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Chemistry jobs outlook still dim, but salaries rise, C&EN reports by chemweb — last modified 11-07-05 08:41 AM

 

Universities Attack Terror Plans by chemweb — last modified 11-09-05 11:11 AM

Academic freedom could be undermined by the government's counter-terrorism plans, say university chiefs.

New Screening Test for Down Syndrome by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 11-10-05 04:22 AM

Columbia-Led Study of More Than 38,000 Women Enables Faster, First Trimester Prenatal Testing for Leading Cause of Mental Retardation and Birth Defects

Purdue, Vanderbilt scientists develop new cancer detection technique by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 11-10-05 12:07 PM

Mass Spectrometric Profiling of Intact Biological Tissues by using Desorption Electrospray Ionization

CAS announces the release of SciFinder Scholar for Mac OS X by Eric Shively CAS — last modified 11-11-05 09:03 AM

 

Little Change In Hiring For New Graduates by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 11-14-05 05:32 PM

Many recruiters say efforts will resemble last year's depressed levels by Aalok Mehta

Catherine Hunt ACS President-Elect by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 11-16-05 02:22 AM

by Linda Raber Catherine T. Hunt, leader of technology partnerships at Rohm and Haas, Spring House, Pa., is ACS president-elect for 2006.

EU OKs chemical safety controls by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 11-18-05 02:39 AM

By Jeffrey Sparshott THE WASHINGTON TIMES November 18, 2005

Bush Names National Medalists by CHemWeb Editor — last modified 11-21-05 04:51 PM

Chemistry links four of the honorees by Sophie Rovner C&EN

Chinese City Suspends Water Supply by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 11-23-05 08:31 AM

Contamination is blamed on chemical plant accident upstream by Jean-François Tremblay C&EN

Sustainable Chemistry Strategic Research Agenda brings Innovative Solutions to Societal Demands by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 11-28-05 02:56 AM

 

Ice Core Record Extended by ChemWeb editor — last modified 11-28-05 12:08 PM

Analyses of trapped air show current CO2 at highest level in 650,000 years

Crystal Sponges Excel At Sopping Up Carbon Dioxide by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 12-02-05 09:07 AM

 

RSC Launches Chemical Biology by Vicky Shipton — last modified 12-05-05 05:48 AM

Chemical Biology, a supplement highlighting the chemical biology content of RSC journals, has been launched.

Boxer is first dog to have full genome revealed by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 12-08-05 06:45 AM

07 December 2005 NewScientist.com news service by Rowan Hooper

Ozone Hole Recovery May Be Delayed by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 12-09-05 01:27 PM

Scientists predict that 15 extra years may be needed for CFCs' effects to disappear

REACH Is Adopted By European Union Arm by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 12-15-05 11:39 AM

Approval puts chemical regulation policy on track to go into operation in 2008

Panel Further Discredits Stem Cell Work of South Korean Scientist by CHOE SANG-HUN — last modified 12-29-05 09:42 AM

 

Quick Nanocontainer Construction by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 12-31-05 06:19 AM

Finished in one step: nanoscale octahedral nanocontainers

ChemAxon announces free cheminformatics toolkit provision for non-commercial freely accessible web resources by alex allardyce — last modified 01-03-06 12:50 PM

ChemAxon announces the launch of the "FreeWeb" package to provide it's chemical editing, viewing, search, property calculation and database management toolkits at no cost to freely accessible web resources being operated for non-commercial purposes. In addition to unlimited licenses, upgrades and support will be provided.

Elsevier MDL and TEMIS provide a unique, innovative chemical information solution by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 01-03-06 01:04 PM

 

BASF in $4.9 bln hostile bid for Engelhard by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 01-03-06 01:21 PM

 

ChemAxon's 2006 User Group Meeting - May 30-31: First call for papers by alex allardyce — last modified 01-07-06 02:05 PM

ChemAxons 2006 User Group Meeting will be held on Tuesday May 30th and Wednesday 31st, 2006 at the Gellert Hotel, Budapest, Hungary. We are requesting users abstracts for review.

Stardust spacecraft lands successfully in Utah by Chemweb editor — last modified 01-18-06 09:36 AM

 

ChemAxon UGM - Changed dates - Now June 7-8th, 2006 by alex allardyce — last modified 01-25-06 04:43 AM

Due to a conflict with another event ChemAxon have moved the dates of ChemAxon's User Group Meeting from May 30-31 to June 7-8th. The submission deadlines for oral and poster presentations have also been pushed back by a week or so.

