Silicones In Cosmetics
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"The challenge in being a good leader is in knowing when to double down on innovation investments."
STEPHANIE A. BURNS, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, DOW CORNING – p. 20
May 2, 2011
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Highlights
Cover Story
Storm Over Silicones
Some cosmetic ingredient makers defend cyclic methylsiloxanes as competitors tout substitutes. (pp. 10-13)
Business
From Lab Bench To Executive Suite (Member Content)
Palladium Medalist Stephanie Burns reflects on her path to the helm of Dow Corning. (pp. 20-22)
Science & Technology
Capturing CO2 (Member Content)
ACS Meeting News: Custom chemistry is yielding a broad selection of novel sorbents for the greenhouse gas. (pp. 30-32)
Table of Contents
News Of The Week
Detecting Misfolded Protein Aggregates p. 5
Biochemistry: Assay might aid early disease diagnosis.
Patent Office Delays Reforms p. 6
Intellectual Property: Budget cuts stall plan for fast-track application process.
Microrockets Take Off p. 6
Diagnostics: Tiny motors capture cancer cells and DNA from biological fluids.
Pricing Boosts Chemical Earnings p. 7
First quarter: Strong demand helps firms stay far ahead of rising costs.
Regulatory Reform For Kids p. 7
Pediatricians call for substantial revision of U.S. chemicals regulation to better protect children's health.
OCI Bets On Polysilicon p. 8
Investment: South Korean firm will build world's largest plant for the ubiquitous material.
Clean Energy For The Military p. 8
Government: Energy, Defense Departments aim to develop fossil-fuel alternatives.
Friedel-Crafts Takes A New Gig p. 9
Organic Synthesis: Silane-fueled, proton-catalyzed strategy extends carbon-carbon coupling.
Doctoral Program Rankings, Take Two p. 9
Graduate Schools: National Research Council releases revised Ph.D. program assessment.
Business
A Market Grows, Block By Block pp. 16-18 (Member Content)
Pharmaceutical building-block business attracts firms from across the globe.
From Lab Bench To Executive Suite pp. 20-22 (Member Content)
Palladium Medalist Stephanie Burns reflects on her path to the helm of Dow Corning.
Robert D. Hansen: Company Veteran Is Burns's New Number Two p. 22 (Member Content)
Amgen's Outlook p. 23 (Member Content)
The big biotech firm specifies how it will expand through 2015.
Business Concentrates pp. 14-15 (Member Content)
- Momentive Files For IPO
- Momentive Performance Materials has filed for an $862.5 million initial public offering (IPO) of stock...
- Momentive To Expand Siloxanes In China
- Momentive Performance Materials and its joint venture partner Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group plan to spend $65 million to triple...
- SABIC And Partners Slate Acrylonitrile
- Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), Asahi Kasei, and Mitsubishi Corp. are forming a joint venture that intends to build an acrylonitrile plant...
- BASF Will Buy Inge For Ultrafiltration
- BASF will acquire Inge Watertechnologies, a German manufacturer of ultrafiltration membranes...
- Sodium Cyanide Set By Cyanco And Ascend
- Cyanco Holding has signed an agreement with Ascend Performance Materials under which it will build a...
- Air Products Expands Electronics Facility
- Air Products & Chemicals is expanding its electronic materials development and production facility in Carlsbad, Calif....
- Kirin Chemical Unit Going To Mitsui
- Japanese trading firm Mitsui & Co. has agreed to acquire the chemical and pharmaceutical business of Mercian...
- Valent Will Build Fermentation Plant
- Valent BioSciences plans to build a $150 million fermentation facility in Osage, Iowa...
- Kuraray Supplies Solar Power Lenses
- Kuraray will supply California-based Amonix with lenses to concentrate solar light and direct it into photovoltaic panels...
- Caliber Is Launched As Vaccine Company
- A new company, Caliber Biotherapeutics, has opened a facility in Bryan-College Station, Texas, that makes pharmaceuticals grown in plants...
