News of the Week

ACS Meets In Chicago

Council raises dues for 2008, deals with several complicated petitions.

Membrane Protein Activation

Designed agents selectively target helix interactions in membranes.

Pet Food Recall

Aminopterin, a rodent-killing compound, is found in samples of pet food made by Menu Foods.

Spotlight On Sustainability

Presidential symposia focus on the future of energy, food, and water.

Two French Firms Plan Site Closures

Moves by Rhodia and Arkema are part of profitability push.

Rough Seas Ahead

Newly unveiled reports on U.S. chemistry, chemical engineering warn of challenges, problems.

A Barely Chiral Molecule, Exposed

Configuration study pushes Raman technique to its limits.

A Decade Of Chemical Disarmament

Head of watchdog group touts successes, warns of chemical terrorism.

Drug Study

Pfizer's torcetrapib fails to slow arterial plaque buildup.

New Vistas In Organocatalysis

Strategy opens up unprecedented modes of reactivity in aldehydes.

Anti-Infective Spurs Natural Defenses

Peptide protects mice against bacterial infection by altering their innate immune response.

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Business

Business Concentrates

High Tech In The Glens

Scotland starts to reap success from nano- and biotechnology.

A Debut With Elan

Wacker makes a splash with its first annual results after its launch on the stock exchange.

Reining In Diabetes

Novo Nordisk alters its strategy for stemming an epidemic.

Say No To Drugs

To make data more meaningful, the government should separate drugs and chemicals.

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Government & Policy

Government & Policy Concentrates

William Jeffrey Talks Shop

NIST's director sees his agency playing a vital role in keeping America competitive.

Dealing With CO₂ From Coal

The U.S. must lead the world in CO₂ capture and sequestration technologies, and it must act quickly.

Mercury Battle

States are demanding faster cuts in mercury emissions than EPA requires.

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Science & Technology

Science & Technology Concentrates

Leveraging Disorder

The prevalence of unstructured regions in proteins suggests that absence of form has its perks.

Science By And for The People

Using computers at home, volunteers participate in big science

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Books

Electronics Wasteland

Book details mounting problem of the trash generated by the electronics industry.

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Editor's Page

C&EN In Chicago

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The Departments

Letters

Newscripts

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