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Volume 90, Issue 23
Volume 90, Issue 23
Sophisticated therapeutics based on nanotechnology make their way to the clinic
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June 4, 2012 Issue
Volume 90, Issue 23
June 4, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 23
Sophisticated therapeutics based on nanotechnology make their way to the clinic
(pp. 10-15)
Features
Science & Technology
Researchers investigate the clock’s chemistry and its role in obesity, heart disease, and fertility (pp. 30-32)
Career & Employment
Tough economy continued to suppress employment, 2011 graduates found, but median salaries were mostly up (pp. 36-38)
News of the Week
Sculpting With Biomolecules
Bionanotechnology: Researchers coax DNA, proteins into myriad new shapes
(p.5)Evonik Readies An IPO Again
Finance: Shares of the company are set to trade on the Frankfurt exchange by the end of June
(p.6)Lilly Helps Boost Biotech In Canada
Venture Funds: Drug firm joins others in supporting the country’s life sciences sector
(p.6)FDA User Fee Bills Sail
Government: Congress remains on track to finalize legislation by early summer
(p.7)Syngenta Settles Atrazine Suit
Swiss firm ends years of litigation with several midwestern community water systems
(p.7)Rise In Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Global release of 31.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2011 is a record, International Energy Agency says.
(p.8)Speedy Tool For Crystallography
Structural Biochemistry: Serial femtosecond crystallography achieves near-atomic resolution
(p.8)Departments
Business
Water treatment additives executive tells how the discipline of studying for a Ph.D. in chemistry made him a better CEO
(p.22)
Gevo and Butamax are locked in a competition to bring on capacity and cultivate markets for isobutyl alcohol
(pp. 18-19)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)
(pp. 16-17)- Big Saudi Project Advances
- Kuwaiti Government Probes Dow Deal
- Eastman Nears Close Of Solutia Purchase
- Union Strikes Canadian Railroad
- Grace To Acquire Chinese Catalysts Firm
- Solvay Opens R&D Center In India
- Lanxess Ups Polymers In Belgium, France
- Oxiteno Purchases Another Facility
- Siegfried Acquires Sterile-Filling Firm
- Takeda To Buy Brazil’s Multilab
- Bristol-Myers Forms Cancer R&D Network
- Biotech Incubator Opens In Scotland
- Roche Halts Supplies To Late EU Payers
- Business Roundup
ACS News
U.S. delegation reaches out to colleagues in Chengdu, Beijing, and Shanghai
(p.40)
Government & Policy
Commerce Department proposes tariff on imports of Chinese silicon photovoltaic panels
(p.26)
Federal officials look to regional, state, and local initiatives to spur job creation, economic development
(pp. 24-25)
The U.S. gets 70% of its electricity from fossil fuels and most of its pollution from old coal-fired power plants
(p.27)
Science & Technology
High-throughput probe of cell wall stiffness might point to new ways of fighting bacterial infections
(p.33)
Researchers investigate the clock’s chemistry and its role in obesity, heart disease, and fertility
(pp. 30-32)
Sophisticated therapeutics based on nanotechnology make their way to the clinic
(pp. 10-15)Career & Employment
Tough economy continued to suppress employment, 2011 graduates found, but median salaries were mostly up
(pp. 36-38)