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"I didn't try for it, but it just happened. I don't think you work for a Nobel Prize."
RICHARD F. HECK, 2010 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY RECIPIENT – p. 30
July 4, 2011
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Highlights
Cover Story
Facts & Figures Of The Chemical Industry
Chemical industry began to witness global economic recovery, seeing increases in production, trade by the end of 2010. (pp. 39-67)
Business
Reset For Fine Chemicals (Member Content)
Attendees at the annual Chemspec Europe exhibition calibrated growth prospects in recuperating markets. (pp. 14-16)
Science & Technology
Itching To Know More About Itch
Researchers endeavor to pinpoint protein receptors and nerves responsible for the torment-inducing sensation with an eye toward therapeutics . (pp. 27-29)
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Table of Contents
Cover Story
Facts & Figures Of The Chemical Industry p. 33
A leaner chemical industry made the most of a shallow recovery.
A Long Year of Demand Recovery pp. 34-49
Cost cutting boosted finances, but it took four quarters for sales volumes to return.
Chemical Sector's Jobless Recovery pp. 50-51
A wobbly rebound, high productivity, and pharma mergers prevented employment growth.
Output Ramps Up In All Regions pp. 55-63
Chemical production increased markedly over that in 2009, thanks to demand from developing economies.
Growing Economies Pump Up Commerce pp. 64-67
Jump in trade was a measure of recovery for the chemical industry.
News Of The Week
Wildfire Closes Los Alamos p. 7
Natural Disaster: Lab, city are shuttered as crews fight to contain blaze.
House Approves Patent System Overhaul p. 8
Intellectual Property: House and Senate bills differ over future funding of the patent office.
Pfizer Rethinks Plan For U.K. Site p. 8
Pharmaceuticals: Firm keeps some U.K. R&D staff while advancing plans for research park.
BIO Goes To Washington p. 9
Biopharmaceuticals: Annual conference focuses on need for regulatory and policy reform.
Chemical Imports p. 9
Shipments of three pesticides require countries' consent.
Research Funders To Launch Open-Access, Biomedical Journal p. 10
Scholarly Publishing: Nongovernment funding bodies join forces to shake up current model.
Manufacturing Rebirth p. 10
Partnership: Obama rolls out initiative to revamp processes, products.
Plutonium Transport Into Cells p. 11
Chemical Biology: Transferrin delivers element, but only when accompanied by iron.
Kyoto Prize To John Cahn p. 11
Honors: Materials scientist recognized for ground-breaking theories on phase transformations.
Business
Reset For Fine Chemicals pp. 14-16 (Member Content)
Attendees at the annual Chemspec Europe exhibition calibrated growth prospects in recuperating markets.
FDA Reaches Out p. 17 (Member Content)
Agency seeks to pool its limited resources with others to strengthen inspections of drug plants abroad.
C&EN Talks With Jean-Pierre Clamadieu p. 18 (Member Content)
The chief executive officer of Rhodia is preparing for the day when he will head Solvay.
Business Concentrates pp. 12-13 (Member Content)
- Trinseo, Aspen Aerogels File For Stock Offerings
- Trinseo, the former Dow Chemical styrenics business, which was sold to Bain Capital as Styron in June of last year, has filed for an initial...
- Nova To Add Polyethylene
- Nova Chemicals has begun feasibility and engineering studies for two new polyethylene units, one each in Alberta and Ontario...
- Pemex, Mexichem Plan Joint Venture
- Mexico state oil firm plans to form a vinyl chloride joint venture with privately held Mexichem...
- Dow Opens Water Technologies Center …
- The water and process solutions unit of has opened a $15 million technology development center in Tarragona...
- … As Others Also Invest In R&D Centers
- Momentive Performance Materials will build a regional headquarters and global R&D center in Bangalore, India...
- Agilent Forms Academic Alliance
- Agilent Technologies and the National University of Singapore Environmental Research Institute have formed an alliance...
- Kaneka Buys Evonik Businesses
- Japan’s Kaneka has agreed to buy two plants in Wesseling, Germany...
- Nimbus Raises Funds From Big Names
- Nimbus Discovery, a computational drug discovery firm, has raised $24 million to help it advance its inflammatory and other disease candidates...
- AkzoNobel To Expand Electronic Materials
- AkzoNobel is building new plants to make trimethylgallium (TMG) and trimeth-ylindium (TMI) at its La Porte, Texas...
- Verenium, Novus Join For Animal Enzymes
- Verenium and Novus International, a manufacturer of animal and human nutrition products, will jointly develop and commercialize Verenium’s enzymes...
- Pfizer Considers Deal With Icagen
- Pfizer is evaluating the possibility of extending or amending its collaborative relationship with Icagen...
