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Quote of the Week
"Without legislative action, it is not a matter of if but when more lives will be put at risk by another outbreak."
REP. BART STUPAK (D-MICH.) – p. 29
May 24, 2010
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Highlights
Cover Story
LIMS In The Cloud
Laboratory information management system software for small users makes maximum use of the Internet. (pp. 12-16)
Science & Technology
Probing Radioactive Materials(Member Content)
Use of NMR to study nuclear materials and the chemistry of f-block elements grows. (pp. 34-35)
Science & Technology
A Question Of Identity
Multiple initiatives aim to unambiguously identify individual scientists so they're credited for their work. (pp. 36-37)
Table of Contents
News Of The Week
Dendrimersomes Debut p. 7
Supramolecular Chemistry: Self-assembled dendrimer-based structures could deliver drugs, other substances.
Dispersed Oil Raises Concerns p. 8
Spill Cleanup: EPA backs subsurface use of dispersants, but questions remain.
Pfizer Reveals Plant Closures p. 9
Downsizing: Five-year plan will eliminate 6,000 jobs worldwide.
New Start For Pd(III) Chemistry p. 9
Organometallic Chemistry: Complex with a carbon-Pd(III) bond makes C–C bonds.
Synthetic Biology Takes A Step Forward p. 10
Genetic Engineering: Team grows bacterial DNA in yeast, transplants it to host cell, which then replicates.
Firms Advance Flow Chemistry p. 10
Technology: Companies see business opportunity in continuous processes.
Reviving The Malaria Fight p. 11
Open Innovation: Companies, consortium publicly disclose scores of potential antimalarial leads.
Cooperative Biomonitoring p. 11
German government and industry will collaborate to analyze chemicals in people.
Business
Arkema Pushes Into Biobased Acrylics pp. 20-21 (Member Content)
French chemical firm ramps up effort to commercialize acrylic acid based on glycerin.
The New Merck p. 22 (Member Content)
The recently merged pharmaceutical company unveils its pipeline at R&D day.
C&EN Talks With Jon Rich p. 23 (Member Content)
Momentive CEO sets groundwork for next round of silicone innovation.
Business Concentrates pp. 18-19 (Member Content)
- Astellas, OSI Agree On $4 Billion Deal
- Astellas Pharma and OSI Pharmaceuticals have come to a definitive agreement under which the Tokyo-based drugmaker will acquire OSI...
- Dow Touts Its New Specialties Unit
- At an event in Philadelphia last week, Jerome A. Peribere, CEO of Dow Advanced Materials, unveiled ambitious growth targets...
- Wind Power Aided By Dow Lubricant
- Dow Chemical has introduced a new lubricant, UCON GL-320, developed for the gearboxes of wind turbines. ...
- Air Products Ups Fight To Buy Airgas
- Air Products & Chemicals, which launched a hostile, $7 billion bid for industrial gases firm Airgas in February, is taking steps...
- Honeywell, DuPont Team On Refrigerant
- Honeywell and DuPont plan to jointly manufacture HFO-1234yf, a new automotive air-conditioning refrigerant with low global-warming potential (GWP)...
- Reliance, Sibur Join For Butyl Rubber
- India’s Reliance Industries and the Russian petrochemical producer Sibur plan a butyl rubber joint venture...
- Gulf Oil Spill Boosts Nalco Sales
- Water treatment firm Nalco has told investors that it expects sales of dispersants used in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will have reached $40 million...
- Novozymes Sues Danisco Over Enzymes
- Denmark’s Novozymes claims the compatriot firm Danisco has infringed on a patent for an α-amylase enzyme used in ethanol production...
- Merck In Heart Drug Deal With ElexoPharm
- Merck & Co. and German contract research organization ElexoPharm will work together to develop novel drug candidates...
- BASF Signs Japanese Cobranding Deal
- Emulating the Intel Inside logo seen on many personal computers, household cleaning erasers from Japan’s Wako will bear BASF’s logo...
