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"The economics suggest that it is much more affordable to capture CO2 than was previously thought."
ALFRED BROWN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ION ENGINEERING – p. 18
July 13, 2009
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Highlights
Cover Story
Electronic Chemicals
Despite a drop in business, makers of electronic materials strengthen product research and development efforts. (pp. 10-14)
Business
Chemicals To Help Coal Come Clean (Member Content)
Scrubbing methods to capture carbon from power plants are advancing to the demonstration phase. (pp. 18-20)
Government & Policy
Good News For Science Budgets (Member Content)
House and Senate are on track to boost funds at several science agencies in 2010. (pp. 23-25)
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News Of The Week
Francis Collins To Direct NIH p. 5
President Obama picks former genome institute leader for top spot.
BASF To Cut Jobs p. 6
Layoffs of 3,700 workers are part of plan to integrate Ciba.
Big Role For Tiny Impurity p. 6
Trace copper influences some iron catalysis.
Recession Hits Chemical Workers p. 7
Production cutbacks are to blame for loss of 41,300 jobs.
Novartis' Patent Case in India p. 7
For the third time, an Indian court has ruled that Novartis' patent on the cancer drug Gleevec is not valid in India.
J&J Bets With Elan p. 8
Alzheimer's investment helps small firm survive.
Guiding Stem Cell Research p. 8
NIH finalizes steps to ensure ethical and responsible work.
Ultrafast EELS p. 9
Extreme version of electron energy loss spectroscopy probes bonding dynamics.
Perkin Medal Goes To Richard Silverman p. 9
Northwestern chemist honored for contributions to medicinal chemistry.
Business
Chemicals To Help Coal Come Clean pp. 18-20 (Member Content)
Scrubbing methods to capture carbon from power plants are advancing to the demonstration phase.
C&EN Talks With Felek Jachimowicz p. 21 (Member Content)
W.R. Grace R&D executive heads for China in search of business opportunities.
Business Concentrates pp. 16-17 (Member Content)
- Downturn Forces Shutdowns
- Four firms are advancing plans to shut down chemical plants because of the economic slowdown...
- Wacker Realignment Will Reduce Jobs
- Wacker Chemie is making changes in its silicon wafer and silicones businesses that will eliminate nearly 800 jobs by the end of 2010...
- Australian Firm Advances Urea Plan
- Australia's Perdaman Chemicals & Fertilisers has lined up technology providers for a $2.7 billion urea plant it plans to build in Western Australia...
- Curtains To Storm Damage
- Recently approved for use in Florida's hurricane-prone Dade and Broward Counties, roll-down curtains made with Honeywell's Spectra ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fiber are able to protect windows from debris...
- Asahi And Teijin Dissolve Venture
- Asahi Kasei and Teijin Fibers plan to dissolve their Solotex polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) joint venture by March 2010...
- NatureWorks Ups PLA Capacity
- NatureWorks has installed equipment that will allow its Blair, Neb., plant to double polymer output to its full design capacity of 140,000 metric tons per year...
- GE Reveals OLED Design Concepts
- General Electric is working with design students from the Cleveland Institute of Art to create lighting applications for flexible, thin, organic light-emitting diodes...
- EC To Intensify Pharma Scrutiny
- The European Commission says it will intensify its scrutiny of anticompetitive practices in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly practices that hinder the introduction of low-cost generic drugs...
- Pfizer Abandons New R&D Site
- Pfizer has jettisoned plans to move roughly 100 employees into a new R&D space in San Francisco's Mission Bay area...
- Novavax In Vaccine Deal With Rovi
- Novavax is licensing its recombinant virus-like-particle (VLP) vaccine technology to Madrid-based Rovi Pharmaceuticals for the development of vaccines under an $83 million program sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Health...
- Biogen, Acorda To Develop Fampridine
- Biogen Idec is expanding its portfolio of multiple sclerosis drugs through a deal with Acorda Therapeutics...
- Novasep Buys Belgium-Based Henogen
- Novasep, a Pompey, France-based maker of active pharmaceutical ingredients and purification technologies, has expanded its bioprocess development services through the acquisition of Henogen...
- MedImmune Licenses Engineered Proteases
- Catalyst Biosciences has signed a research and licensing agreement with AstraZeneca's MedImmune biologics unit to develop novel engineered proteases that degrade or modulate two disease targets...
- Business Roundup
- Praxair, Myriant Technologies, Lanxess, MorphoSys and Novartis, Santhera Pharmaceuticals, Optimata, International Petroleum Investment Co...
ACS Comment
ACS Wants You To Go To Capitol Hill p. 34 (Member Content)
Government & Policy
Good News For Science Budgets pp. 23-25 (Member Content)
House and Senate are on track to boost funds at several science agencies in 2010.
Government & Policy Concentrates p. 22 (Member Content)
- G-8 Leaders Endorse Greenhouse Gas Cuts
- Negotiations on a new global climate-change treaty got a political boost last week from the Group of Eight nations...
- Chemistry Products Reduce Emissions
- Worldwide, chemical industry products reduced emissions of greenhouse gases far more than the emissions generated in making these products...
- Shippers Sue Over Railroad Liability
- Chemical shippers are asking the U.S. district court in Utah to block an effort by Union Pacific Railroad to shift the financial risk to shippers...
- Bottled Water Under Scrutiny
- The Government Accountability Office has found key differences between EPA's regulation of tap water and FDA's regulation of bottled water...
- Environmental Health Tracking Tool
- The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has launched a Web-based surveillance tool to track exposures to environmental pollutants and chronic health conditions...
» more government & policy news...
Books
Embracing 'Mad Science' pp. 32-33
Book details often thrilling yet dangerous experiments that can spark a child's interest in science.
Meetings
Dual Symposia On Fluorine Chemistry p. 35 (Member Content)
Combined conference slated for Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming.
Science & Technology
Organic Smorgasbord pp. 28-30 (Member Content)
Biennial meeting celebrates the breadth of cutting-edge research in organic chemistry.
Periodic Table Settings Web Exclusive
A visual artist and a wordsmith conjure a periodic table like no other.
Digital Briefs p. 31 (Member Content)
New software and Websites for the Chemical Enterprise.
Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 26-27 (Member Content)
- Rapamycin Life Extension
- The immunosuppressant drug that prevents rejection of transplanted organs has been discovered to extend the life span of mice
- Lone Bacterium Forms A Quorum
- Confined to a microfluidic droplet, a single microbe can be fooled into sending out chemical signals to initiate quorum-sensing behavior
- Bottom-Up Graphene
- Chemical self-assembly method operating under mild conditions yields single-layer carbon sheets in gram-scale quantities
- Frustrated Couple Settles For Gases
- Lewis acid-base pair held apart by their substituents finds a way to reversibly trap N2O and CO2 for possible storage or reaction chemistry
- Chemical Taste Bud Reveals Sweet Truth
- Nanoporous pigments arrayed in a disposable colorimetric sensor can identify different sugar and artificial sweetener products
- Chemical Nose Sniffs Out Cancer
- An array of nanoparticle-polymer sensors can detect different types of cancer cells by sniffing out their physicochemical properties
- Dendritic Chain Reaction Drives Signal Amplification
- Non-PCR method based on dendrimer self-destruction amplifies the signal of biological and nonbiological analytes for diagnostic tests
- New Class Of Drugs For Avian Flu
- Saponin derivatives that prevent the H5N1 virus from entering its host cells could serve as a novel class of avian flu remedy
» more science & technology news...
The Departments
Letters pp. 2-4 (Member Content)
Newscripts p. 40
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