former JACS editor served industry, academia, and ACS.

Chemical Heritage Foundation

Haverford College President Thomas Tritton will take CHF helm in January.

Ozone Angst

EPA proposes to tighten standard but will consider arguments for the existing one.

ICI Spurns A Bid From Akzo Nobel

Stock price rises as shareholders expect another bid.

June 21, 2007

Chemical Abstracts Service Is New Landmark

Information service has advanced chemical sciences, technology.

DSM Seeks Partner In Antibiotics

Company expects to turn profit in business next year.

Roche Will Acquire NimbleGen Systems

Purchase continues Swiss firm's push into genomics research market.

House Passes DHS Spending Bill

State chemical security laws stricter than federal standards could not be preempted.

June 20, 2007

Norman Hackerman Dies At 95

Steadfast educator forged new paths to discovery.

Safer Chlorine Transfer

Chemical safety board urges use of remotely operated equipment.

Single-Cell Metabolism

Assay reveals glycosphingolipid metabolism in single cells.

June 19, 2007

EPA Data-Crunching Tools Need Regular Checkups

National Research Council calls for evaluation of agency models used for regulating.

ICI Spurns Akzo's Bid

Stock price rises as ICI shareholders expect another bid.

June 18, 2007

President Bush Awards National Medal of Technology

Wyeth researchers among winners of nation's highest honor for technological innovation.

Indian Venture

Aptuit and Laurus create a drug service provider.

Extending Protein Detection

Aptamer trio bests antibodies in quantifying protein over wide concentration range.

EPA Unveils Testing List

Critics say EPA's endocrine disrupter screening program will miss dangerous chemicals.

June 15, 2007

'Mr. Wizard' Dies At 89

Television's Don Herbert inspired many to careers in science.

Animal Testing Alternatives

Studies should focus on cells, National Research Council says.

Westward Ho!

BASF mulls polyurethane project in China's interior.

Biodefense Spending

U.S. is not spending enough on prevention, group says.

June 14, 2007

Autism Case Opens In Federal Court

About 4,800 parents claim that vaccines induced autism in their children.

Appeals Court Vacates EPA Incinerator Rule

Decision requires agency to issue revised controls for emissions from waste burners.

Campuses Pledge Climate Neutrality

Effort to combat global warming aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate research and education.

Cabot Will Close Carbon Black Plant

Company cites cutbacks in U.S. tire production capacity.

June 13, 2007

Finding Function In The Genome

Consortium uncovers surprising features in the human genetic blueprint.

G-8: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Must Stop Rising

Countries commit to modest climate goals, primacy of UN process.

June 11, 2007

Archemix Adds Partners

Merck Serono and Takeda sign on for access to aptamer technology.

Hiroo Inokuchi Wins Kyoto Prize

Japanese chemist to receive $410,000 for his pioneering work on molecular electronics.

Harvard Licenses Nanotech Patents

Nano–Terra gets Whitesides nanofabrication portfolio.

Combating Cancer

Data for approved drugs dominate at clinical oncologists' meeting.

June 8, 2007

Somorjai Is Named 2008 Priestley Medalist

ACS recognizes UC Berkeley professor for contributions to surface science and catalysis.

Amgen Goes Chemicals

World's largest biotech firm is spending about $720 million to buy two small-molecule drugmakers.

Chemical Regulation

Curtain finally rises on Europe's REACH program.

June 7, 2007

Pesticides Block Chemical Communication In Crops

Soil contaminants may inhibit symbiotic nitrogen fixation by plants.

Counterfeit Trade Is Growing Worldwide

OECD study says at least $200 billion worth of fake goods, including drugs, are sold annually.

June 6, 2007

Climate-Change Issues Heat Up G-8 Talks

Rift between U.S. and Germany remains stark at start of summit.

Thomas L. Netzel Honored For Service to ACS

Georgia Section leader says he represents fellow hardworking volunteers.

To Dredge Or Not To Dredge

Study recommends alternatives and better monitoring of dredged waterways.

June 5, 2007

Chemtura Will Cut Jobs And Close Plants

Weak profitability in polymer antioxidants forces shutdown of three European facilities.

AstraZeneca Continues Biologics Push

British drugmaker will acquire an idle DSM plant in Canada.

June 4, 2007

EPA Limits Implicated In Eye Infections

Reduced use of drinking water disinfectants may lead to more microbes, contact lens problems, researchers claim.

Direct C-H Amination

New method is first to catalytically convert allylic C-H directly to C-N, skipping conventional oxygen-requiring steps.

Fast Protein Structures

Simple route to determining protein structures uses only ease-to-obtain chemical shift data.

June 1, 2007

Picturing DNA On A Surface

Label-free method probes hybridization and chirality of bound nucleotides.

Biofuel Nations

Brazilian, U.S. chemists forge stronger ties to advance biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals.

Climate Change And National Security

Bill tells intelligence chief to assess likely risks posed by a changing environment.

Declining Confidence

Market challenges dim the confidence of the world's chemical CEOs.