Hexacyclinol Debate Heats Up

Second of two total syntheses casts doubt on earlier structure, synthesis.

Eastman Is Selling Batesville Plant

Buyer is a start-up looking to grow in the U.S. biofuels sector.

Microbe Loves Acid

Hard-to-culture bug may play role in iron and sulfur cycling at hydrothermal vents.

Chemical Earnings Continue To Rise

Companies in many cases still struggle to overcome effects of higher costs.

Dubious Breast Implant Study

Doubts now surround study claiming to have found high levels of platinum in women with silicone breast.

Protease Structure Reveals Surprises

Hepatitis C protease has dimer structure with composite active sites.

New Sunscreen

L'Oreal has won FDA approval for the first new organic sunscreen in the U.S. in 18 years.

Alchemy Takes On New Luster

Scholars strive to meld alchemy into the traditional scientific narrative.

Select Agents

University labs are found noncompliant with security rules for bioterror agents.

Business Concentrates

Getting Smaller

Supplying chemicals to the semiconductor industry presents challenges above mere technical ones.

Industrial Biotech

BIO conference charts the long route to economic viability in fuels and chemicals.

Scotland Invests

Country's economic development agency has multipronged approach for research-based industries.

Government & Policy Concentrates

Safer Antifreeze Bill Is Moving Fast

Congress is on the verge of mandating a bitter additive, but chemical may not deter pets.

Science & Technology Concentrates

Quadruplex In Its Element

Structures of human telomeric quadruplex in cell-like solution have implications for anticancer therapeutics.

Preston MacDougall

Chemistry professor weaves together science and society on his weekly radio gig

Comment - New Thrusts in Career Services

'Everyday Chemistry' At Epcot

ACS helps design a program for teaching chemistry at Walt Disney World theme park.

ACS Council Preview

Official Report From The ACS National Meeting In Atlanta

ACS PRF Grants Are Approved

Third Edition Of 'ACS Style Guide' Is Now Available

The Future Of Medicine

Calendars

Jiaxing Huang Receives National Starch & Chemical Award

ACS Presents Carbohydrate Chemistry Awards

Norris Award Goes To Brian Coppola

Günther Laukien Prize Winners Are Named

Ron Knudsen Is Oklahoma Chemist Of The Year

Call For Nominations For Roy W. Tess Award

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