Lisa P. Jackson
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"When it comes to scientific ideas, it's much easier to propose than dispose."
D. WAYNE GOODMAN, CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY – p. 42
May 10, 2010
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Highlights
Cover Story
Lisa P. Jackson
EPA administrator is blazing trails, from regulating greenhouse gas emissions to reforming chemical management policies. (pp. 14-18)
Business
Top 50 U.S. Chemical Producers (Member Content)
The full effects of the recession are evident in C&EN's annual ranking of U.S. chemical firms. (pp. 23-27)
Science & Technology
Common Ground For Going Green
Effort to develop a chemical industry standard is driven by the need to share comparative data. (pp. 38-41)
» Green Chemical Standard's Potentially Broad Reach
Table of Contents
News Of The Week
New Oil Clean-Up Technique Tested p. 8
Environment: Novel use of dispersants could mitigate damage from BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Obama Pressed To Scrap Drilling Plan p. 9
Energy: Administration will review offshore safety and technology issues.
Promoting Worker Safety p. 9
OSHA will collaborate with other federal health, safety agencies to better enforce regulations.
Plastic Antibodies Target Peptide p. 10
Nanotechnology: Molecularly imprinted nanoparticles remove bee toxin from blood.
Virginia Probes Climate Science p. 10
Investigation: Attorney general has gone too far, research supporters and critics agree.
Optimism Grows For Biotech p. 11
BIO Conference: Economic environment for biotech improves, but challenges persist.
Global Health p. 11
MIT and South Africa sign on to patent pool for neglected diseases.
Illuminating Tumor Cells p. 12
Diagnostics: Fluorescent agents target enzyme in cancer cells.
Seeing Atomic Spin p. 12
Physicists capture the first images of atomic "up" and "down" electrons.
Business
Top 50 U.S. Chemical Producers pp. 23-27 (Member Content)
The full effects of the recession are evident in C&EN's annual ranking of U.S. chemical firms.
Food Safety Gambit p. 28 (Member Content)
Thermo Fisher gears up new lab in Germany to fight in future food adulteration crises.
Business Concentrates pp. 20-21 (Member Content)
- DSM Developing Aussie Biologics Facility
- Four years after closing a biologics manufacturing plant in Montreal, DSM has agreed to build and operate a mammalian cell biopharmaceutical facility...
- Solutia Acquires Window Films Company
- Beefing up its line of specialty films, Solutia has acquired Singapore-based Novomatrix for $73 million from Globamatrix Holdings...
- Evonik Invests In Technology
- Evonik Industries has installed high-throughput experimentation (HTE) technology at its facility in Maastricht, the Netherlands...
- Celanese Acquires DuPont LCP Business
- Celanese has acquired DuPont’s business in liquid-crystal polymers (LCPs), which are high-performance engineering resins...
- DuPont Tate & Lyle Expanding PDO Plant
- DuPont Tate & Lyle BioProducts, a joint venture between DuPont and agricultural processor Tate & Lyle, is expanding...
- Daimler, Toray Collaborate On Carbon Fiber
- Toray Industries and Daimler will team up to develop car parts made from carbon fiber composites...
- Vertellus Acquires Insect Repellants
- Vertellus Specialties has acquired McLaughlin Gormley King’s insect repellant business...
- Air Liquide Adds Helium In Qatar
- Air Liquide has been awarded a contract by RasGas to build the world’s largest helium extraction, purification, and liquefaction unit...
- Schrödinger Wins Investment From Gates
- Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has invested in the computational chemistry company Schrödinger through Cascade Investment, his investment arm...
- Shell Completes Singapore Complex
- Shell Chemicals has started up an integrated chemical complex in Singapore...
- Saltigo Links With Syngenta To Expand
- Saltigo, the custom synthesis arm of Lanxess, will expand production at its Leverkusen, Germany, site through a unique agreement with one of its customers...
- Merck Acquires Ariad Cancer Drug
- Merck & Co. has acquired development and worldwide commercialization rights for ridaforolimus, an Ariad Pharmaceuticals drug now in Phase III trials...
