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September 5, 2011 Cover
Volume 89, Issue 36
Volume 89, Issue 36
Irreversible inhibitors may provide unique benefits in drug development
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September 5, 2011 Issue
Volume 89, Issue 36
September 5, 2011 Issue, Vol. 89 | Iss. 36
Covalent Drugs Form Long-Lived Ties
Irreversible inhibitors may provide unique benefits in drug development
Features
Business,Business
Striving For Secure Supply
Custom manufacturers of controlled substances confront unique challenges in a drug market niche
Science & Technology
Water For Oil
Alberta’s oil sands are a vast energy resource, but tapping them comes at the expense of a lot of water
Science & Technology
Healing Viruses
Researchers take cancer-fighting viruses from bench to bedside
News of the Week
Chemists Convene In Denver
ACS Meeting News: ‘Chemistry of Air, Space & Water’ served as meeting theme
Pfizer Advances Its Pipeline
Drug Discovery: An approval and key late-stage data restore confidence in the firm’s R&D engine
U.S.-Backed Solar Panel Maker Folds
Bankruptcy: Solyndra got loan guarantee but can’t make a profit
Making Graphene More Useful
ACS Meeting News: Textbook reaction offers customized modification of carbon material’s properties
Politics House Republicans plan to continue antiregulation push
BioAmber’s Big Bet
Scale-up: Firm expands biobased succinic acid production with plan for facility in Ontario
Entrepreneurs Wanted
ACS Meeting News: Task force outlines path to 100,000 new chemistry jobs in 20 years
Dioxins More delays for EPA assessment of the chemical’s most hazardous form
Making Greener Flame Retardants
ACS Meeting News: Environmentally friendly films protect cotton and foam from flames and heat
Changeup Yields Indole Alkaloid
ACS Meeting News: Cyclization and nitrene insertion star in synthesis
From Dust To Snow
ACS Meeting News: Study of atmospheric dust may herald changes in weather and climate forecasting
Departments
Business
Striving For Secure Supply
Custom manufacturers of controlled substances confront unique challenges in a drug market niche
Waters Follows A Narrow Course
Scientific instrument maker vows to stick with the separations and analysis businesses it knows best
Proppant Progress
A workhorse for oil and gas extraction sees material advances amid growing demand
Pfizer Advances Its Pipeline
Drug Discovery: An approval and key late-stage data restore confidence in the firm’s R&D engine
BioAmber’s Big Bet
Scale-up: Firm expands biobased succinic acid production with plan for facility in Ontario
Concentrates
- Chemical Mergers Advance
- Merck Millipore Will Acquire Amnis
- Lanxess Oxide Helps London See Red
- Cyalume Purchases JFC Technologies
- Fareva To Buy Pfizer Consumer Goods Plant
- Sika Buys Brazilian Adhesives Maker
- Mitsui Changes Route To Isopropyl Alcohol
- Invista Resolves Butanediol Lawsuit
- UOP Builds Hawaii Biorefinery
- Business Roundup
- Biogen, Novo Tap Adimab Technology
- Evonik Expands Methyl Methacrylate
- DSM, Sinochem Seal Antibiotics Deal
- Merck Licenses Zymeworks Process
ACS News
Awards
Chemists Helping All Chemists
Chemists Convene In Denver
ACS Meeting News: ‘Chemistry of Air, Space & Water’ served as meeting theme
Changeup Yields Indole Alkaloid
ACS Meeting News: Cyclization and nitrene insertion star in synthesis
From Dust To Snow
ACS Meeting News: Study of atmospheric dust may herald changes in weather and climate forecasting
Entrepreneurs Wanted
ACS Meeting News: Task force outlines path to 100,000 new chemistry jobs in 20 years
Making Greener Flame Retardants
ACS Meeting News: Environmentally friendly films protect cotton and foam from flames and heat
Government & Policy
Senate To Revisit Patent Reform
Bipartisan effort targets overhaul of U.S. patent system
NIH Grants Show Racial Divide
Agency to investigate accessibility to mentoring programs, potential bias in peer review process
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Set Dubious Record
Yearly gain in carbon dioxide emissions for 2010 tops U.S. GDP growth for first time in more than two decades
U.S.-Backed Solar Panel Maker Folds
Bankruptcy: Solyndra got loan guarantee but can’t make a profit
Politics House Republicans plan to continue antiregulation push
Dioxins More delays for EPA assessment of the chemical’s most hazardous form
Education
A Whiff Of Chemistry
Camp helps blind teens study science by tapping into their other senses
Science & Technology
Making Graphene More Useful
ACS Meeting News: Textbook reaction offers customized modification of carbon material’s properties
Water For Oil
Alberta’s oil sands are a vast energy resource, but tapping them comes at the expense of a lot of water
Healing Viruses
Researchers take cancer-fighting viruses from bench to bedside
Covalent Drugs Form Long-Lived Ties
Irreversible inhibitors may provide unique benefits in drug development
Concentrates
- Polymers Shepherd RNA Drugs
- Chemists Build Biobased Resins From Vegetable Oil
- Metal Nanoparticles Can Be Used As Universal Probe For Many Imaging Methods
- Hydrophobically Modified Chitosan Latches Onto Blood Cells And Assembles Them Into A Gel
- Chromatographic Method Purifies Complex Magnetic Nanostructures
- Understanding Oil- Paint Brittleness
- Nitric Oxide-Emitting Nanomaterials Kill Microbes
- Isotope Ratio Analysis Traces Feedstock Fingerprints In Drug Syntheses