Life After The Consumer
Quote of the Week
"The audacity and arrogance to play political games with the safety of our food sickens me."
REP. JOHN D. DINGELL (D-MICH.) – p. 34
August 1, 2011
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Highlights
Cover Story
Taking It Back
Material makers will have to adapt to help consumer goods firms fulfill product stewardship goals. (pp. 13-17)
» Guidelines for recyclable electronics and packaging
Business
BASF Comes To Town (Member Content)
German firm launches charm offensive in China in face of protests over polyurethane project. (pp. 20-22)
Science & Technology
Making Films One Layer At A Time
Applications of atomic layer deposition now extend well beyond electronics. (pp. 38-40)
Table of Contents
News Of The Week
Sadara Chemical Venture To Rise p. 7
Joint Venture: Construction of $20 billion Dow, Saudi Aramco megaproject is set to begin.
Fukushima Plant Reaching Stability p. 8
Nuclear Accident: Progress in containing damage means a cold shutdown could happen early next year
Detour Takes CO2 To Methanol p. 8
Sustainable Chemistry: Alternative syntheses open a door to more efficient industrial processes.
Sighting Signaling p. 9
Biochemistry: Collaboration enables the first view of a receptor with its G protein.
Stem Cells p. 9
NIH welcomes dismissal of lawsuit that would stop funding of research.
Single Atoms Mediate Reaction p. 10
Catalysis: Isolated platinum atoms remain stable and active in oxidations.
Acid-To-Base Transmutation p. 10
Inorganic chemistry: First stable metal-free borylene adduct could aid catalyst design.
Earnings Strength Continues p. 11
Second quarter: Demand, pricing power benefit chemical firms.
Building A "String Of Pearls" p. 11
Bristol-Myers Squibb will add Amira Pharmaceuticals to its list of acquisitions.
Business
BASF Comes To Town pp. 20-22 (Member Content)
German firm launches charm offensive in China in face of protests over polyurethane project.
Behind The Surge pp. 23-25 (Member Content)
A swell in FDA approvals has many wondering whether the drug industry has finally gotten better at R&D.
Seeking Efficiency pp. 26-27 (Member Content)
Energy-saving projects are especially valued by Europe's chemical industry.
Business Concentrates pp. 18-19 (Member Content)
- Braskem Acquiring Dow’s Polypropylene Business
- Dow Chemical is selling its global polypropylene business to the Brazilian firm Braskem for a total of $340 million...
- Oxy Plans Chlorine At Dupont TiO2 Plant
- Occidental Chemical plans to build a chlor-alkali facility adjacent to DuPont’s titanium dioxide plant...
- DuPont Buys Solar Ink Firm Innovalight
- DuPont has acquired Silicon Valley start-up Innovalight, a maker of silicon inks...
- AkzoNobel to add china Surfactants
- AkzoNobel is acquiring Boxing Oleochemicals, a Chinese firm that Akzo calls the leading supplier of...
- New Venture Targets NonChrome Pigments
- Crosslink and Wayne Pigment have formed a joint venture to commercialize hexavalent chromium-free corrosion inhibitors...
- Gevo, South Hampton Slate Demo Facility
- Gevo, a renewable chemicals and biofuels company, will work with South Hampton Resources...
- Merck, Solvay Invest In Photovoltaics
- Merck KGaA and Solvay are making new investments in plastic electronics. Merck and Nano-C,...
- Tessenderlo Sells U.S. Vinyls Unit
- Belgian chemical firm Tessenderlo has sold its Chelsea Building Products subsidiary to the private equity firm...
- FDA Accuses Cetero Of Falsifying Data
- FDA has sent a letter to Cetero Research informing the firm of “objectionable conditions” observed at its...
- Bayer Licenses Trius Antibiotic
- Bayer Pharma will pay Trius Therapeutics $25 million up front for regional rights to torezolid...
- BASF Will Double Plasticizer Output
- BASF plans to double capacity for Hexamoll DINCH, a phthalate-free plasticizer...
- Drug Delivery Links Zcube To CalTech …
- Zcube, the research venture arm of Italy’s Zambon, will work with Caltech to develop skin patches...
- … And Alnylam To MIT
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and MIT have developed new nanoparticles for the systemic delivery of RNAi therapeutics...
