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Volume 86, Number 24: June 16, 2008
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- Education
- Books
- Editor's Page
- The Departments
Cover Story
Contained Chemistry
Synthesizing highly potent compounds is a lucrative and growing niche for custom chemical manufacturers.
Drug Conjugates Advance In Clinical Trials
Cover: Boehringer Ingelheim
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News of the Week
Exploring Chemical Space
Chemists generate surprisingly few molecular shapes, study finds.
Benzene Stand-Ins
Crystal structures indicate that rings containing a boron-nitrogen bond are aromatic.
World's Fastest Computer Debuts
New machine achieves sustained petaflop performance in tests.
Intact Membrane Proteins Analyzed
Micelles protect complexes from solution to vacuum.
Biotech Journal Reverts To AIChE
ACS transfers its half ownership back to chemical engineering society.
Daiichi Sankyo To Buy Ranbaxy
Japanese provider of patented drugs muscles into generics.
Pesticide Mixtures Hurt Salmon
Contaminants impair fish's sense of smell.
Bad Moon Rising For U.S. Workforce
Employment is down for five months in a row, but chemists, other graduates are doing a little better.
Hydroxymethylene Captured
Chemists trap HCOH in a matrix of solid argon at a temperature of 11 K.
Books
A New Take on Organic Chemistry
An accessible, affordable presentation of organic synthesis and its impact on the world is suitable for the coffee table.
» Business
June 16, 2008
Silicones Establish Pervasive Presence
Panorama study tracks importance of sector throughout European industrial and consumer world.
A Short Era Ends
CEO Gerard will leave the American Chemistry Council stronger but less popular with the public.
Business Concentrates
- U.S. Sues Honeywell Over Bulletproof Vests
- Air Products Selling Adhesives to Ashland
- Braskem Advances With Green Plastic
- EU Sets Fines For Sodium Chlorate
- British, Qataris Study CO2 storage
- Evonik Mulls Adding Methyl Mercaptan ...
- ... As It Closes an Orthoesters Plant
- AkzoNobel Chooses New Paints Head
- Invitrogen to Acquire Applied Biosystems
- Glaxo Cuts R&D Jobs, Eyes Restructuring
- Astex Forms Alliance With J&J's Janssen
- Pfizer and UCSF Will Collaborate
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
June 16, 2008
Help For New Researchers Sought
EPA's struggle to get toxicity data increases the likelihood of congressional action.
The Funding Game
Tight federal dollars make it difficult to find any real winners.
Government & Policy Concentrates
» more government & policy news...
» Science & Technology
June 16, 2008
Fraud Busters
New tools emerge for detecting and weeding out plagiarism and data falsification in journal articles.
DNA Repair Mechanism Probed
Single-molecule methods, crystallography reveal surprises about strand-swapping process.
Interstellar Complexity
Discovery of aminoacetonitrile highlights the rigors of space molecule detection.
What's That Stuff? Liquid Bandages
Polymeric materials patch up acute and chronic wounds.
New Products
New and notable in the chemical industry.
Science & Technology Concentrates
- Visualizing A Protein's Shape-Shifting
- White LED Formed From A Bulk Material
- Coffee: Good To The Last Stress-Free Sniff
- Substrate-Targeting Inhibitors Hint At New Drug Discovery Tactic
- New Route To α-Alkylated Ketones
- Replenished Ozone Could Affect Southern Hemisphere Winds
- SPR Imaging With White Light
- X-Rays Discern Crystal Enantiomers
