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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
By Lila Guterman
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
Back Issues
 

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
  1. Chemical Mergers Advance
  2. Merck Millipore Will Acquire Amnis
  3. Lanxess Oxide Helps London See Red
  4. Cyalume Purchases JFC Technologies
  5. Fareva To Buy Pfizer Consumer Goods Plant
  6. Sika Buys Brazilian Adhesives Maker
  7. Mitsui Changes Route To Isopropyl Alcohol
  8. Invista Resolves Butanediol Lawsuit
  9. UOP Builds Hawaii Biorefinery
  10. Business Roundup
  11. Biogen, Novo Tap Adimab Technology
  12. Evonik Expands Methyl Methacrylate
  13. DSM, Sinochem Seal Antibiotics Deal
  14. 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
Obituaries
  1. John Chateauneuf
  2. Agnes Varis
  3. John H. Marburger III
  4. Rodney D. Moss

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

Concentrates
  1. Army Quickens Pace Of Weapons Disposal
  2. Earthquake Triggers Nuclear Plant Review
  3. Vaccines Linked To Few Health Problems
  4. Space Station Future in Question
  5. Companies To ADD Engineering Interns

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
  1. Polymers Shepherd RNA Drugs
  2. Chemists Build Biobased Resins From Vegetable Oil
  3. Metal Nanoparticles Can Be Used As Universal Probe For Many Imaging Methods
  4. Hydrophobically Modified Chitosan Latches Onto Blood Cells And Assembles Them Into A Gel
  5. Chromatographic Method Purifies Complex Magnetic Nanostructures
  6. Understanding Oil- Paint Brittleness
  7. Nitric Oxide-Emitting Nanomaterials Kill Microbes
  8. Isotope Ratio Analysis Traces Feedstock Fingerprints In Drug Syntheses

Newscripts

Human Jell-O, Chemical Bananas, Iceberg Transport

Editor's Page

Climate Schizophrenia

Letters

Letters
  1. Cases Of Fraud
  2. ‘Preparing For Real-World Research’
  3. Sustaining World Resources