- Business Roundup
- DSM, FMC, Cabot, Solutia, Lubrizol, BASF, Baxter International, Amyris, Merck & Co....
Books
Radioactivity Research: A History pp. 45-46
A look at the early exploration of a phenomenon with direct bearing on chemistry.
This Week Online
Cell Phone Counts Cells
Medical Diagnostics: With a simple attachment, a cell phone can run diagnostic tests for diseases such as cancer.
Furniture Linked To PBDE Levels In People
Toxic Substances: Women with more stuffed furniture had higher blood levels of the flame retardants.
Could Water Costs Sink Algae?
Someday green algal slime could synthesize biodiesel used to power vehicles. But today's technology requires seven times more energy to pump and transport water around algae-growing plants than those facilities can produce, according to a recent study.
Government & Policy
Credibility On The Line pp. 31-33 (Member Content)
EPA's chemical hazard assessment program remains under scrutiny.
Food Safety Efforts In Limbo pp. 34-35 (Member Content)
FDA meets early deadlines, but House budget cuts put future mandates in question.
Government & Policy Concentrates p. 30 (Member Content)
- EPA Program To Protect Children Falls Short
- EPA’s program for evaluating the risks of chemicals to children has failed to accomplish its goals because it relied on...
- Democrats Rebut NSF Waste Report
- The Democratic staff of the House of Representatives Science, Space & Technology Committee has issued an analysis of spending by NSF...
- DHS Scraps Radiation-Monitoring Program
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has decided to terminate its troubled advanced spectroscopic portal (ASP) radiation detection...
- Canada To Ban Four Chemical Classes
- Canada plans to take out of commerce four classes of chemicals because of environmental concerns...
- Patent Office, China Deepen Cooperation
- The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) and the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government in the People’s Republic of China...
» more government & policy news...
ACS Comment
Join The ACS Strategy Conversation p. 47 (Member Content)
ACS News
ACS Joins Japan's Relief Effort p. 48
Carolyn Bertozzi Named Kavli Lecturer p. 48
Official Reports From The June ACS Board Of Directors Meeting Web Exclusive
Awards
pp. 49-50 (Member Content)
- Lemelson-MIT Prize To John Rogers
- Dale Boger Selected As Portoghese Lecturer
- Herr Receives Young Investigator Award
- Judith Lachvayder Honored For High School Teaching
- David Williams Named Outstanding Teacher
- Physical Chemistry Awards Announced
- Justin Hasford Garners Middlekauf Award
- Izatt-Christensen Award To Andrew Hamilton
- ACS Petroleum Division Honors Chunshan Song
- Aaron Wheeler Wins Young Innovator Award
- Solid-State Fellowship To Amy Prieto
- Michigan Green Chemistry Award Available
- National Chemical Technician Award Seeks Applicants
Science & Technology
Making Films One Layer At A Time pp. 40-43
Applications of atomic layer deposition now extend well beyond electronics. With Videos
Rethinking Deinking pp. 42-44 (Member Content)
Climb in digital printing puts pressure on paper recycling.
Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 36-37
- Prion’s Multiple Roles
- An electrochemical study suggests one of prion protein’s normal roles may be copper-driven cellular signaling
- New Route To Elusive Perbromate Unveiled
- Smooth synthesis of BrO4– has confounded chemists for generations, but a newfound approach offers a better option
- Water Sentenced To Solitary Confinement In A Carbon Cage
- Japanese researchers have managed to capture a lone water molecule inside a C60 fullerene cage
- Archaea May Be Key Nitrous Oxide Source
- The single-celled organisms, rather than bacteria, appear to make large quantities of the ozone-destroying greenhouse gas
- Injectable Polymer Fixes Tissue Defects
- Rather than grafting tissue or using a molded plastic implant, a light-cured liquid polymer gets the job done
- Fluorescent Labels Color Code RNA
- Genetically encoded labels, previously available only for tagging proteins, are now possible for RNAs
- Imaging Agents Form Toxic Products
- Iodinated chemicals used as contrast agents produce toxic compounds in drinking water treated with disinfectants
- A Double Dose Of Crystal-To-Crystal Transformations
- Rhodium complexes go through two nonreversible solid-state ligand-exchange reactions without loss of crystallinity
» more science & technology news...
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
Recycler At Heart p. 3
The Departments
Letters pp. 4-5
Newscripts p. 56
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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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