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Recovery In Japan
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"When a person can bring their full, authentic self to work, they're going to be a happier, more satisfied, and more productive employee."
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May 23, 2011

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Cover Story

Japan Rising

Japan's chemical enterprise is recovering after the devastating earthquake and tsunami. (pp. 13-20)

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Science & Technology

Using The Force On Cancer (Member Content)

Researchers probe the mechanics of tumor cells with atomic force microscopy and explore the technique as a diagnostic tool. (pp. 34-36)

Career & Employment

Coming Out in the Chemical Sciences

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender chemists encounter workplace struggles even as employers strive to be more inclusive. (pp. 41-44)

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Cover Story

Japan Rebuilds p. 13

Two months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Japan's chemical enterprise is on a determined path to recovery.

Recovering Research pp. 14-16

Japanese universities, scientific facilities damaged in quake face up to a year to rebuild.

Japan's Chemical Industry Rebounds pp. 17-18

Companies are rapidly rehabilitating their facilities but will face power shortages in coming months.

U.S. Boosts Scrutiny Of Nuclear Reactors pp. 19-20

Officials say lessons learned from Japan will make nuclear power safer in future.

News Of The Week

Fire Retardants In Baby Products May Pose Health Risks p. 7

Toxic Substances: Infants may be exposed to high levels of a toxic fire retardant.

Japan To Develop Renewable Energy p. 8

Nuclear crisis: Nation will scrap plan to obtain half of its electricity from atomic power.

Graphene Via Electrochemistry p. 8

Materials: Process that damages batteries yields desirable form of carbon.

Petronas, SABIC Have Big Plans p. 9

Emerging markets: Malaysian refiner, Saudi petrochemical giant eye projects in Asia, Middle East.

Sanofi Licenses Biologic Drug p. 9

Firm gets access to candidate treatment for inflammatory diseases being developed by India's Glenmark.

A New Detector For Endotoxin p. 10

Sensors: At low levels, bacterial lipid causes visible reordering of liquid crystals.

Reshaping Salt p. 10

Sodium chloride deviates from usual cubic crystal form under certain conditions.

Takeda To Buy Sweden's Nycomed p. 11

Pharmaceuticals: Purchase will take Japanese firm further outside its home market.

Thermo Fisher Bets On Phadia p. 11

Diagnostics: Deal gives instrument firm a stake in allergy and autoimmunity testing.

Business

Spirits Improve In Industrial Biotech pp. 24-25 (Member Content)

New investments, alliances are signs of life for biobased chemicals.

Dow Reaches Back p. 26 (Member Content)

Dow Chemical is investing heavily in petrochemicals to shore up its specialty chemical units.

Business Concentrates pp. 22-23 (Member Content)

This Week Online

Losing The Blues

Art Conservation: A classic blue pigment from Old Masters' paintings fades as its atoms reorient.

Fruit Flies Shake Off Silver Nanoparticles

Nanomaterials: Scientists investigate the chronic toxicity of nanoparticles in the insects.

Lightning And Wildfires Spark Ozone Pollution

Air Quality: Modeling suggests that emissions of ozone-generating nitrogen oxides from natural sources are surprisingly high.

Merck & Co. Bares Its Knuckles On Hepatitis C

Merck & Co. came out swinging in the competition with Vertex Pharmaceuticals for the hepatitis C market.

Government & Policy

Innovation Policy Urged For U.S. pp. 30-33 (Member Content)

Changing demographics, global competition compel a paradigm shift.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 28 (Member Content)

People

Career & Employment

Coming Out In The Chemical Sciences pp. 41-44

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender chemists encounter workplace struggles even as employers strive to be more inclusive.

ACS News: ACS Creates New Subdivision For Gay & Transgender Chemists & Allies Web Exclusive

Paving The Way: Finding Mentors And Role Models Web Exclusive

Corporate Equality: Best Companies For LGBT Scientists Web Exclusive

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Social Networking And C&EN

Social Networking And C&EN

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Science & Technology

Using The Force On Cancer pp. 34-36 (Member Content)

Researchers probe the mechanics of tumor cells with atomic force microscopy and explore the technique as a diagnostic tool.

C&EN Talks With Susan Marie Frontczak p. 37

Scientist-storyteller draws career and outreach lessons from Marie Curie's life, and her own. (With Videos)

Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 32-33

Meetings

Southwest Regional Meeting Call For Papers p. 40 (Member Content)

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

Values Worth Defending p. 3

The Departments

Letters pp. 2, 4-6

Newscripts p. 48

Keeping Beer Bearable, More On Chemistry Kits, Tobacco Fun

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.

CENtral Science

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