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Volume 86, Number 8: February 25, 2008
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- ACS News
- Awards
- Editor's Page
- The Departments
Cover Story
Side Effects
Pharmaceuticals have been finding their way into our environment for a long time, but just what are they doing there?
Cover: Getty Images
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News of the Week
Measuring Atomic Friction
Advances in atomic force microscopy allow scientists to measure single-atom forces on a surface. With Video
Specter Speaks Up On Public Access
Senator weighs in on how NIH set its mandatory open-access policy.
Desulfurizing Heavy Oils
Study identifies unexpected culprits that inhibit catalytic cleanup.
Cause Of Heparin Woes Unclear
Novel metal-organic framework compounds store, selectively trap CO2.
A Potential Threat
National Research Council urges phaseout of radiation devices.
Toxic Trailers
Health concerns force government to find new housing for hurricane victims.
Rubber Heals Itself
Small molecules yield self-mending property. With Video
Acetaldehyde In Action
Troublesome reagent coaxed into organocatalyzed, enantioselective reactions.
China's Pollution Insurance
China tries national liability insurance scheme for industrial pollution.
ACS News
ACS Comment
A great partnership.
Report of the ACS Executive Director to the ACS Council April 2008
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Awards
2008 ACS National Award Winners
Recipients are honored for contributions of major significance to chemistry.
Arthur C. Cope Award
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards
National Academy of Sciences Doles out Awards
» Business
February 25, 2008
A Revamped Kemira
Kemira's new shape will help it weather challenges of 2008, executives predict.
Chemical Firms Defy Economic Woes
Weakness for the fourth quarter and the year was mostly relegated to North America.
Oil Companies
Chemical earnings sink at petroleum firms.
Pharma's Outlook Sour After Good 2007
Drug firms' new product shortage could lead to a tougher 2008.
Slower Going
As portfolios mature, big biotechs struggle to meet lofty growth of years past.
Business Concentrates
- DuPont Heralds R&D Productivity
- Guangzhou Evicts Polluting Plants
- Singapore Water Plan Gets Japanese Help
- Magazine Ad Features Edible Film
- Toray Expands Its Carbon Fiber Output
- Mexico Revives Chemical Project
- Dow Corning Boosts Silicon For Chips
- P&G Relaunches PUR Packets In U.S.
- Vernalis Slashes jobs After Setback
- Bayer Gets Korean Imaging Technology
- Pfizer Will Acquire Biotech Encysive
- NPIL, Lilly Form Another R&D Pact
- Chemizon Backs Korean R&D Start-up
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
February 25, 2008
Plant Blast Rekindles Dust Debate
Need for tougher combustible dust controls is likely to be examined in light of deadly blast.
Chemistry, Everyone?
Multiagency workshop looks at ways to improve representation of minorities in chemistry.
Government & Policy Concentrates
» more government & policy news...
» Science & Technology
February 25, 2008
Mysterious Attraction
New explanation for hydrocarbon stability invokes 'protobranching'.
Insights: Teething Lessons
Fantastic chemistry is never far away, especially when you're in the dentist's chair.
Inside Instrumentation
Technology and Business news for the laboratory world.
