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"We find ourselves as a country in a very embarrassing position where we have the lowest recycling rates of commodities versus other parts of the world, both developed and undeveloped nations."
DENNIS SABOURIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PET CONTAINER RESOURCESp. 30

September 19, 2011

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Highlights

Cover Story

Breaking In The New

Developers of new polymers are trying to avoid the hazards that have made success difficult for many of their predecessors. (pp. 10-14)

Government & Policy

Changes Ahead For Old Power Plants(Member Content)

Coal-fired electrical power plants face an uncertain future. (pp. 22-23)

Science & Technology

A New Life for Soda Bottles(Member Content)

ACS Meeting News: Symposium explores the benefits and challenges of recycling PET. (pp. 30-32)

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News Of The Week

Solyndra Hearing Cranks The Heat p. 5

Bankruptcy: House blasts federal support of failed solar manufacturer.

Congress Revamps Patent System p. 6

Innovation: Revised law gives patent office more control over its funding.

Diamond Illumines Carbon Cycling p. 6

Geological Sciences: Preserved mineral inclusions yield new insights on deep-mantle geologic processes.

Reimagining Life's Chemical Engines p. 7

Biochemistry: Damaged DNA building block hints at the origins of life's redox catalysts.

Stopgap Government Funding p. 7

With no final fiscal 2012 budget in sight, Congress moves toward a short-term measure.

Nanotech Drug Firm Debuts p. 8

Alliance: Charitable mission underlies U.K., Russian business.

Unclick Chemistry p. 8

Mechanochemistry: Ultrasound tugs on triazole to trigger cycloreversion reaction.

Extreme Photoswitching p. 9

Microscopy: Fluorescent proteins that turn on and off many more times than usual improve superresolution methods.

Sasol's Cajun Country Ventures p. 9

South African firm plans to add a multi-billion-dollar gas-to-liquids plant in Louisiana.

Business

Making Aromatics In Singapore pp. 18-19 (Member Content)

Global consortium is building one of the world's largest p-xylene plants in the city-state.

C&EN Talks With Rodney Banks p. 20 (Member Content)

Perkin Medal winner says tinkering led to advances in water treatment.

Business Concentrates pp. 16-17 (Member Content)

  • Novartis Unveils Growth Strategy
  • Novartis has joined the ranks of other large pharmaceutical firms, such as Sanofi, in recently announcing growth and cost-saving plans...
  • DuPont Wins Large Aramid Jury Award
  • A jury in Richmond, Va., has awarded DuPont $919.9 million in its aramid fiber trade secret suit against South Korean fiber maker Kolon Industries...
  • Chevron Phillips Shuts Venture, Joins Refining Unit
  • Phillips Sumika Polypropylene, a joint venture between Chevron Phillips Chemical and Sumitomo Chemical, plans to wind down operations...
  • Polymer Venture Selects BioAmber
  • PTTMCC Biochem, a joint venture between Mitsubishi Chemical and PTT that is building a polybutylene succinate (PBS) plant at the Map Ta Phut site in Thailand...
  • Judge Dismisses Greenpeace Suit
  • U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer has dismissed Greenpeace’s lawsuit against Dow Chemical, Sasol, the public relations firms Ketchum Inc. and Dezenhall Resources...
  • Clariant Installs Recycling System
  • Clariant has inaugurated a plant to recycle propylene glycol deicer fluids at Oslo International Airport...
  • GE Launches Imaging Company
  • GE Healthcare has created Research Circle Technology, a company that will support the development of metabolic imaging and other disease detection technologies...
  • Merck Serono Plans Lab In China
  • Merck Serono is setting up its China R&D lab within the site of Pharmaron’s new campus...
  • BASF’s Cellasto Turns 50
  • BASF is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Cellasto, a microcellular polyurethane elastomer used in automotive spring elements...
  • Seattle Genetics Signs U.K. Partner
  • Seattle Genetics and Oxford BioTherapeutics will jointly discover antibody-drug conjugates for cancer...
  • Bruker To Acquire Tribology Company
  • Bruker has agreed to acquire Center for Tribology (CETR), a privately held firm located in Campbell, Calif....
  • Tensha Gets Funding To Advance Projects
  • Tensha Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based epigenetics start-up, has gotten $15 million from HealthCare Venture...
  • Business Roundup
  • Air Products & Chemicals, Eastman Chemical, Evonik Industries, Huntsman Corp., Merck & Co., BGI, Silence Therapeutics, InteRNA Technologies, Pfizer...

Education

Reengineering The Undergrad Lab pp. 34-35

ACS Meeting News: Thymine polymer project at Simmons College helps integrate lab instruction and research.

This Week Online

Giant Petri Dishes Promote Movie

Check out a video about the petri dish posters on C&EN's Newscripts blog.

Oil Is Oil, Even In The Arctic

Oil Toxicity: Arctic marine species are no more sensitive to crude oil than temperate species are.

Nanomedicines Stick To Cellulose

Nanoparticle Safety: Excreted nanoparticles containing drugs could pose a threat in the environment.

Device Tests Toxic Waters

Pollution: Genetically engineered bacteria could allow cheap detection of water contaminants.

Government & Policy

Changes Ahead For Old Power Plants pp. 22-23 (Member Content)

Coal-fired electrical power plants face an uncertain future.

Pesticides And Endangered Species pp. 24-25 (Member Content)

ACS Meeting News: Litigation hobbles already beleaguered federal agencies.

Legal Action: Lawsuits Force EPA Reaction p. 25 (Member Content)

Prioritizing Chemicals pp. 26-27 (Member Content)

EPA explains how it will select set of substances for assessment, possible regulation.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 21 (Member Content)

  • BP, Contractors Blamed For Gulf Oil Spill
  • An inadequate cementing job to temporarily cap the Macondo oil and gas well and a series of failures to recognize the impact of such inadequacies led to the largest oil spill in U.S. history...
  • EPA Lacks Data On Drugs In Water
  • EPA should form a working group to coordinate interagency research on pharmaceuticals in drinking water, a report from the Government Accountability Office recommends...
  • White House Asked To Release Chemicals List
  • The White House is under pressure from two Democratic senators to release a list of chemicals EPA says could endanger human health or the environment...
  • NSF Awards Materials Teams And Centers
  • NSF announced that it plans to invest some $150 million in 12 teams and centers as part of its Materials Research Science & Engineering Centers program....
  • New Rocket Design Unveiled By NASA
  • NASA rolled out the design for its new Space Launch System last week. The plans were much anticipated by Congress and mark the start of NASA’s...

ACS News

Scenes From The ACS Meeting In Denver pp. 36-37

Awards

Herman Frasch Grant Competition Opens p. 41 (Member Content)

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Science & Technology

A New Life for Soda Bottles pp. 30-32 (Member Content)

ACS Meeting News: Symposium explores the benefits and challenges of recycling PET.

Holding The Line On Weight Loss p. 33 (Member Content)

ACS Meeting News: Protein and fat supplements help mountaineers reduce unwanted muscle and weight loss.

Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 28-29

Editor's Page

A Realistic Look At Energy p. 3

Meetings

67th Southwest Regional Meeting p. 38-39 (Member Content)

2011 Joint Midwest/Great Lakes Regional Meeting pp. 40-41 (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.

The Departments

Letters pp. 2-4

Newscripts p. 48

Elemental Manhattan, Giant Rats Take East Africa

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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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