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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 TECHNOLOGY – p. 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)
Business
Turning Around Polyester Resin
(Member Content)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)
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)
- India’s Aditya Birla Buys U.S. Carbon Black Producer
- India’s Aditya Birla Group has agreed to acquire the Atlanta-based carbon black producer Columbian Chemicals...
- BorsodChem Snapped Up By China’s Wanhua
- Chinese polyurethane chemicals maker Wanhua has exercised an option that will give it control of the Hungarian...
- BASFCompletes Ecoflex Expansion
- BASF has completed a 60,000-metric-ton expansion of its Ecoflex plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany...
- PotashCorp To Restart U.S. Ammonia Plant
- Fertilizer maker PotashCorp will spend $158 million to restart its ammonia plant in Geismar, La.....
- Genzyme Chemical Unit Goes To ICIG
- Genzyme has agreed to sell its pharmaceutical intermediates business...
- Huntsman Will Build A FertilizerPlant
- Huntsman Corp. plans to construct a $40 million plant in Calais, France...
- Tessenderlo Sells Aromas Division
- Dutch chemical firm Tessenderlo has sold its esters and aroma products business to ...
- Valeant to acquire Swiss Generics Firm
- In a bid to strengthen its position in Central and Eastern Europe, Valeant Pharmaceuticals...
- Sigma-Aldrich Buys Standards Business
- Sigma-Aldrich has acquired Resource Technology Corp., based in Laramie, Wyo....
- Bayer Healthcare Makes Moves In India, U.S.
- Bayer HealthCare and India’s Zydus Cadila have formed a 50-50 pharmaceutical marketing and sales...
- Shell Exits Algae Venture With Cellana …
- Royal Dutch Shell has sold its interest in the algae fuel joint venture Cellana...
- … As Thai-Israeli Team Targets Algae
- Thailand’s PTT Chemical and Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev...
- Sanofi Cuts R&D In New Jersey
- Sanofi-Aventis is cutting 90 research positions at its Bridgewater, N.J., site...
- Business Roundup
- Solutia, Rockwood Holdings, Ferro, W.R. Grace, Toray Industries, VWR International, Segetis,Oxford BioMedica, BioFocus, Alexion Pharmaceuticals ...
2011 ACS National Award Winners pp. 38 - 43 (Member Content)
Recipients are honored for contributions of major significance to chemistry.
- Nobel Laureate Signature Award For Graduate Education In Chemistry
- ACS Award For Research At An Undergraduate Institution
- Roger Adams Award In Organic Chemistry
- Award For Volunteer Service To The American Chemical Society
- Glenn T. Seaborg Award For Nuclear Chemistry
- E. B. Hershberg Award For Important Discoveries In Medicinally Active Substances
- Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal
- Chemists Honored With NAS Awards
- New PMSE Fellows Chosen
- 2010 ACS PRF Grant Winners Announced
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)
- Multiple Errors Led To Goodyear Blast
- A maintenance mix-up led to a deadly accident at the Houston plant of Goodyear Tire & Rubber...
- Gas Drillers Might Have Violated Law
- A dozen natural-gas drilling companies possibly violated federal law by injecting more than 32 million gal of diesel...
- EPA Retains Limits On Carbon Monoxide
- EPA is proposing to keep the current national air-quality standards for carbon monoxide...
- Characterizing Inhaled Nanoparticles
- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published guidelines...
- USDA Ends Ban On Biotech Alfalfa
- USDA will allow unrestricted planting of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready alfalfa...
» more government & policy news...
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.
Social Networking And C&EN
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Science & Technology
Enabling Enzyme Studies pp. 28-30
(Member Content)Researchers unveil solutions to difficult problems at mechanisms conference.
Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 26-27 (Member Content)
- Sugar Rules For Protein Drugs
- Guidelines show protein-drug designers where they can install sugars to improve stability and pharmacokinetics
- Holey Metal Films Go Transparent
- Thin films coated with a light-absorbing dye and dotted with microscopic holes can unexpectedly appear transparent
- Meet The Ivyanes
- Chemists create a new family of hydrocarbons in which cyclopropane rings hang off the sides of carbon chains
- Iron Oxide Nanocubes Enhance MRI
- Colloidal synthesis leads to contrast agents for single-cell and other ultrasensitive clinical applications
- Directed Evolution Helps Build Protein Containers
- Chemists figure out how to engineer nature’s ministorage devices to stockpile more stuff
- Photocatalysts In A Snap
- Embedding light-harnessing metal complexes in a polymer makes versatile, recyclable catalysts
- Ultrasmall Metal Clusters Act Metallic
- Bucking prior theory, sodium clusters with as few as three atoms have metallic character analogous to bulk metals
- X-Ray Pulses Yield Biological Structures
- Femtosecond pulses from the new Linac Coherent Light Source produce high-quality diffraction data
» more science & technology news...
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
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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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