- Agilent Completes Varian Acquisition
- Following Federal Trade Commission approval, Agilent has completed its $1.5 billion acquisition of fellow instrument maker Varian...
- Pfizer, Washington U To Reposition Drugs
- Pfizer will pay Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis $22.5 million over five years to find new uses for current and old drug candidates...
- Bayer Establishes San Francisco Hub
- Bayer HealthCare will establish a biotech research center in San Francisco, moving 65 researchers from laboratories in Richmond, Calif...
- Business Roundup
- Solaria, Dow Chemical, Arch Chemicals, Lanxess, Biotage, Dow Venture Capital, MP Biomedicals, Tekmira Pharmaceuticals...
ACS News
Frees' Work Garners Landmark Status p. 41
Dip-and-read diagnostics strips are a boon to diabetics.
ACS Refreshes Its Website p. 42
New functionality, improved searching enhance web presence.
Water Science Prize To Schnoor pp. 42-43
Colorado High Schoolers Recognized p. 43
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
Guidelines For Geoengineering R&D pp. 26-27 (Member Content)
Asilomar conference raises issues for governance of tests and deployment of climate-controlling technologies.
Food Safety In Flux pp. 29-30 (Member Content)
Legislation is delayed as Congress sorts out details and addresses other domestic priorities.
Government & Policy Concentrates p. 24 (Member Content)
- Science Bill Fails To Clear House
- Democrats in the House of Representatives were unable to get enough votes to pass legislation reauthorizing the America Competes Act last week...
- NRC Report Calls For Emissions Cuts
- The U.S. urgently needs to trim its greenhouse gas emissions, a report from the National Research Council says...
- Cleaning With Gas Is Common, Lethal
- A study by the Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) finds that using natural gas to clean piping is a common, as well as deadly, practice...
- Varmus To Lead Cancer Institute
- President Barack Obama has chosen former NIH director Harold E. Varmus to head the National Cancer Institute...
- NIH Awards $1 Billion For Facilities
- NIH has awarded $1 billion of American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds for the construction or improvement of biomedical research facilities...
» more government & policy news...
Books
The How-Tos Of Green Chemistry p. 40
Twelve-volume collection summarizes the breadth of research on chemistry that is more sustainable.
Social Networking And C&EN
You can now follow C&EN on Facebook. Become a fan and track the latest news and discussions at facebook.com/CENews.
Science & Technology
Probing Radioactive Materials pp. 34-35 (Member Content)
Use of NMR to study nuclear materials and the chemistry of f-block elements grows.
A Question Of Identity pp. 36-37
Multiple initiatives aim to unambiguously identify individual scientists so they’re credited for their work.
C&EN Talks With Yuan T. Lee p. 38 (Member Content)
Nobel Laureate and president-elect of an international scientific organization, Lee hopes to promote sustainability.
Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 32-33 (Member Content)
- Semiconductor Stacks
- A new method for growing large pieces of GaAs could boost the material’s use in electronic devices.
- P,N Ligand Advances Ammonia Coupling
- Palladium system enables chemists to use ammonia to make arylamines at room temperature.
- Density Analysis By Magnetic Levitation
- Harvard chemists have devised a simple tool for analyzing food and water based on density.
- Rapid Water-Ion Dynamics Revealed
- New spectroscopic techniques provide femtosecond details of water-ion interactions in solution.
- Molecules Impede HIV Replication By Design
- A class of designed compounds inhibits HIV replication by disrupting protein-protein interactions.
- Mass Spec Imaging Probes Implant Immune Response
- New technique gauges the biocompatibility of materials used for drug delivery and tissue engineering.
- New Oxygen-Evolving Catalyst Unveiled
- With an eye toward solar energy use, a nickel-borate catalyst could improve on the electrochemical splitting of water.
- Metal-Free Alkene Dioxygenation
- Greener method avoids transition-metal catalysts by using O2 as an oxidant and oxygen-atom source.
» more science & technology news...
Editor's Page
Thanksgiving In May p. 3
People
Obituaries p. 44 (Member Content)
The Departments
Letters pp. 4-5
Newscripts p. 48
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