Analyzing Gulf Seafood
Quote of the Week
"When we try to make new molecules, we can't predict whether one will be a safe one and one will be a bad one. We'd like to be able to do that."
LAWRENCE E. FRIED, CHEMIST, LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY'S HIGH EXPLOSIVES APPLICATIONS FACILITY – p. 32
July 18, 2011
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Highlights
Cover Story
Testing Gulf Seafood
After the oil spill, analytical protocols to assess contaminants in seafood found few problems, but the public and some scientists are not reassured. (pp. 12-16)
» Instrumentation: Firms Help Meet Demand For Equipment
Science & Technology
Preserving Plastic Art (Member Content)
Chemistry of polymer-based creations presents unique problems for conservators. (pp. 29-31)
Science & Technology
Examining Explosives (Member Content)
High Explosives Applications Facility researchers tackle science for national security. (pp. 32-34)
Table of Contents
News Of The Week
A Cascade Of Natural Products p. 7
Total Synthesis: Organocatalyzed domino reactions speed assembly of multiple natural products.
A New Push Against HIV p. 8
Partnering: Merck, Sangamo, and NIH will join universities to combat HIV drug resistance.
Printing Single-Crystal Films p. 8
Electronics: Ink-jet method makes ordered semiconducting layers.
Lonza To Buy Arch Chemicals p. 9
Specialties: Acquisition will make Lonza a leader in the microbial control market.
Blaming DuPont p. 9
Safety board finds the company negligent in a series of accidents, one fatal, in 2010.
Improving Chemical Hazard Information p. 10
Risk Assessment: EPA documents to become more concise, describe scientific decisionmaking.
Spotlight On Nuclear Power p. 10
Review: U.S. nuclear plants need stronger safeguards for catastrophic events, panel says.
Silver Solos In Lemon Circuit p. 11
Materials Chemistry: Electrochemical cell based on same-metal electrodes is a first.
Drug Supply Oversight p. 11
Report cites measures that could mitigate risks in the global pharmaceutical supply chain.
Business
Algae Plans Bloom pp. 19-20 (Member Content)
From personal care to fish food, algae firms look for ways to make profits quickly.
Super Natural Cosmetic Potions pp. 21-22 (Member Content)
Advances in biotechnology enable a new generation of plant-derived ingredients.
Lifeline Skin Care pp. 21-22 (Member Content)
Biotech firm adds human cell extracts to cosmetics.
The Long War On Cancer p. 23 (Member Content)
Decades after the National Cancer Act, scientists are turning to information-rich, early-stage studies to advance oncology.
Business Concentrates pp. 17-18 (Member Content)
- Changing Fortunes For Cellulosic Fuel Makers
- As one developer of cellulosic biofuels gets funded, two others face difficulties...
- M&G Picks Texas For New Plants
- Italian chemical firm Mossi & Ghisolfi has picked Corpus Christi, Texas, for the site of its largest ever investment...
- Solvay And Avantium Join For Polymers
- Solvay and high-throughput-screening firm Avantium have entered a multiyear collaboration to develop nylon engineering polymers...
- NASDAQ Delists Chinese Company
- The NASDAQ stock exchange has ordered the delisting of Keyuan Petrochemicals, a commodity chemical producer...
- Lanxess Buys Tire Release Agents
- Lanxess’ Rhein Chemie unit has acquired Wacker Chemie’s tire release agents busines...
- Avantor And Sachem Form Etchants Pact
- Avantor Performance Materials, formerly Mallinckrodt Baker, has entered a joint development agreement with Sachem to provide etching chemicals...
- TT To Acquire Water Monitoring Firm YSI
- ITT Corp. will buy the privately held instrumentation firm YSI. Based in Yellow Springs, Ohio...
- BASF Wins Approval For Biofungicide
- Brazil has registered the biological fungicide Serenade for apples, onions, and strawberries...
- Gilead Opens Access To HIV Treatments
- Gilead Sciences has expanded access to its HIV medicines through agreements with the Medicines Patent Pool Foundation (MPPF)...
- BMS Buys Stake In Innate Immunotherapy
- Bristol-Myers Squibb is shelling out $35 million up front and up to $430 million in milestones for access to IPH2102...
