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August 29, 2008

Chemical Plant Blast Kills One

Federal officials will investigate accident at Bayer pesticide facility.

Purdue Professor Reprimanded

After research misconduct finding, bubble fusion researcher is stripped of title.

Saying No To PFCs

California Legislature poised to ban chemicals in food wrappers.

O₂ Requirement For Burning Rises

Experiments suggest Mesozoic oxygen levels were higher than previously expected.

Chemists Receive Top Awards

ACS members are among recipients of national medals of science, technology.

CO₂ As Feedstock

Mitsui will make methanol from the greenhouse gas.

Challenging EPA

States will sue to force agency to regulate oil refinery emissions.

August 28, 2008

Camera Iris Mechanism Saves Bacteria

Complementary approaches capture ion channel in its open form.

Report Hits Safety Board

Auditors want agency to investigate far more industrial accidents.

Two-For-One Catalyst

Immobilizing a transition-metal complex in silver yields synergistic properties.

ATSDR Confirms Cancer Cluster

More research is needed to determine whether environmental pollutants are to blame.

August 27, 2008

FDA Allows Irradiation Of Lettuce And Spinach

Critics fear rule will reduce nutritional value of food, hinder efforts to improve unsanitary practices.

August 26, 2008

King Seeks To Acquire Alpharma

Takeover attempt is latest in a season of pharma deals.

August 25, 2008

FBI's Anthrax Analysis

Experts discuss experimental techniques used to identify suspect Ivins.

Nanogold Oxidizes Alone

Small gold clusters add oxygen to styrene without help from additives.

Polymer Shrinks And Swells

Exotic oscillating reaction moves matter.

Diatomic Silicon

Carbene-stabilized Si(0) compound could spark new wave of silicon chemistry.

August 22, 2008

Getting Input

National Research Council endorses public involvement to enhance federal decisions on environment.

Chemical Safety Board Plans Expansion

Denver is site of board's first regional accident investigation office.

Invista Sues Rhodia, DuPont

Firms are trying to steal adiponitrile technology, Invista claims.

ACS Meeting Draws Crowds

In Philadelphia, society celebrates anniversaries, announces new 'green' member benefit.

FDA Calls BPA Safe

Agency's assessment of bisphenol A is hailed by industry, challenged by activists.

Suspicious Death In China

Regulator's demise is latest scandal for country's food inspection system.

August 21, 2008

Special Delivery To Mitochondria

Chemical tweaks direct peptide tags to the cell’s powerhouse.

August 20, 2008

Simplified Probe Synthesis

Method yields reproducible multifunctional probes for cellular imaging.

AkzoNobel Tweaks Coatings Operations

Firm opens China facility and sells some European brands.

Microbial Gas May Have Led To Accident At Paper Mill

Hydrogen generated by anaerobic bacteria considered as possible fuel for tank explosion.

August 19, 2008

Tiny Devices Get A Grip

Tetherless grippers grab and move wee objects.

August 18, 2008

Untangling Hair Dynamics

Experimental setup lets researcher tease out tresses’ subtle interactions.

BASF Moves Closer To Shedding Its Styrenics Businesses

For now, firm to set styrenics apart as independent subsidiaries.

Faster, Higher, Stronger

Chemical company know-how enables new equipment and buildings.

Icahn Boosts Biotech Activity

Dealmaker moves on several fronts to shake up the drug industry.

Biomass Combo

Producing bioplastic in switchgrass boosts the plant's value as a cellulosic feedstock.

August 15, 2008

ACS Launches Social Networking Site For Chemical Professionals

New website fosters interconnection among society's members.

Battery Maker To Test Waters With A 'Clean Technology' Stock Offering

Stock offering for battery company showcases increased market demand for clean-energy technologies.

August 14, 2008

Using Yeast To Make Alkaloids

Large part of benzylisoquinoline pathway reconstructed in yeast.

Amplifying Small Molecules

Supramolecular complex generates target compounds in PCR-like cascade reaction.

VX Destroyed At Newport Depot

Controversial neutralization of nerve agent at Indiana site is complete.

U.K. Researchers Join Forces

Five British medical centers combine into research powerhouse.

August 13, 2008

Anaerobic Photosynthesis

Extremophile microbes employ arsenic, rather than water, to drive biomass-building process.

Protein Folding

Molecular crowding causes disease protein to change shape.

August 12, 2008

Agrium Strikes Deal With Egyptian Government

Canadian firm will sell blocked fertilizer project and take a stake in an almost complete plant.

August 11, 2008

Europe's Industry Gathers Strength

Improved second quarter made for a good first half of 2008.

Energy Stalemate

Chemical industry urges Congress to break impasse and allow more offshore drilling.

Van Gogh Glimpse

Powerful, focused x-ray beams reveal additional details of a master's painting.

August 8, 2008

Cellulose Direct

Integrated, nonfermentation process simplifies conversion of cellulose into an alternative furan-based fuel.

Lilly Restructures R&D

Pharma firm shifts operations, builds networks of collaboration.

Perchlorate On Mars, Preliminarily

Phoenix lander's wet chemistry lab detects oxygen-rich ion.

Anthrax Analyzed

Technology helps investigators build case against government researcher.

August 7, 2008

Arsenolipids In Fish Oil

Potentially hazardous arsenic-containing compounds are characterized.

BP, Verenium Target Cellulosic Ethanol

Deal is latest in biofuels for British oil giant.

August 6, 2008

Yucca Mountain To Cost $96 Billion

DOE's cost projection for life cycle of nuclear waste site jumps sharply.

August 5, 2008

Bombings Target UC Santa Cruz Biomedical Researchers

Police are focusing investigation on animal-rights extremists.

BASF To Boost Crop Protection Spending

Strong demand for commodities spurs two-year expansion project.

August 4, 2008

Sunny Forecast For Fuel Cells

Novel electrode materials bring large-scale use of solar power closer to reality.

Bristol-Myers Bids For Imclone

Drugmaker wants to buy partner despite their tumultuous past.

New Flu-Fighting Strategy

Structures point to key protein interface as a viable drug target.

Panacea For NMR

Combining pulse sequences into a single experiment cuts instrument time.

RNA Snippets Pack Power

MicroRNAs help regulate the entire proteome.

August 1, 2008

Phoenix Tastes Water Ice On Mars

Scientists wrestle sticky soil sample into analyzer.

The EU’s Hot Potato

BASF sues over approval of a genetically modified plant.

Sanofi To Buy Acambis

Deal underscores big pharma's renewed interest in vaccines.

Planetary Science

Spacecraft finds liquid ethane in giant lake on Saturn's moon Titan.

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September 22, 2008

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September 15, 2008

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September 15, 2008

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