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"We used to tell students that, if you take an advanced degree in chemistry, your career will be secure. That's not true anymore."
RONALD BRESLOW, UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYp. 3

September 26, 2011

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Highlights

Cover Story

Getting The Steel Out

Automakers push ahead on energy-saving carbon fiber composites despite questions of economic viability. (pp. 10-14)

Government & Policy

New Life For Free‑Trade Deals(Member Content)

Republicans, Democrats may come together to pass a trio of long-delayed agreements. (pp. 23-25)

Science & Technology

Personalizing Nanomedicine(Member Content)

Researchers strive to tailor patient care by developing nanoparticles called theranostics that can simultaneously monitor and treat disease. (pp. 29-32)

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News Of The Week

Pitcher Plant Inspires Super Slippery Surface p. 5

Materials Science: Omniphobic material mimics carnivorous plant’s slick surface structure.

Ireland Beckons Biotech Business p. 6

Pharmaceuticals: Investments and mergers have Irish eyes smiling.

Dow Funds 2012 Chemistry Olympiad p. 7

Philanthropy: Firm pledges $2.5 million to help ACS host next year’s international competition.

Moving From Lab To Market p. 7

Technology Transfer: President Obama unveils initiatives to encourage, support commercialization.

Scientist Admits Trade Secret Theft p. 7

Industrial Espionage: Plea deal, if accepted by court, will avoid a trial for former Dow researcher.

Protests Flare At Chinese Solar Plant p. 8

Environment: Water contamination infuriates nearby residents.

Lowering The Brain's Drawbridge p. 8

Drug Delivery: New technique shepherds large molecules across the blood-brain barrier in mice.

Longest Synthetic Oligosialic Acids p. 9

Carbohydrate Chemistry: Achievement could aid design of antibacterial vaccines.

EPA Stalls On CO2 Rules p. 9

Greenhouse Gas: Agency puts off proposal to cut power plant emissions.

Business

Making The Most Of Changes In Printing pp. 18-19 (Member Content)

New pigment chemistry is a boon for Cabot and a Massachusetts town.

The Public Wins In Dalian pp. 20-21 (Member Content)

Spontaneous protests lead to closure of a Chinese petrochemical facility.

Business Concentrates pp. 16-17 (Member Content)

ACS News

IYC Profile: Mauritius p. 38

In deepwater dives, Daniel Marie hunts for bioactive compounds to treat diseases such as cancer.

This Week Online

Seeing Inside Tears

Biomedical Assay: Using a microfluidic chip, a new method analyzes proteins in tears.

Clothing Sheds Microplastics Into Sea

Water Pollution: Washing synthetic fabrics may be a major source of plastic particles in the oceans.

Dow CEO Talks Manufacturing

C&EN Senior Editor Alex Tullo analyzes comments Liveris made recently on CNN, noting that the executive seems to have backed away from government incentives.

Cultural Conservation Conference Coverage

C&EN Senior Editor Sarah Everts reports that researchers are looking to replace formaldehyde in preserving animal specimens.

Government & Policy

New Life For Free‑Trade Deals pp. 23-25 (Member Content)

Republicans, Democrats may come together to pass a trio of long-delayed agreements.

Academic Freedom Challenged p. 26 (Member Content)

Judge to decide whether climate researcher can argue for protection of his documents.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 22 (Member Content)

  • OECD Report Links Innovation And Growth
  • Technological innovation is increasingly critical for nations that are struggling to recover from the current financial crisis, according to the latest analysis from...
  • House Bill Would Delay Boiler Rule
  • The House of Representatives’ Energy & Commerce Committee voted 36-14 to approve legislation that would give EPA more time to set new emissions standards for industrial boilers...
  • Chemistry Teams Win Innovation Grants
  • NIH announced 79 awards totaling $143.8 million that support innovative ways to advance biomedical research. The grants are part of three programs...
  • China, India Lead The Energy Pack
  • Worldwide energy consumption will grow by 53% from 2008 to 2035, mostly driven by economic growth in developing countries, particularly China and India....
  • Emerging Pollutants Named In Great Lakes
  • Synthetic musk fragrances—which are used in personal care and cleaning products—and pharmaceuticals are among the eight classes of chemicals that are emerging contaminants...

Awards

p. 39 (Member Content)

Obituaries

pp. 41-42 (Member Content)

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Science & Technology

Personalizing Nanomedicine pp. 29-32 (Member Content)

Researchers strive to tailor patient care by developing nanoparticles called theranostics that can simultaneously monitor and treat disease.

Golden Year for Inorganic Chemistry pp. 33-35 (Member Content)

ACS Meeting News: Inorganic Chemistry turns 50, giving inorganic chemists a reason to pause and celebrate.

Voices Of Inorganic Chemistry pp. 33-35 (Member Content)

Analyzing Nuclear Processes pp. 36-37 (Member Content)

ACS Meeting News: Analytical chemists devise ways to watch radioactive streams.

Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 27-28

Editor's Page

Changing Pharma Paradigms p. 3

Meetings

43rd Western Regional Meeting 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.

The Departments

Letters pp. 2, 4

Newscripts p. 48

Fried Bubblegum, Poultry Plastic

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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