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September 12, 2011 Issue

Volume 89, Issue 37

September 12, 2011 Issue, Vol. 89 | Iss. 37

High School Science

C&EN examines the impact of dedicated teachers and volunteers, as well as revisions to AP chemistry
By Sophie L. Rovner
Features
Business

Peripheral Advances

Chemical companies are experimenting with cutting-edge add-ons to their information technology hubs
ACS News

ACS Elections Candidates’ Election Statements And Backgrounds

Back Issues
 

Cover Story: High School Science

Inspiring Students To Achieve
High school chemistry teachers show that the best way to teach is often by example
Science Coaches
Under the ACS pilot program, members partner with teachers to fortify their curriculum, inspire students
Renewing Advanced Placement
The College Board is overhauling the AP chemistry curriculum and exam to focus on conceptual understanding
 

News of the Week

Obama Retreats On Environment

Air Pollution: Citing fragile economy, White House shelves tougher ozone restrictions

ACS, Leadscope Square Off

Intellectual Property: Arguments before Ohio Supreme Court may finally put to rest ACS’s fight with Leadscope

Sanofi Outlines New Objectives

Pharmaceuticals: Company plans further cost cutting as it nears a 2012 patent cliff

Cyclization Shortcut

Organic Synthesis: Combined route to complex cyclic products saves steps, improves yields

Economy Despite tough times, chemical executives expect to invest

Bacterial Acid Trips

Chemical Biology: New technique reveals how pathogens endure our acidic stomachs

High-Throughput Reaction Discovery

Organic Chemistry: Method lets chemists study thousands of transformations simultaneously

International Asian Chemical Congress meeting draws about 2,000 attendees in Bangkok

Light Pulses Get Shorter

Dynamics: ‘Light transients’ will enable control of electrons on attosecond scale
 

Departments


Business

Peripheral Advances

Chemical companies are experimenting with cutting-edge add-ons to their information technology hubs

Hello, Chongqing

BASF holds initial meeting with representatives of communities near its southwest China polyurethane project

Sanofi Outlines New Objectives

Pharmaceuticals: Company plans further cost cutting as it nears a 2012 patent cliff

Economy Despite tough times, chemical executives expect to invest

Concentrates
  1. Dupont Sues Heraeus Over Solar Pastes
  2. Saint-Gobain Plans New Proppants Plant
  3. PerkinElmer Will Buy Caliper Life Sciences
  4. Two Biotech Firms Get Back Drug Rights
  5. Frontier Scientific Purchases ASDI
  6. Evotec, Roche Join For Alzheimer’s Drug
  7. Eastman Acquires Plasticizer Maker
  8. Business Roundup
  9. Pfizer Inks Deal For Space At MIT
  10. Adidas, Nike, And Puma Commit To Zero Discharge
  11. Lanxess Expands Glass In Antwerp
  12. BASF, Daimler Design Urban Electric Car
  13. Anacor Extends R&D Deals
  14. BASF Signs Deal For Rare Earths

ACS News

ACS Elections Candidates’ Election Statements And Backgrounds

High School Science

C&EN examines the impact of dedicated teachers and volunteers, as well as revisions to AP chemistry

Inspiring Students To Achieve

High school chemistry teachers show that the best way to teach is often by example

Science Coaches

Under the ACS pilot program, members partner with teachers to fortify their curriculum, inspire students

Renewing Advanced Placement

The College Board is overhauling the AP chemistry curriculum and exam to focus on conceptual understanding

ACS, Leadscope Square Off

Intellectual Property: Arguments before Ohio Supreme Court may finally put to rest ACS’s fight with Leadscope

International Asian Chemical Congress meeting draws about 2,000 attendees in Bangkok

Meetings
  1. YCC Presents Career Symposium
  2. 2011 Southeast Regional Meeting

Government & Policy

Acrylonitrile Acrimony

Industry blasts EPA’s draft assessment of the chemical’s toxicity

Obama Retreats On Environment

Air Pollution: Citing fragile economy, White House shelves tougher ozone restrictions
Concentrates
  1. FDA, Industry Agree On Drug User Fees
  2. DOE Continues Solar Push
  3. Patent Reform Bill Advances In Senate
  4. Senate Panel Extends Security Program
  5. Health Impacts Urged In Policy Decisions

Science & Technology

Bacterial Acid Trips

Chemical Biology: New technique reveals how pathogens endure our acidic stomachs

High-Throughput Reaction Discovery

Organic Chemistry: Method lets chemists study thousands of transformations simultaneously

Light Pulses Get Shorter

Dynamics: ‘Light transients’ will enable control of electrons on attosecond scale

100 Years of Gibbs Medals

ACS Meeting News: Special symposium celebrates a century of seminal chemists

Intoxicating Chemistry

ACS Meeting News: In spirited research, chemists use brand-name liquors as solvents for organic syntheses

Hydrocarbons At Gulf Spill Surface

Soluble hydrocarbons dissolved in ocean, but researchers continue to debate worker safety and the fate of less soluble compounds

‘Contagion’

Biomedical thriller gets the science right, but at the expense of making a good movie

Cyclization Shortcut

Organic Synthesis: Combined route to complex cyclic products saves steps, improves yields
Concentrates
  1. RNA Analogs Fluoresce Brightly
  2. Dating Silk
  3. A Fast Flip For Hydrogen Spins
  4. Captured Carbon Dioxide Could Work As A Green Industrial Solvent
  5. Algae Gum Amps Li-Ion Batteries
  6. Framework Compound Conducts Electrons
  7. Ca2+ Indicators Show Their New Colors
  8. Molecular Electric Motor Unveiled

Newscripts

The Scoop On Airborne Bacteria, Reinventing The Toilet

Letters

Letters
  1. Postconsumer Paper R&D
  2. Fraud As Collective Responsibility
  3. Students’ Daily Lives
  4. Dark Side Of Manganese