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"Some people seem to have gotten amnesia of Deepwater Horizon and the horrific BP spill. I don't have amnesia."
KENNETH L. SALAZAR, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORp. 31

August 22, 2011

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Highlights

Cover Story

Anesthesia's Awakening

Chemistry informs the quest to understand anesthetics and make them better. (pp. 13-20)

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Government & Policy

Congress Stalls On Oil-Spill Response(Member Content)

Efforts to pass offshore drilling safety legislation have sputtered over the past year. (pp. 31-33)

Science & Technology

Unnaturally Productive(Member Content)

Companies advance development of protein drugs containing unnatural amino acids. (pp. 40-42)

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News Of The Week

Disease Protein's Mistaken Identity p. 7

Biochemistry: Biologists thought α-synuclein was an unfolded monomer, but new research reveals a tetramer. With Video

Cargill Beefs Up Animal Nutrition p. 8

Feed Additives: Firm bests chemical maker DSM with deal for Provimi.

Race And Federal Grants p. 8

Research: Black applicants have lower NIH funding success rates.

A Revamped Vancomycin p. 9

Medicinal Chemistry: Modified compound shows promise against hard-to-treat bacteria.

Renewable Energy p. 9

Two solar panel manufacturers shutter U.S. operations.

Kicking The Coffee-Ring Habit p. 10

Fluid Mechanics: Shift in particle shape suppresses vexing effect. With Video

Pfizer Wards Off Viagra Challenge p. 10

Pharmaceuticals: Ruling protects exclusivity for blockbuster drug until 2019.

Protests Force Chemical Plant Closure In China p. 11

Environment: Authorities to shut independent aromatics producer.

ACS Wins $1 Million NSF Grant p. 11

Public Outreach: Funds will be used to communicate chemistry's excitement and value to society.

Business

Asia Advances Biosimilars pp. 24-25 (Member Content)

Companies in South Korea, China, and India are scrambling to market generic biopharmaceuticals.

Codexis Undergoes Its Own Evolution pp. 26-28 (Member Content)

The firm is bringing its biocatalyst engineering to industrial processes beyond pharmaceuticals.

Deals Dwindle p. 29 (Member Content)

Chemical deal-making has hit a soft patch, though observers say it is probably only temporary.

Business Concentrates pp. 22-23 (Member Content)

ACS News

Helen Free Looks Back pp. 50-52

Recently honored for helping develop diagnostic test strip technology, the vibrant chemist reflects on her career.

This Week Online

Mussels May Strong-Arm Nutrients In Great Lakes

Water Quality: Invasive mussels may disrupt phosphorus flow in Lake Huron.

ACS National Meeting Picks

Want the scoop on newsworthy sessions at the national meeting in Denver? Check out C&EN Picks.

Tadpoles Help Hunt For Better Anesthetics

To help discover new anesthetics with fewer side effects, researchers want to find the proteins that the drugs target.

Some Gulf Spill Hydrocarbons Remain Underwater

Workplace Safety: Soluble hydrocarbons dissolved in ocean, but questions of worker safety, and the fate of less soluble compounds debated.

Government & Policy

Congress Stalls On Oil-Spill Response pp. 31-33 (Member Content)

Efforts to pass offshore drilling safety legislation have sputtered over the past year.

Technology: Oil Firms Develop New Methods To Avoid Another BP Spill p. 32 (Member Content)

British Chemists Are Fuming pp. 34-35

U.K.'s main funding body angers researchers over budget-tightening policies.

Living With Radon p. 36 (Member Content)

Insights: EPA's efforts to save people from radioactivity in their homes have accomplished little.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 30 (Member Content)

ACS Comments

Ensuring The Financial Sustainability And Growth Of ACS p. 48

Step Up And Speak Up For Science p. 49

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Science & Technology

Unnaturally Productive pp. 40-42 (Member Content)

Companies advance development of protein drugs containing unnatural amino acids.

Handheld IR In The Hangar pp. 43-45 (Member Content)

Boeing uses spectroscopy to monitor airplanes made of carbon-based composites.

Heat Defense: Navy Uses IR To Assess Heat Damage To Planes p. 44 (Member Content)

Electronic Skin pp. 46-47 (Member Content)

Ultrathin devices cling to skin like temporary tattoos. With Video

Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 38-39

Meetings

Spring 2012 ACS National Meeting pp. 53-57 (Member Content)

Divisions issue calls for papers for the March 25–29 meeting in San Diego.

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. 5-6

Newscripts p. 64

High-Tech Crop Circles, Rutherford's Atomic Anniversary

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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