- Lilly And Medtronic In Parkinson’s Pact
- Eli Lilly & Co. has joined with Minneapolis-based device maker Medtronic to deliver a neurotrophic-factor-based therapy...
- Mitsubishi Targets Biobased Chemicals
- Japan’s Mitsubishi Chemical is partnering with two biobased chemical start-ups...
- Life Technologies Opens Grand Challenge
- Life Technologies has launched the Life Grand Challenges competition to improve the performance of its semiconductor-based Ion Personal Genome Machine sequencer...
- Business Roundup
- Chemtrade Logistics, Total’s, Air Liquide, Avantor Performance Materials, Cytec Industries, Clariant, Applied Biology, Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Shanghai Pharmaceutical ...
Books
Of Culture And Chemistry pp. 35-36
Examining how knowledge of the elements has become part of the cultural fabric the world over.
This Week Online
A Strand Of Hair Tells Tales Of Cocaine Use
Analytical Forensics: Mass spectrometric imaging reveals drug-use history.
Amgen Minimizes Biosimilars Threat
Sustainable Packaging Pairs With Detergent
Environmental Disturbances' Unexpected Beauty
Government & Policy
U.S. Nanotech At A Crossroads pp. 26-27 (Member Content)
Future support and reauthorization of a decade-old federal program remain uncertain.
Government & Policy Concentrates p. 25 (Member Content)
- NIH Creates Database Of Approved Drugs
- The NIH Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC) has built a comprehensive collection of clinically approved small-molecule drugs that could help jump-start development of treatments for...
- Progress Made On Integrity Policies
- Federal agencies are making progress in writing new policies on scientific integrity...
- Industry Challenges Railroad Hazmat Plan
- Three industry trade groups are asking federal regulators to block freight railroads from implementing new safety requirements...
- Defense Awards $191 Million For R&D
- The Department of Defense has issued 27 awards to academic institutions for basic research totaling $191 million over five years...
- Delay In Boiler Regulations Sought
- The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and 17 other industry groups petitioned EPA last week to delay implementation of new emissions standards...
» more government & policy news...
Education
Math For Chemists pp. 33-34
Math methods courses let professors teach chemistry in greater depth.
Meetings
2011 C&EN Calendar Web Exclusive
C&EN's latest list of meetings and events of interest to those in the chemical community.
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Science & Technology
Capturing CO2 pp. 30-32(Member Content)
ACS Meeting News: Custom chemistry is yielding a broad selection of novel sorbents for the greenhouse gas.
Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 28-29
- Iceland Ash Did Pose Hazard
- Analysis of particles supports aviation officials’ decision to ground flights after last year’s volcanic eruption
- Extraction Captures Elusive Metabolites
- In vivo solid-phase microextraction uses a hypodermic fiber to obtain a more complete picture of the metabolome
- Going Anhydrous Modifies TEMPO-H
- A water-free version of the popular reagent for supplying hydrogen atoms is more stable and leads to modified reactivity
- Nanotubes Improve Transistor Performance
- Low-voltage transistors incorporating carbon nanotubes could make large OLED display screens a practical possibility
- Nanoparticles Stymie Peptide Aggregation
- Although some nanoparticles trigger amyloid-β peptide aggregation, scientists find smaller ones can inhibit the process
- Defluorinase Reaction Mechanism Mapped Out
- Biochemists capture the first detailed molecular view of the biocatalytic activity of rare enzymes that break C–F bonds
- Sweet Treat Leads To Stinky Predation
- Moth caterpillars that munch sugary leaves produce poop that invites predator ants to come have a feast
- Pairing Drugs Kills Pathogens
- Nonantibiotics such as Imodium and Antabuse can soup up the potency of weak antibiotics such as minocycline
» more science & technology news...
Editor's Page
Another Kind Of Landscape p. 3
The Departments
Letters pp. 2-4
Newscripts p. 40
Llama Antibodies, Arsenic Sea Monkeys
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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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