- Amgen Licenses Micromet Technology
- Amgen will pay Micromet $14 million up front to apply the Rockville, Md.-based biotech firm’s BiTE antibody technology...
- Research Companies Join With Nonprofits
- The Innovative Vector Control Consortium has signed an agreement with the contract research firm Scynexis to find compounds suitable for development...
- Kraton, Formosa Set Styrenics Venture
- Kraton Performance Polymers is planning a 50-50 joint venture with Formosa Petrochemical that will build a 30,000-metric-ton-per-year...
- Business Roundup
- MacDermid, LS9, Praxair, ElevancE Renewable Sciences, Clariant, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Carbogen Amcis, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals...
This Week Online
How Dirty Is The Yellow School Bus?
Air Pollution: Tailpipe controls on buses don't clear the air inside bus cabins.
Greening Mortar With Olive Waste
Construction Chemistry: Waste from olive oil production could shrink the building material's carbon footprint.
Zafgen's Obesity Drug Shows Promise
Guest blogger SeeArrOh, an industry chemist, guesses at how the drug may work in the body and describes some unusual chemical features of the molecule.
Algal Oil Spreads Its Wings
Fresh off his company's raising $227 million in its initial public offering, Solazyme executive Cameron Byers describes to C&EN the algae firm's strategies for being both environmentally and economically sustainable.
Government & Policy
Modernizing Toxicity Tests pp. 25-26 (Member Content)
EPA inches toward high-throughput in vitro assays to reduce cost, time of chemical safety assessments.
Government & Policy Concentrates p. 24 (Member Content)
- Utility Stops Carbon Capture Project
- A major electricity company, American Electric Power (AEP), has halted one of the most successful programs to develop a commercial-scale coal-fired...
- EPA Focuses On Exposure To 14 Glycol Ethers
- EPA is acting on its concerns about toxicity of and potential increase in consumers’ exposure to 14 ethylene glycol ethers...
- Bill Would Require Analysis Of Air Rules
- A House committee last week approved a bill that would require Cabinet-level officials to analyze the effects of eight Clean Air Ac...
- Filing Fee Reduced For Rail Complaints
- The Surface Transportation Board (STB) says it is reducing the fee it charges shippers to file a railroad rate or unreasonable practice complaint...
- Defense Gives Grants For Lab Equipment
- The Department of Defense has made 165 awards totaling $37.8 million to 83 universities to buy research instrumentation...
» more government & policy news...
Books
Taking The Measure Of Energy Options pp. 35-36
With a stiff dose of realism, book explores the complexity and enormity of global energy challenges.
People
Obituaries p. 37 (Member Content)
Social Networking And C&EN
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Science & Technology
Preserving Plastic Art pp. 29-31
Chemistry of polymer-based creations presents unique problems for conservators.
Examining Explosives pp. 32-34 (Member Content)
High Explosives Applications Facility researchers tackle science for national security.
Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 27-28
- DNA Cages Slip Into Cells
- Study may lead to new ways to deliver drugs and imaging agents
- Tissue Morphing On Patterned Surfaces
- Model substrate provides biologically active platform on which to study dynamic cell and tissue processes
- Targeting Housekeeping To Tame Tumors
- Molecule selectively destroys cancer cells by blocking dissipation of reactive oxygen species
- Mechanism Reported For Eliminylation
- Carbanion-based route is likely path for recently discovered post-translational protein modification
- One-Pot Protein Synthesis
- 204-residue portion of protein yields to chemical ligation
- Taming A Metathesis Catalyst
- Air-sensitive molybdenum compounds reversibly converted to stable solids
- Detecting Crude Oil In Water
- Mass Spec Method Complements Spectroscopy Techniques For Analyzing Discharged Water
- Cocrystal Engineering Sorts Out Ladderanes
- Strategy borrowed from protein chemistry helps pin down elusive isomeric structures of small organic molecules
» more science & technology news...
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
What Kind Of Nation? p. 3
The Departments
Letters pp. 4-5
Newscripts p. 40
Students Make Biodiesel, Padwa's Mobile Creations.
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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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