BASF Launches Bid For Engelhard

If successful, German firm's hostile offer would make it a leader in catalysts.

Public Land For Yucca Mountain Rail

Bureau reserves corridor to site in Nevada for possible rail shipment of nuclear waste.

Dye Nanoparticles Aid Water Analysis

Affixed indicator dyes may yield more reliable test strips for heavy metals.

Drug Majors Push Into Biotechnology

Wyeth, AstraZeneca carry their run on collaborations into the new year.

Natural Gas Dispute Is Settled, But Questions Remain

Agreement enables Ukraine to stem rise in natural gas prices.

Electrochemical Insights Gained

Method elucidates elementary steps of water activation at metal electrodes.

Good News For 2006 R&D Investment

Industrial R&D spending in the U.S. likely will rise, but not as fast as revenues.

One-Pot Route To Nanocontainer

Eighteen molecular units condense to form covalent, hexameric host molecule.

Changing Cambrex

Firm abandons specialty therapeutics track; President and CEO Leone steps down.

Business Concentrates

The ADM Way Of Making Chemicals

Agribusiness giant goes head-to-head against petroleum-based chemical companies.

Cooking With Gas

Air Liquide prepares for a run-up in hydrogen use to improve petroleum-based fuels.

Government & Policy Concentrates

Terrorism's Legacy

EPA's plan to test homes for 9/11 contamination sparks anger among advisers and New Yorkers.

Science & Technology Concentrates

Blocking Genome Gatekeepers

Scientists pin hopes on histone deacetylase inhibitors for cancer therapy, biological studies.

Ketenes Turn 100

Chemists gather to celebrate centennial of synthetically useful family of compounds.

Inside Instrumentation

Technology and Business News for the Laboratory World.

Polyurethane Foam

From furniture cushions to insulation, versatile polymer has found a world of applications.

2006 ACS National Awards

Gasteiger, Hartwig, Lieberman and Rosenzweig, Liu, Stevens, Truhlar, and Wilson.

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