MYLAN BUYS KING
Generics maker does turnabout with purchase of branded drug business.

EXPLORING MERCURY
Spacecraft dubbed Messenger is set for a seven-year journey to the innermost planet.

SYNTHETIC PRIONS
Long-sought experiment shows lab-created prions cause disease in mice.

DEMOCRAT PLATFORM
Focus is on national security, energy independence, and support for biomedical research.

POLYMERIC NITROGEN
Single-bonded nitrogen allotrope, if harnessed, could serve as a propellant.

CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD
Chinese students score gold; U.S. students take four silver medals.

OXYGEN SENSING
UV-activated ink may prove useful in food-packaging industry.

PFIZER FUNDS CODEXIS
Pfizer's $10 million equity investment aims to exploit Codexis biotechnologies.

FRANCIS CRICK DIES
Codiscoverer of the double helix succumbs to colon cancer.

TRIPOS RUNNING FULL TILT
Computational software firm takes an informatics-based approach to drug discovery.

SEMICON
Newcomers fight for a slice of the already crowded chip-smoothing market.

ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Outlook is good for both U.S. and global chemical industry.

228TH ACS NATIONAL MEETING TECHNICAL PROGRAM AND EXPOSITION
Highlights, listing of technical presentations, and description of exhibitors in Philadelphia, Aug. 22–26.

DIPLOMATIC SCIENCE
State Department seeks help in improving science literacy among foreign service officers.

COMMENT
GRADUATE EDUCATION FOCUS AT PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL MEETING

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