- Sanofi, Glenmark In Pain Meds Deal
- In its first pharmaceutical research partnership in India, Sanofi-Aventis has licensed drug candidates for treating chronic pain...
- Business Roundup
- Elevance Renewable Sciences, W.R. Grace, Eastman Chemical, Kemira, Almatis, Chemtura, Evonik Industries, Joule Unlimited, Glycos Biotechnologies...
Awards
New Arts & Sciences Academy Fellows Named p. 49
Accolades: Academy will welcome 229 members, including 22 chemical scientists, at ceremonies in October.
Malcolm MacCoss Wins Medicinal Chemistry Award p. 49 (Member Content)
Graduate Fellowships Available In Organic Chemistry p. 50 (Member Content)
Call For Nominations For Nichols Medal p. 50 (Member Content)
Micro-, Nanofluidics Nominations Wanted p. 50 (Member Content)
Meetings
2010 C&EN Calendar Web Exclusive
C&EN's latest list of meetings and events of interest to those in the chemical community is for May through December.
Government & Policy
Helium-3 Shortage pp. 31-33 (Member Content)
A vanishing stock of the isotope used by research and industry catches most users by surprise.
Locking Down Nuclear Material pp. 34-35 (Member Content)
Obama hopes agreement will keep bomb-grade nuclear raw materials out of terrorists' hands.
Government & Policy Concentrates p. 30 (Member Content)
- Proposal Would Trim Hazardous Air Emissions
- EPA plans to clamp down on hazardous air pollutants emitted from boilers and process heaters, which generate heat or electricity...
- EPA To Regulate Coal Ash Sites
- Disposal of toxic ash from coal-fired electric power plants will be controlled under national regulations for the first time...
- Chemical Toxicity Database Is Released
- The public can gain access to studies about toxicity and potential health effects of chemicals in a new database from EPA...
- Multiagency Grants Target Innovation
- The Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is soliciting applications for a new grant program...
- Bill Targets Endocrine Disrupters In Water
- Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) introduced a bill in the House of Representatives on May 5 that would require EPA...
» more government & policy news...
ACS Comment
Embracing International Collaboration p. 46 (Member Content)
ACS News
2009–10 Project SEED College Scholarships pp. 47-48
Social Networking And C&EN
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Science & Technology
Common Ground For Going Green pp. 38-41
Effort to develop a chemical industry standard is driven by the need to share comparative data.
Green Chemical Standard's Potentially Broad Reach Web Exclusive
New standard could benefit chemical makers and consumer products manufacturers by promoting information exchange.
Zeroing In On Golden Mechanisms pp. 42-44 (Member Content)
Studies elucidate catalytic reaction steps yet key questions remain unsettled.
Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 36-37 (Member Content)
- Refined Silver Nanowires
- Long, narrow nanowires make transparent electrodes for lower cost electronic devices
- Arsenic Speciation Key To Poisoning Risk
- Dermal exposure to arsenic compounds highly depends on the chemical form of the toxic substances
- How Aging Damages Memory
- Exploring the mechanism behind memory impairment points to histone acetylation as a therapeutic target
- Manipulating Stem Cells Through Their Metabolites
- Stem-cell differentiation can be regulated by controlling unsaturated metabolites
- Cobalt(IV) Caught In Water-Splitting Action
- Oft-implicated cobalt intermediate in water oxidation observed by EPR spectroscopy
- Multitasking Metformin
- Newly discovered twist in the mechanism of the diabetes drug could lead to a cancer treatment
- Bandages For Fighting Bad Bacteria
- Pathogenic bacteria become the agents of their own destruction in a new antimicrobial system
- Chemistry’s First Definitive Silylidyne
- As a metal alkylidyne analog, Mo≡Si complex broadens the scope of organometallic chemistry
» more science & technology news...
Editor's Page
More On Web 2.0 p. 5
People
Obituaries p. 51-52 (Member Content)
The Departments
Letters pp. 6-7
Newscripts p. 56
Steamed Up Over Taxes, Pill Science
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