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August 22, 2011 Issue

Volume 89, Issue 34

August 22, 2011 Issue, Vol. 89 | Iss. 34

Anesthesia’s Awakening

Chemistry informs the quest to understand anesthetics and make them better
By Carmen Drahl
Features
Government & Policy

Congress Stalls On Oil-Spill Response

Efforts to pass offshore drilling safety legislation have sputtered over the past year
Science & Technology

Unnaturally Productive

Companies advance development of protein drugs containing unnatural amino acids
Back Issues
 

News of the Week

Disease Protein’s Mistaken Identity

Biochemistry: Biologists thought α-synuclein was an unfolded monomer, but new research reveals a tetramer

Cargill Beefs Up Animal Nutrition

Feed Additives: Firm bests chemical maker DSM with deal for Provimi

Race And Federal Grants

Research: Black applicants have lower NIH funding success rates

A Revamped vancomycin

Medicinal Chemistry: Modified compound shows promise against hard-to-treat bacteria

Renewable Energy Two solar panel manufacturers shutter U.S. operations

Kicking The Coffee-Ring Habit

Fluid Mechanics: Shift in particle shape suppresses vexing effect

Pfizer Wards Off Viagra Challenge

Pharmaceuticals: Ruling protects exclusivity for blockbuster drug until 2019

ACS Wins $1 Million NSF Grant

Public Outreach: Funds will be used to communicate chemistry’s excitement and value to society

Protests Force Chemical Plant Closure In China

Environment: Authorities to shut independent aromatics producer
 

Departments


Business

Asia Advances Biosimilars

Companies in South Korea, China, and India are scrambling to market generic biopharmaceuticals

Codexis Undergoes Its Own Evolution

The firm is bringing its biocatalyst engineering to industrial processes beyond pharmaceuticals

Deals Dwindle

Chemical deal-making has hit a soft patch, though observers say it is probably only temporary

Cargill Beefs Up Animal Nutrition

Feed Additives: Firm bests chemical maker DSM with deal for Provimi

Pfizer Wards Off Viagra Challenge

Pharmaceuticals: Ruling protects exclusivity for blockbuster drug until 2019

Protests Force Chemical Plant Closure In China

Environment: Authorities to shut independent aromatics producer
Concentrates
  1. Ampac Fine Chemicals Signs Biodefense Deal
  2. Polymer Enables Synthetic Trachea
  3. Linde Receives Energy Department Grant
  4. Arkema And CJ Pick Methionine Site
  5. Roche Invests In Canadian Site
  6. Sunoco Sale Completes Exit From Chemicals
  7. Momentive Adds Proppant Capacity
  8. U.S. Imposes Sanctions On Belarusian Firms
  9. PPG Renews Zoo Commitment
  10. AstraZeneca, Heptares Huddle On GPCR
  11. Cytos Biotech Slashes Staff, Research
  12. Business Roundup
  13. Swedish Regulators Seek Drug Standards
  14. Chrysler, ZeaChem To Collaborate

ACS News

Helen Free Looks Back

Recently honored for helping develop diagnostic test strip technology, the vibrant chemist reflects on her career

Ensuring The Financial Sustainability And Growth Of ACS

Step Up And Speak Up For Science

Spring 2012 ACS National Meeting

Divisions issue calls for papers for the March 25–29 meeting in San Diego

ACS Wins $1 Million NSF Grant

Public Outreach: Funds will be used to communicate chemistry’s excitement and value to society

Government & Policy

Congress Stalls On Oil-Spill Response

Efforts to pass offshore drilling safety legislation have sputtered over the past year

British Chemists Are Fuming

U.K.’s main science funding body angers researchers over budget-tightening policies

Living With Radon

EPA’s efforts to save people from radioactivity in their homes have accomplished little

Race And Federal Grants

Research: Black applicants have lower NIH funding success rates

Renewable Energy Two solar panel manufacturers shutter U.S. operations

Concentrates
  1. NSF Launches Four Engineering Centers
  2. Carbon Monoxide Standards Retained
  3. NIH Moves Genomics Into Clinical Care
  4. Administration Pushes Biofuels Production
  5. Scientific Integrity Plans Make Headway

Science & Technology

Disease Protein’s Mistaken Identity

Biochemistry: Biologists thought α-synuclein was an unfolded monomer, but new research reveals a tetramer

Kicking The Coffee-Ring Habit

Fluid Mechanics: Shift in particle shape suppresses vexing effect

Unnaturally Productive

Companies advance development of protein drugs containing unnatural amino acids

Handheld IR In The Hangar

Boeing uses spectroscopy to monitor airplanes made of carbon-based composites

Electronic Skin

Ultrathin devices cling to skin like temporary tattoos

Anesthesia’s Awakening

Chemistry informs the quest to understand anesthetics and make them better

A Revamped vancomycin

Medicinal Chemistry: Modified compound shows promise against hard-to-treat bacteria
Concentrates
  1. Nanoelectrochemical Maps Make A Debut
  2. Nucleobases From Space
  3. Antibiotic Diversity Can Be Controlled On Multiple Levels
  4. Fukushima’s Drifting Isotopes Monitored
  5. Ginseng Compound Curbs Chemo Effects
  6. Molecular Gels Sport New Phase Transition
  7. Ocean Acidification’s Decalcifying Effects Explained In Detail
  8. Anomeric Study Reinterpreted

Newscripts

High-Tech Crop Circles, Rutherford’s Atomic Anniversary

Letters

Letters
  1. ‘What Kind Of Nation?’
  2. Obit For A Shuttle Program