Germany's Merck Bids To Acquire Schering

Merger of the two German firms would create company with annual sales of nearly $14 billion.

Watson To Acquire Drug Rival Andrx

Merger will create number three player in U.S. generics market.

Red Light, Green Light

Researchers edge toward understanding color determination in bioluminescence.

Chemicals Policy In California

Report calls for tougher regulations, more state dollars for green chemistry.

Carbon Sequestration

Shell And Statoil Plan To Use CO₂ For Enhanced Offshore Oil Recovery

DNA Origami

Universal design scheme can wind DNA into any two-dimensional shape.

Making Tamiflu

Roche will use more than 15 contractors to make active ingredient in avian flu drug.

Anticancer Natural Product Synthesized

Researchers blaze synthetic trail to the complex bent-ring alkaloid haouamine A.

Business Concentrates

Petrochemicals Keep Up The Pace

Even with a few setbacks, petrochemical makers had a decent year in 2005 and are optimistic about 2006.

Shrinking Sales For U.S. Pharma Firms

The industry's heavy reliance on cholesterol-lowering drugs rippled through fourth-quarter results.

Biotech Shines In 2005

Treatments for cancer and arthritis propel sales and profits at biopharmaceutical firms.

Corporate Star Search

Start-up firm NineSigma uses Internet to match industrial clients with inventive partners.

Government & Policy Concentrates

From Science To Statecraft

Bruce Averill considers a leap from tenured chemist to government policy adviser.

Science & Technology Concentrates

Sprites Trigger Sky-High Chemistry

High-altitude lightning is visually stunning, but is it also a player in atmospheric chemistry?.

Molecules As Fossils

Mass spectrometry is helping paleontologists dig up molecular clues about prehistoric creatures.

Academic Chemistry After Katrina

Chemistry departments at New Orleans universities suffer less than some, but difficulties remain.

New Products

New and Notable in the Chemical Industry.

Comment - Progress Report: ACS Web Reinvention

Behind The Scenes Of Project Seed

Passionate volunteers drive a successful effort to mentor low-income youth in research and in life.

2005-06 Project SEED College Scholarships

Silent Chemistry

Programs help deaf students overcome challenges to becoming molecular scientists.

Indian Science Rising

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