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"In our hearts we care about the poor, but in our actions, we don't."
DANIEL G. NOCERA, CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYp. 3

February 7, 2011

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Highlights

Cover Story

Atmospheric Monitoring

Recent field campaigns in California and Mexico brought together a plethora of scientists and techniques to analyze air quality and chemistry. (pp. 11-15)

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Business

Turning Around Polyester Resin

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Polyethylene terephthalate producers hope consolidation will improve the market. (pp. 18-19)

Education

Bringing Science To The Citizens

Intensive new program introduces Bard College freshmen to how science works. (pp. 32-33)

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Table of Contents

Cover Story

Monitoring The Skies pp. 11-15

Field campaigns target the chemistry behind air quality and climate.

Destined For Orbit: Satellite Will Eye Earth's Aerosols p. 13

Instrumentation: Aerodyne Spectrometers Ease Particle Research p. 14

News Of The Week

Pfizer Reveals More R&D Cuts p. 5

Pharma Jobs: Firm will close its Sandwich, England, site and exit several research areas.

Peeling Away Nanosheets p. 6

Materials Science: Liquid exfoliation enhances materials' properties.

Changing Course On Perchlorate p. 6

Regulation: EPA will set drinking water standards for the rocket-fuel chemical.

Celebrating Chemistry p. 7

Solutions: International Year of Chemistry panel mulls 21st-century challenges.

Cytec Sells Basics Unit To Private Equity Firm p. 7

Acquisition: H.I.G. Capital adds another chemical business to its portfolio.

Linking Lomaiviticin p. 8

Organic Synthesis: Extensive search reveals metal complex that makes natural product's crowded bond.

Oil Dispersants Persist In The Deep p. 8

Gulf Spill: Researchers find that an anionic surfactant lingers months after its use in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Exploring Safer Processes p. 9

Plant Security: National Research Council will examine alternative chemical manufacturing techniques.

Scientific Integrity p. 9

Interior Department is first to implement White House policy.

Business

Turning Around Polyester Resin pp. 18-19 (Member Content)

Polyethylene terephthalate producers hope consolidation will improve the market.

A Clean Break p. 20 (Member Content)

Home care ingredients industry regains its stride after the recession.

Business Concentrates pp. 16-17 (Member Content)

2011 ACS National Award Winners pp. 38 - 43 (Member Content)

Recipients are honored for contributions of major significance to chemistry.

This Week Online

Government & Policy

Valuing Lives Saved pp. 23-24 (Member Content)

EPA changing method for estimating health benefits of its regulations.

Spill Commission Goes To Congress pp. 24-25 (Member Content)

Senators voice support, criticism for Gulf oil spill report and indicate legislation is likely.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 22 (Member Content)

ACS Comment

Advancing A More Diverse Profession p. 36

(Member Content)

Education

Bringing Science To The Citizens pp. 32-33

Intensive new program introduces Bard College freshmen to how science works.

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Science & Technology

Enabling Enzyme Studies pp. 28-30

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Researchers unveil solutions to difficult problems 
at mechanisms conference.

Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 26-27 (Member Content)

Books

On Intellectual Property pp. 34-35

With history as a guide, book argues for less stringent patents and copyrights.

Meetings

Central Regional Meeting Call For Papers p. 43 (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.

Editor's Page

Population And Sustainability p. 3

The Departments

Letters p. 4

Newscripts p. 48

A Historical Tribute To The Unhistoric

C&EN Archives

C&EN Archives

Now the history of the chemical enterprise is instantly accessible online. C&EN Archives holds the complete collection of C&EN issues dated back from 1923, covering world chemical events, breakthroughs in research, technological advances, business and marketing ventures, government policy, career and education trends, and ACS milestones. With more than 500,000 pages of content, C&EN Archives is instantly accessible and fully searchable, allowing you to discover how the chemical enterprise developed into what it is today.

Head here to discover the past via the C&EN Archives, go to http://pubs.acs.org/cen-archives

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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