SPOT Grabs, Tags Carbohydrates

Technique could ease sequencing and analysis of biological sugar chains.

Changing The Rules For Academics Labs

Universities would get a break from current requirements aimed at industry.

BASF Ups Bid For Engelhard Again

As Engelhard's annual meeting approaches, BASF makes its 'best and final offer'.

Proceed With Care

High doses of some short hairpin RNAs cause liver toxicity and death in mice.

Green Chemistry

CO₂-Based Dry-Cleaning Chain Launched In Germany.

Nobel Laureate R. Bruce Merrifield Dies At 84

Rockefeller University biochemist 'revolutionized' peptide synthesis.

Faulty Filters

Firm indicted for making faulty air filters for chemical, biological, and nuclear agents for military tanks.

Plant Security

Study calls for funding R&D on inherently safer chemicals and processes, safer storage.

Sunlight Controls Polymer Growth

Novel living polymerization technique relies on photoexcitation of metal-containing monomers.

World Health

Gates Foundation, Novartis embark on public-private ventures to combat TB and malaria.

Business Concentrates

Upbeat In Orlando

Software giant SAP racks up kudos at its Sapphire users conference.

Preventing Malaria

Insecticide-treated nets are playing an important role in fighting malaria in Africa, Southeast Asia.

Government & Policy Concentrates

Parsing The Meanings Of WMD

Analyst argues the term 'weapons of mass destruction' should mean nuclear, biological, and chemical arms.

International Science

Board gathers input on improving effective scientific partnerships between U.S. and non-U.S. scientists.

EPA's Research Needs: Looking Forward

Former EPA research chiefs examine the challenges facing agency's science programs.

Science & Technology Concentrates

Fixing Phosphorus

Niobium complex allows MIT chemists to build compounds from elemental phosphorus.

The Power Of Procrastination

Caltech instructor and his comic strip champion a rethinking of the merits of putting things off.

Digital Briefs

New Software and Websites for the Chemical Enterprise.

Putt's World

Book delves into how high-tech organizations often function by creating logic from confusion.

C is for Carbon

Official Reports

Committees report on their business at the ACS national meeting in Atlanta.

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Letters

People

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