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"In the U.S., we're not so much addicted to oil; we are addicted to simple solutions and silver bullets."
SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON, PRESIDENT, RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTEp. 29

June 13, 2011

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Highlights

Cover Story

Building Small

Nanotechnology makes inroads in the construction industry. (pp. 12-17)

Education

Reforming Chinese Universities

Challenging China's education system is difficult, as one new institution and its leader are realizing. (pp. 36-37)

Career & Employment

Process Development Shines In Tough Times

Steady employment and a wide range of possible career paths make this sector attractive for chemical engineers interested in biotech. (pp. 41-44)

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News Of The Week

Robert Langer Named Priestley Medalist p. 7

ACS Awards: MIT chemical engineer is honored for his influential work.

Pfizer Expands R&D Network p. 8

Partnership: Eight Boston research institutions will form a third regional hub.

Picking Off Hydrogen p. 8

Organic Synthesis: Use of palladium catalyst yields aromatic molecules from aliphatic precursors.

Court Affirms Inventors' Rights p. 9

Intellectual Property: Majority strikes down university's claim of an inherent right to patents.

New Cracker For Appalachia p. 9

Shell's proposed facility will reverse a petrochemicals exodus from the region.

DNA Folding In Cell-Like Setting p. 10

Structural Biochemistry: G-quadruplex structure in crowded solution revealed.

Recognizing Service To ACS p. 10

University of Puerto Rico chemistry professor Ingrid Montes will receive the society's 2012 volunteer service award.

Business

Degrading Plastics pp. 20-21 (Member Content)

Makers of oxo-degradable additives say they are addressing the litter problem, but others aren't so sure.

Coal Evolution In China pp. 22-23 (Member Content)

Chemical production is highlighted at recent catalysis conference in China.

JSR Plans Ahead p. 25 (Member Content)

The firm aims to compete globally in rubber while developing cutting-edge materials.

Business Concentrates p. 19 (Member Content)

Education

Reforming Chinese Universities pp. 36-38

Challenging China's education system is difficult, as one new institution and its leader are realizing.

Chemists In Training p. 38

Nonprofit analytical chemistry lab Students 2 Science offers students an industrial experience. With Photo Gallery and Video

This Week Online

Fatty Acids In Red Wine Make It Taste Fruity

Food Chemistry: Compounds known to create undesirable smells in wine also boost an important flavor.

For Preschoolers, Food Is Primary Source of BPA Exposure

Toxic Substances: Scientists detect the endocrine disrupter in the food and urine of young children.

CENtral Science Blog: Hopes Rise For Potential Fragile X Drug

CENtral Science Blog: UC Irvine beefs up safety training for undergraduate inorganic laboratories

Government & Policy

Patent Validity Under Review pp. 27-28 (Member Content)

Drug industry fears Supreme Court may weaken patent protections.

Call For Clean Energy Innovation pp. 29-31 (Member Content)

Summit explores applications of high-performance computing to get more efficient energy use.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 26 (Member Content)

ACS Comment

Surveying The Two-Year College Chemistry Landscape p. 39 (Member Content)

Career & Employment

Process Development Shines In Tough Times pp. 41-44

Steady employment and a wide range of possible career paths make this sector attractive for chemical engineers interested in biotech.

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Science & Technology

Electrochromics Hit A Color Milestone pp. 34-35 (Member Content)

Spray-processable conducting polymers are now available in a full palette of colors.

Science & Technology Concentrates p. 33

Meetings

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

A Modest Proposal p. 3

The Departments

Letters pp. 4-6

Newscripts p. 48

Last Year's Top 10 New Species. With Video

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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