- Biotechs, Big Pharma In Cancer Drug Pacts
- Forma Therapeutics has granted Roche’s Genentech unit exclusive rights to acquire a preclinical small-molecule program...
- Lonza Boosts Workhours At Visp
- Active pharmaceutical ingredients maker Lonza has increased the weekly workhours for all employees at its main Visp, Switzerland, site...
- Business Roundup
- Wacker Chemie, Sumitomo Chemical, Indorama Ventures, DSM, LIG Sciences, BASf Crop Protection, Cambridge Major, Poniard, Jubilant Life...
Education
Preparing For Real-World Research pp. 31-32
Science program blends multidisciplinary teamwork, problem-based learning, and student-driven education.
This Week Online
Spotting The Tiniest Babies
Clinical Diagnostics: Metabolites in mothers' blood during early pregnancy could reveal growth-restricted fetuses.
Meaty Matters
Food Production: Engineered meat has lower environmental impact than conventional meat, a modeling study finds.
A New Hazard From Bisphenol A?
Environmental Toxins: Bacteria chemically modify BPA, making it more toxic to fish.
Digital Chemistry Flash Cards
C&EN's Newscripts blog provides a sneak peak of Chemistry by Design, a virtual flash card app that displays each step of about 200 classic organic syntheses.
Government & Policy
Clash Over Natural Gas pp. 20-21 (Member Content)
Chemical manufacturers oppose tax credits to expand transportation use of the fuel.
Crowdsourcing For Science pp. 22-23 (Member Content)
Internet efforts digitize old data, classify images, and contribute information.
Transforming Education p. 24 (Member Content)
Obama Administration hopes to invest $90 million to stimulate development of educational technologies.
Government & Policy Concentrates p. 19 (Member Content)
- Styrene Group Challenges Cancer Listing
- An industry group representing manufacturers of styrene, an industrial chemical used to make polystyrene and polyester resins found in...
- High Court Sides With Drugmakers
- The Supreme Court has ruled that generic drug manufacturers, which account for nearly 75% of all drugs dispensed in the U.S., cannot be sued...
- EPA Sets Timeline For Boiler Rule
- EPA says it plans to propose revised regulations to limit toxic air emissions from industrial boilers in October and will then issue final...
- Senate Committee Clears Pesticide Bill
- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee has approved a bill that would eliminate a 2009 court-ordered requirement that...
- Report Details Costs Of Federal Rules
- Major federal regulations issued over the past decade cost the U.S. economy between $44 billion and $62 billion each year...
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Awards
pp. 69-72 (Member Content)
People
Obituaries pp. 75-76 (Member Content)
Social Networking And C&EN
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Science & Technology
Itching To Know More About Itch pp. 27-29
Researchers endeavor to pinpoint protein receptors and nerves responsible for the torment-inducing sensation with an eye toward therapeutics.
Itch's Impact: Living With Chronic Pruritus Web Exclusive (Member Content)
Insights: Heck Of A Chemist p. 30 (Member Content)
It's more than just Richard Heck's science that makes him a role model.
Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 25-26
- Virtual Drug Screen Targets Flexible RNAs
- Combined NMR and computational molecular dynamics helps find compounds that interact with specific RNA conformations.
- Iron Helps Trigger Artemisinin's Activity
- Study lends additional evidence to the idea that the antimalarial drug needs a helping hand from iron to kill malaria parasites.
- Wallabies Beat Cows In Methane Showdown
- Marsupial microbes could possibly be used to alter the gut microbiome of cows to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.
- Rapamycin Diversifies To Fight Early Aging
- The immunosuppressant drug might be effective for treating progeria, the rare genetic condition that causes premature aging in children.
- Nitrenium Ligand Fills A Carbene Gap
- The triazole-based ligand fills in a missing link in the series of ubiquitous N-heterocyclic carbenes.
- Superresolution Sharpens Images In Live Organisms
- Stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy provides images of fluorescently labeled proteins inside C. elegans neurons.
- Titanium Sparks Ethane-To-Ethylene Conversion
- With the help of a titanium alkylidyne reagent, chemists make ethylene from ethane at room temperature.
- Isotopes Track Contaminant Breakdown
- By loading nickel onto mesoporous silica, chemists create an improved catalyst for converting ethanol into olefin building blocks.
» more science & technology news...
Meetings
Brazil Attracts A Crowd Of Chemists
Brazilian meeting highlights International Year of Chemistry and the contributions of women. (p. 74)
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
Water, Water p. 3
The Departments
Letters pp. 4-5
Newscripts p. 80
Festival Of Fungi: From Spongelike To Dishwasher-Hardy.
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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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