Semiconductors From Liquids

Method enables fabrication of circuit components starting from a liquid silane.

Biotech Industry Improves in 2005

Annual Ernst & Young report portrays sector on verge of profitability.

Industry Calls For Action On Energy

U.S. manufacturers urge Congress to allow more offshore drilling.

Molecule Signals Presence Of Ion Trio

'Lab-on-a-molecule' could be used to screen for various medical conditions.

Ferro Financials

Ferro Corp. has filed restated 2003 and 2004 financial report.

Liquid-Crystal Lenses

Spectacles made with switchable material could advance vision correction.

Wyeth and Scots In Research Pact

Partners will spend $87 million on translational medicine R&D effort.

Democrats Back Inherently Safer Technology

Leading Senate Republicans say bill is the wrong approach.

Big Bucks For Science Education

Howard Hughes Medical Institute gives 20 professors $1 million each for science education projects.

Business Concentrates

The Other Drug For Avian Flu

Relenza is less well-known than Tamiflu, but its use is equally controversial.

Securing Chemical Plants From Attack

Electronics are key for Honeywell and other firms, but critics want bigger barriers and safer technologies.

The Petrochemical Skies May Eventually Fall

Petrochemical producers are enjoying large profits, but they fear the end of their run.

Government & Policy Concentrates

Regulating Chemicals

New global chemical management pact is major focus of GlobalChem conference.

Evidence Rule Stirs Up Debate

Proposal would require chemical facilities to preserve evidence after significant accidents.

Ever More Complex Nuclear conundrum

Inherent irrationality of nuclear weapons confounds command and control of their worldwide menace.

Science & Technology Concentrates

Picking Apart Parkinson's

Researchers are seeking earlier detection and method to slow progression of disabling disease.

Journals Grapple With Ethics Issues

Scientific fraud and other serious ethical violations pose persistent questions, challenges for editors.

Deep-Sea Harvest

Marine microorganisms yield an abundance of new natural products with therapeutic potential.

A Taste Of Chemistry

Meeting highlights include ultrahydrophobic films, peptide antibiotics, gas chromatography detection.

Inside Instrumentation

Technology And Business News For The Laboratory World.

Chemistry Action

Video game aspires to increase students' confidence in studying chemistry.

Scenes From Atlanta

Chemistry And Pharmaceuticals

38th Central Regional Meeting

Call For Abstracts For Southeast Regional Meeting

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