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"Too many people think they can do some black-box type of calculations, and they end up doing bad stuff and getting published"
MARK S. GORDON, CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITYp. 36

August 15, 2011

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Cover Story

The Future Of Biofuels

Government policies must now take into account the nuances of producing alternative fuels. (pp. 10-15)

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Science & Technology

Body Borers(Member Content)

Two neglected diseases share similar parasites and suffer the same diagnostic and treatment problems. (pp. 32-35)

Career & Employment

Quality Prospects

Drug developers are bolstering their quality management teams in response to a more rigorous regulatory climate. (pp. 40-43)

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Cover Story

Examining Biofuels Policy pp. 10-15

Government mandates have shaped the market but not always for the best.

Generations: Biofuels Are Grouped According To Commercial Maturity p. 12

Biofuels: An Ethical Framework Web Exclusive

Five principles should govern the ethical production of biofuels, according to a report released in April by the the U.K.-based think tank Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCB)

News Of The Week

Economic Woes Hit Chemical Makers p. 5

Finance: Observers fear the economic soft patch is looking more like another recession.

Layoffs Hit Argonne Lab p. 6

Federal Funding: Budget uncertainty forces staff cuts, fiscal review.

Nickel Unites Protons Rapidly p. 6

Catalysis: Synthetic complex can speed production of H2 by a factor of 10.

Devices Reveal Hidden Messages p. 7

Materials Science: Sensors' response to surface tension can also differentiate liquids.

Agrochemicals p. 7

EPA orders recall of herbicide suspected of damaging trees.

Pfizer Augments Academic Network p. 8

Collaboration: San Diego hosts the drugmaker’s latest partnership.

No Progress In Nitrate Cleanup Of Mississippi River p. 8

Water Pollution: Nitrate leaving the river's basin has increased 9% since 1980, according to new study.

Direct Routes To Off-Target Effects p. 9

Molecular Biology: Techniques pinpoint zinc finger nucleases' unintended genomic cuts.

Stroller Brigades p. 9

Families march for chemicals law reform.

Business

Earnings Survive Unstable Recovery pp. 18-20 (Member Content)

Chemical firms' second-quarter results show signs that demand is stagnating.

Pipeline Payoff Helps Pharma pp. 21-23 (Member Content)

Drug company first-half results were helped by new product launches and emerging-market sales.

Lighting The Way p. 24 (Member Content)

Former PerkinElmer unit Excelitas pledges to strengthen its ties to the instrumentation industry.

Business Concentrates pp. 16-17 (Member Content)

This Week Online

Method Could Resolve Nanosilver's Cloudy Toxicity Picture

Nanomaterials: Cloud point extraction could help distinguish between silver nanoparticles and silver ions.

Chip Singles Out Cells

Cellular Imaging: Microfluidic chip traps thousands of cells at once to help researchers catch a glimpse of rare cellular events.

Sweet Science Of Glucose

Blogger SeeArrOh points out a newly discovered role for the sugar that is more exotic: turning differentiated cells back into pluripotent stem cells.

Better Than Invisible Ink

A shiny, glasslike material holds a secret message that can be read only after wiping it with liquid.

Government & Policy

E15 Controversy pp. 26-27 (Member Content)

Proposed shift to higher ethanol-blended gasoline draws questions from industry, activist groups, and Congress.

Revisiting Grant Reviews p. 28 (Member Content)

Congress scrutinizes the merit process for awarding federal research grants.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 25 (Member Content)

ACS Comment

Networking For Life p. 38

ACS News

Council Preview p. 39

Division changes and petitions are on the agenda for the fall ACS national meeting in Denver.

Supporting Future Chemistry Teachers p. 39

Career & Employment

Quality Prospects pp. 40-43

Drug developers are bolstering their quality management teams in response to a more rigorous regulatory climate.

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Science & Technology

Body Borers pp. 32-35 (Member Content)

Two neglected diseases share similar parasites and suffer the same diagnostic and treatment problems.

Black-Box Chemistry pp. 36-37 (Member Content)

The ease of doing computational chemistry has theorists concerned about accuracy.

Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 30-31

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

Introducing C&EN Mobile p. 3

The Departments

Letters pp. 2-4

Newscripts p. 48

Backyard Gas, Crafty Chemistry

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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