Table Of Contents: Volume 84, Number 5: January 30, 2006
Cover Story
Soaps & Detergents
To compete in home and fabric care business, surfactant firms rely on innovation, specialty chemicals, and restructuring measures.
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News of the Week
Peptide Synthesis Reinvented
Versatile amide-forming reaction could transform field of biomolecular synthesis.
Fluorochemical Challenge
EPA asks companies to eliminate compounds from products, emissions.
Tough Ceramic Emerges From Ice
Freezing water acts as template to build ceramic composite that resembles nacre.
Industry In China
China's environment agency warns that numerous chemical plants there are not operating safely.
Linde Bids For BOC
BOC rejects the offer, but stock analysts are intrigued.
Peptides Trapped On A Thread
Synthetic peptide rotaxanes may provide insights into natural interlocked systems.
BASF Spurned
Engelhard rejects BASF's $4.9 billion hostile takeover bid as inadequate.
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Business (Subscriber Content)
Making One Out Of Many In England
Initiative pulls a fragmented industry together to give country's northeast a stronger chemical voice.
Government & Policy (Subscriber Content)
Managing Nanotechnology
Report evaluates ability of U.S. regulatory framework to govern engineered nanomaterials.
Science & Technology (Subscriber Content)
Crystal Ball On The Environment
Detective work and expertise are used to evaluate environmental contaminants of emerging concern.
Shifting Sensibilities In Molecular Sensors
Molecular recognition arrays offer an alternative to lock-and-key approach.
What's Next In The Evolution Debate?
Dover ruling is a setback for intelligent design, but antievolutionists are pursuing other tactics.
Digital Briefs
New software and websites for the chemical enterprise.
Meetings
Preliminary Program - 231st ACS National Meeting
Listing of technical symposia, ticketed and presidential events, workshops, and more for Atlanta, March 26–30; registration and housing information.
ACS National Awards
2006 ACS National Awards
Cotton, DiMarchi, Dorsey, Du Bois, Novotny, Ober, and the team of Harbert, Koe, Sarges, Weissman, and Welch.
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