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Volume 89, Issue 45
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Volume 89, Issue 45
Jobs for chemists might be slightly easier to find in 2012; recruiters and entrepreneurs can help
» Full Article
November 7, 2011 Issue
Volume 89, Issue 45
November 7, 2011 Issue, Vol. 89 | Iss. 45
It’s Still A Struggle
Jobs for chemists might be slightly easier to find in 2012; recruiters and entrepreneurs can help
Features
Business
Taking On Pharma’s Research Sites
Contract research firms that assume control of drug company R&D facilities look for ways to make them sustainable
Science & Technology
Still Chasing The Hydrogen Economy
Water electrolysis firm aims to help meet 2015 global target for first commercial fuel-cell cars
Cover Story: It’s Still A Struggle
Jump-Starting Job Growth
Innovation, entrepreneurship can boost careers for chemists, ACS task force reports
Recruiter Rapport
Building relationships with headhunters can often open the door to enticing job prospects
Anemic Recovery Restrains Hiring
Unstable economy serves as backdrop for huge range in chemical companies’ hiring behavior
News of the Week
Electrophilic Fluorinating Agent Offers Practical Access To Radiolabeled Compounds
Catch-and-release compound is made from fluoride rather than fluorine gas
Cyber-Attack Alert
Chemical companies have been under siege by a hacker in China, security software firm says.
DOE Loan Program Scrutinized
Clean Energy: Another energy firm files for bankruptcy as Administration announces 60-day audit
Better Dye Yields Better Solar Cell
Energy Research: Zinc and cobalt replace ruthenium and iodine, and set a record
Japanese Firms Weather Disasters
Finance: Despite catastrophes, profit drop in fiscal first half is modest
Catalysis Merger Leads to Mild Arylation
Combination of photocatalysis with palladium catalysis could be broadly applicable
Stopping Drug Shortages
Policy: Obama Administration takes steps to ensure availability of critical pharmaceuticals
Research Organizations Plan Genomics Centers In Connecticut, New York City
Z-Selective Metathesis for Macrocycles
Tungsten catalysts dictate stereochemistry of double bond
Departments
Business
Formosa Fails To Learn
Taiwanese company is paying the price for numerous fires that have occurred at its main site
Taking On Pharma’s Research Sites
Contract research firms that assume control of drug company R&D facilities look for ways to make them sustainable
Research Organizations Plan Genomics Centers In Connecticut, New York City
Cyber-Attack Alert
Chemical companies have been under siege by a hacker in China, security software firm says.
Japanese Firms Weather Disasters
Finance: Despite catastrophes, profit drop in fiscal first half is modest
Concentrates
- Evonik Is Getting Drug Polymer Line
- Huntsman Divests Stereolithography Business
- Repligen To Acquire A Novozymes Facility
- Biotie And Newron Drop Takeover Plan
- Innophos Acquires Nutrients Maker
- Rusnano Invests In Bind, Selecta
- Pace Of Mergers Slows In The Third Quarter
- Wison, Oxea Plan Oxo Facilities For Nanjing
- Polysilicon Comes To Inner Mongolia
- Business Roundup
- Bayer Sells Resins Unit To Nuplex
- GSK Settles With U.S. Government
- DuPont Teijin Grows In China
- Sanofi Will Close New Jersey R&D Lab
Government & Policy
Big Response To Food Safety Lab
Public-private partnership teaches domestic and foreign scientists how to meet FDA import rules
Stopping Drug Shortages
Policy: Obama Administration takes steps to ensure availability of critical pharmaceuticals
DOE Loan Program Scrutinized
Clean Energy: Another energy firm files for bankruptcy as Administration announces 60-day audit
Concentrates
- Obama Administration Boosts Tech Transfers
- Senate Passes 2012 Spending Package
- NTP To Revise Process For Listing Carcinogens
- Report Warns Of Tank Hazards
- California Drafts Product Regulations
Science & Technology
Still Chasing The Hydrogen Economy
Water electrolysis firm aims to help meet 2015 global target for first commercial fuel-cell cars
Alan Alda
Actor discusses his new play on Marie Curie and communicating science
Z-Selective Metathesis for Macrocycles
Tungsten catalysts dictate stereochemistry of double bond
Combination of photocatalysis with palladium catalysis could be broadly applicable
Energy Research: Zinc and cobalt replace ruthenium and iodine, and set a record
Electrophilic Fluorinating Agent Offers Practical Access To Radiolabeled Compounds
Catch-and-release compound is made from fluoride rather than fluorine gas
Concentrates
- Talc’s Duplicity Toward Water
- Eyes For 11-cis-Retinal
- Molecule Tied In Pentafoil Knot
- More Aziridines Now Accessible
- Molecular Symmetry Sets Surface Disco Dance Moves
- Alkaloid Acetylaranotin Made After 40-Year Quest
- Cisplatin Hitches A Ride On RNA
- Origami-Based Microfluidics
Career & Employment
Jump-Starting Job Growth
Innovation, entrepreneurship can boost careers for chemists, ACS task force reports
Recruiter Rapport
Building relationships with headhunters can often open the door to enticing job prospects
Anemic Recovery Restrains Hiring
Unstable economy serves as backdrop for huge range in chemical companies’ hiring behavior
It’s Still A Struggle
Jobs for chemists might be slightly easier to find in 2012; recruiters and entrepreneurs can help
Newscripts
Monstrous Artist of the Deep, Cyclopean Catch
Editor's Page
Employment Outlook: Clouded
Letters
Letters