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"You can't do research without knowing what's happening in your field."
MOUHOUSSINE NACRO, CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR, OUAGADOUGOU UNIVERSITY, BURKINA FASOp. 41

April 25, 2011

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Cover Story

Top Instrument Firms

Mergers and acquisitions alter the landscape in C&EN's ranking of leading analytical and life sciences instrumentation companies. (pp. 13-19)

Business

High Hopes For Cystic Fibrosis (Member Content)

Two compounds to treat the underlying cause of the disease are nearing commercialization. (pp. 24-25)

Science & Technology

Building Better Bacteria (Member Content)

Synthetic biologists turn to a microbe named Shewie to 'wire' microorganisms for fuel production, energy storage. (pp. 38-39)

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News Of The Week

Japan's Nuclear Crisis Continues p. 7

Natural Disaster: Plant operator says it will take six to nine months to contain radioactive leaks.

Companies Advance Biobased Chemicals p. 8

Cleantech: Start-ups are poised to harness cellulosic feedstocks.

Mending With Light p. 8

Materials Chemistry: Light prompts metallosupramolecular polymers to repair themselves.

ACS Bestows 2011 Public Service Award p. 9

Honors: Society lauds Jeremy M. Berg of NIH and chemist Norman P. Neureiter.

Pharmaceuticals: Merck And J&J Settle Arthritis Franchise Dispute p. 9

Nabbing Nitrogen p. 10

Organic Synthesis: Metal-free method adds amines to alkanes.

Nobel Laureate William Lipscomb Dies At 91 p. 10

Obituary: Acclaimed Harvard University chemist was known for his dedication to science, other wide ranging interests.

Chopping Up Lignin p. 11

Organic Chemistry: Catalyst selectively cleaves key bond in models of complex plant polymer.

Patent Reform On The Move p. 11

Intellectual Property: House panel advances bill to reform patent process.

Business

Parts On Demand pp. 22-23

Polymer makers are helping additive manufacturing scale up into full parts production.

High Hopes For Cystic Fibrosis pp. 24-25 (Member Content)

Two compounds to treat the underlying cause of the disease are nearing commercialization.

C&EN Talks With: Patrick Gruber pp. 26 (Member Content)

Gevo CEO shares lessons learned in the early days of making renewable materials.

Business Concentrates pp. 20-21 (Member Content)

This Week Online

Soils Of Northern U.S. Forests Are High In Mercury

Pollution: Carbon-rich northern soil may sequester the toxic metal.

A LEGO-Like Microarray

Portable Screening: Researchers develop portable microarray for high-throughput screening that doesn't need a robot.

Braskem Mulls U.S. Cracker

Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem is considering building an ethylene cracker and polyethylene plant in the U.S., according to CEO Carlos Fadigas. C&EN Senior Editor Alex Tullo blogs about the likelihood of the project.

IYC Profile: Burkina Faso

In this landlocked West African country, chemist Mouhoussine Nacro hopes to preserve centuries-old traditions.

Government & Policy

Congress Mulls Facility Security pp. 29-31 (Member Content)

Committee turf wars complicate effort to renew chemical antiterrorism program.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 26 (Member Content)

ACS News

Burkina Faso pp. 41

In this landlocked West African country, chemist Mouhoussine Nacro hopes to preserve centuries-old traditions.

NMR And MRI Share Landmark Status p. 43

ACS honors magnetic resonance advances now considered indispensable in the lab and clinic.

Florida Sections Host Annual Meeting p. 43 (Member Content)

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Science & Technology

Building Better Bacteria pp. 34-36(Member Content)

Synthetic biologists turn to a microbe named Shewie to 'wire' microorganisms for fuel production, energy storage.

Challenges To Water Reuse pp. 38-39 (Member Content)

ACS Meeting News: Projects to recycle wastewater face not only scientific but also economic and social hurdles.

Science & Technology Concentrates p. 33

Meetings

2011 C&EN Calendar Web Exclusive

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

The Departments

Letters pp. 3-4

Newscripts p. 48

Inefficient Engineering, Dragon Economics

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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