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2011 Priestley Medal
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Robert Burns Woodward "just had that nerdy Elvis Costello look."
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March 28, 2011

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Highlights

Cover Story

Priestley Medalist

Ahmed H. Zewail receives the 2011 award for developing methods to study ultrafast processes in chemistry, biology, and materials science. (pp. 12-16, 17-21)

» Dreaming The Future
Business

Hope For The Bees (Member Content)

Colony collapse disorder and resistant pests create demand for new treatments. (pp. 24-26)

Government & Policy

EPA Defends Pesticide Rules (Member Content)

Congress raises a fuss about costs of environmental regulations on agriculture. (pp. 32-34)

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Table of Contents

Cover Story

Scientist-Diplomat Extraordinaire pp. 12-16

Straddling the U.S. and Middle East, Priestley Medalist Ahmed H. Zewail thrives at the interface of science, culture, and international affairs.

Dreaming The Future pp. 17-21

News Of The Week

Japan's Struggles Continue p. 7

Earthquake Recovery: Nuclear crisis continues as shortages of electronic materials loom.

Single-Molecule Magnets Evolve p. 8

Organometallics: Erbium complex displays new magnetic features that could lead to practical uses.

Faster, Better Infrared Imaging p. 8

Analytical Chemistry: Multiple synchrotron beams improve speed and resolution of IR chemical imaging.

Rigging Cross-Metathesis p. 9

Organic Synthesis: Molybdenum catalyst generates less stable Z olefin.

Cephalon Agrees To Buy Gemin X p. 9

Company moves to bolster pipeline with biotech purchase that brings small molecule cancer drugs.

Porphysomes Do It All p. 10

Biophotonics: Lipid-porphyrin nanovesicles offer both cancer diagnosis and treatment .

Methyl Isocyanate p. 10

Bayer ends use of infamous chemical at West Virginia plant.

Business

Hope For The Bees pp. 24-26 (Member Content)

Colony collapse disorder and resistant pests create demand for new treatments.

Malaysia Joins Biotech Bandwagon p. 28 (Member Content)

Country aims to attract manufacturers with smart policies, access to biomass.

Business Concentrates pp. 22-23 (Member Content)

This Week Online

National Meeting News

C&EN reporters have converged on Anaheim, Calif., for the ACS national meeting. News coverage appears online, along with "C&EN Picks," video spotlights of newsworthy sessions.

Dioxin Levels Dropped 70% During Beijing Olympics

Air Quality: Closing factories and banning cars temporarily reduced pollution.

Antibiotics May Increase Groundwater Nitrate

Water Pollution: Compound slows growth of nitrate-reducing bacteria.

Finding Phosphoproteins

Protein Analysis: Nanopolymer helps scientists detect and quantify an important protein modification.

Government & Policy

EPA Defends Pesticide Rules pp. 32-34 (Member Content)

Congress raises a fuss about costs of environmental regulations on agriculture.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 31 (Member Content)

ACS News

IYC Profile: Lebanon p. 42

Chemist Najat Aoun Saliba focuses her research on Lebanese issues. (With Photo Gallery)

ACS Raises Funds For Water Purification p. 43

Chemistry In Context Updated p. 43

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Science & Technology

The Angel's Wing Mystery pp. 38-39 (Member Content)

An unstable amino acid may have something to do with deadly mushroom poisoning.

Reel Science: 'Cool It' p. 40

Bjørn Lomborg sheds new light on the climate-change debate

Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 36-37 (Member Content)

Meetings

2011 C&EN Calendar Web Exclusive

C&EN's latest list of meetings and events of interest to those in the chemical community.

Editor's Page

Educating Ph.D. Chemists p. 3

The Departments

Letters pp. 4-6

Newscripts p. 48

R. B. Woodward Caught On Film, Album Cover (With Slideshow)

C&EN Archives

C&EN Archives

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Environmental SCENE News

Fertilizer May Help Bacteria Slip Into Groundwater

Water Safety: High phosphate levels allow deadly microbes to pass through soil.

Bisphenol A Is Ubiquitous In Receipts

Endocrine Disrupters: Researchers detect BPA in every receipt that they collected from seven U.S. cities.

Sunlight Is An Effective Disinfectant

Public Health: Field work shows that a cheap water treatment method improves children's health.

House Takes Aim At Clean Air Act

Pollution: Industry backs cost-benefit analyses of EPA rules, but critics fear assault on public health.

Analytical SCENE News

New Method Isolates Membrane Proteins

Protein Purification: Technique separates proteins on a lipid bilayer.

Bisphenol A Is Ubiquitous In Receipts

Endocrine Disrupters: Researchers detect BPA in every receipt that they collected from seven U.S. cities.

Mapping Drugs In Human Tissue

Clinical Chemistry: Mass spectrometry imaging provides view of an inhaled drug in human lung tissue.

Skeletons Come To Light

Fluorescence Imaging: Monitoring cells as they dissolve bone may lead to disease treatments.

Analyzing Nuclear Processes

ACS Meeting News: Analytical chemists devise ways to watch radioactive streams.

JACS Research In C&EN

Indole Changeup Yields Elusive Alkaloid

ACS Meeting News: Cyclization and nitrene insertion star in synthesis.

Prefab Synthesis Moves Ahead

Organic Chemistry: First stable alpha-boryl aldehydes ease preparation of complex small molecules.

Multiple Bradykinin States Revealed

The peptide adopts at least 10 conformers in solution, explaining why its structure had only been partially characterized.

Scaling Up The Axinellamines

A quicker, more efficient, and stereocontrolled route to a key intermediate streamlines natural product syntheses.

A Revamped Vancomycin

Medicinal Chemistry: Modified compound shows promise against hard-to-treat bacteria.

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