Table Of Contents: Volume 84, Number 38: September 18, 2006
COVER STORY
FDA Turns 100
Agency has come a long way in its first century, but serious challenges remain.
COVER: Headquarters of FDA's predecessor, the Bureau of Chemistry, in 1899. Chief Chemist Harvey W. Wiley, with a top hat, stands on the right. FDA History Office
News of the Week
Spotlight On Service
Chemists at society's national meeting focus on making the world a better place.
New Trigger For Regulation
EPA proposal would relax rules for emission control from modified facilities.
Investors Buy Emission Credits
Purchase gets brokers involved in global warming gas cuts in a big way.
Triggering The Kiss Of Death
Small molecule spurs protein executioner into action.
GE Silicones Sold
Firm will sell its Advanced Materials unit to Apollo Management for $3.8 billion.
Fruitful Phosphirenes
Polythiophenes with organophosphorus spacers could boost optoelectronic materials.
BMS Ousts Dolan
Bristol-Myers' Plavix debacle seals CEO's fate; firm is considered ripe for takeover.
Climate Change
Support Voiced For Geo-Engineering Research To Combat Global Warming.
Microbes Live Near Undersea CO2 Lake
Discovery of unusual microbial ecosystem has astrobiological implications.
Damage Control
Combination of carbon nanofibers and stem cells can regenerate lost neurons in rats.
Business (Subscriber Content)
Starting Over
Distinguished by private equity roots, Rockwood takes a fresh approach to managing businesses.
Surviving The Cutthroat World Of Vitamins
International vitamin producers face up to fierce Chinese competition.
Government & Policy (Subscriber Content)
Completing The Space Station
Science lab modules queue up as Atlantis delivers key elements to the International Space Station.
Rough Ride For Stem Cell Research
Embryonic stem cell scientists are on roller coaster of funding, research highs and lows.
Science & Technology (Subscriber Content)
Protein Control And Modification
At 20th Protein Society symposium, researchers show how to poke, perturb, and redesign proteins.
Digital Briefs
New software and websites for the chemical enterprise.
Employment
Employment & Salary Survey
Uptick in the job market for chemists in 2006 and a routine salary boost for those with jobs.
ACS News
ACS Journals Tap Chinese Scientists
Editors aim to strengthen their interactions with a country that is a top generator of submissions.
Awards
Meetings
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