ACS Chemical Biology Launches by Rachel Petkewich — last modified 01-25-06 04:54 AM

New journal at interface of chemistry and biology focuses on different editorial model

Tracking Prions by C&EN — last modified 02-25-06 10:16 PM

Method to detect infectious proteins in soils could help monitor spread of the diseases they cause

Caltech Researchers Achieve First Electrowetting of Carbon Nanotubes by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 02-26-06 11:17 PM

 

ChemAxon's 2006 User Group Meeting - June 7-8th, Budapest : Second call for papers by alex allardyce — last modified 03-16-06 02:14 AM

ChemAxons 2006 User Group Meeting will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, June 7th - 8th, 2006, once again at the Gellert Hotel, Budapest, Hungary. The deadline for reciept of oral abstracts is March 17th.

ACD/Labs Announces the Release of Version 9 of Web Librarian by Tara Sinclair — last modified 10-19-06 01:24 PM

 

Thriving chemistry department faces closure by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 03-29-06 06:54 PM

Sussex University, UK, has announced the closure of its chemistry department following weeks of speculation.

Wiley Launches Wiley Registry of Mass Spectral Data, 8th Edition by David Greenberg — last modified 04-27-07 10:26 AM

Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announces the launch of the Wiley Registry of Mass Spectral Data, 8th Edition, the essential foundation resource for all mass spectrometry libraries. The library is now available through Wiley at www.wiley.com/go/databases.

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry included in PubMed Central by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 04-18-06 04:56 AM

 

Chemistry: the video game by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 05-09-06 01:20 PM

 

Using Probes To Control Chemistry - Molecule By Molecule by ChemWeb Editor — last modified 05-09-06 04:42 PM

 

Corrections to FRAP diffusion constants in presence of immobile buffer by Bill Bruno — last modified 10-19-06 01:20 PM

New PNAS paper describes an effect where labeled particles (as used in FRAP and other techniques) diffuse slower than the diffusive 'message' does. The formulas derived show how the effect depends on the concentration of immobile "traps".

BIO-RAD WEB SEMINARS IN SPECTROSCOPY, CHROMATOGRAPHY, ADME/TOX AND METABOLOMICS by Deborah Kernan — last modified 02-20-07 08:31 AM

Free seminars in spectroscopy, metabolimics, in silico ADME/Tox, chromatography

Sussex votes to save chemistry by chemweb — last modified 07-03-06 01:11 PM

 

Bruce Merrifield, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist, dies at 84 by chemweb — last modified 07-03-06 01:16 PM

 

Chemist refining dipstick to test for caffeine in coffee by chemweb — last modified 07-03-06 01:22 PM

 

Neptune's Medicine Chest by chemweb — last modified 07-03-06 01:29 PM

To Scripps researcher Bill Fenical, the oceans are a tantalizing trove of potential anti-cancer drugs. It's all about the chemistry, he says.

Use Chemistry To Tap Solar Power, Professor Says by chemweb — last modified 07-03-06 01:34 PM

Only the sun, which pours more energy onto the Earth's surface in an hour than the entire planet uses in a year, has the capacity to meet future global energy needs -- but people will have to act fast to make use of it, according to MIT Professor Daniel G. Nocera.

ICR calls for presentation abstracts for 2007 annual spring conference by Hollie Young — last modified 10-12-06 03:05 AM

Clinical research – Raising the profile and challenging the boundaries.

One small step for Soft Matter...one giant leap for interdisciplinary research by Sarah Day — last modified 08-09-06 02:57 PM

Soft Matter separates from its host, Journal of Materials Chemistry, in January 2007 and takes flight as a solo publication.

New ACD/ChemSketch Freeware—Chemical Structures at Your Fingertips by Tara Sinclair — last modified 05-12-07 04:21 PM

 

Water intrusion into subterranean areas by mahzad shahriari — last modified 04-27-07 10:28 AM

Water Intrusion Technologies have a permanent solution for removing and keeping water out, which is Electro-Osmotic Pulse (EOP) Water Removal.

The Second Industry Exhibition for International New Type Flame-retarding Technology and Flame-retarding Material of China 2007 by wu lian — last modified 10-09-06 07:55 PM

(And Exhibition, Trade, Purchase and Discussion of Flame-retarding Industry)

Invitation Letter from The General Secretary of China Flame Retardant Society (CFRS) by wu lian — last modified 10-10-06 04:40 PM

 

Break-Through that will Save Industry Billions by mahzad shahriari — last modified 10-12-06 09:23 AM

Water Intrusion Technologies is currently working on a new development which uses electrophoresis to put a protective coating around rebar and fill all the pores in the concrete structure. This is a major developm