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Volume 89, Issue 38
Volume 89, Issue 38
Developers of new polymers are trying to avoid the hazards that have made success difficult for many of their predecessors
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September 19, 2011 Issue
Volume 89, Issue 38
September 19, 2011 Issue, Vol. 89 | Iss. 38
Breaking In The New
Developers of new polymers are trying to avoid the hazards that have made success difficult for many of their predecessors
Features
Government & Policy
Changes Ahead For Old Power Plants
Coal-fired electrical power plants face an uncertain future
Science & Technology
A New Life for Soda Bottles
ACS Meeting News: Symposium explores the benefits and challenges of recycling PET
News of the Week
Solyndra Hearing Cranks The Heat
Bankruptcy: House blasts federal support of failed solar manufacturer
Congress Revamps Patent System
Innovation: Revised law gives patent office more control over its funding
Diamond Illumines Carbon Cycling
Geological Sciences: Preserved mineral inclusions yield new insights on deep-mantle geologic processes
Budget Congress works on a stopgap funding measure for fiscal 2012
Reimagining life’s chemical engines
Biochemistry: Damaged DNA building block hints at the origins of life’s redox catalysts
Nanotech Drug Firm Debuts
Alliance: Charitable mission underlies U.K., Russian business
Unclick Chemistry
Mechanochemistry: Ultrasound tugs on triazole to trigger cycloreversion reaction
Extreme Photoswitching
Microscopy: Fluorescent proteins that turn on and off many more times than usual improve superresolution methods
Natural Gas Sasol proposes gas-to-liquids plant for Louisiana
Departments
Business
Making Aromatics In Singapore
Global consortium is building one of the world’s largest p-xylene plants in the city-state
Rodney Banks
Perkin Medal winner says tinkering led to advances in water treatment
Breaking In The New
Developers of new polymers are trying to avoid the hazards that have made success difficult for many of their predecessors
Nanotech Drug Firm Debuts
Alliance: Charitable mission underlies U.K., Russian business
Natural Gas Sasol proposes gas-to-liquids plant for Louisiana
Concentrates
- Merck Serono Plans Lab In China
- Seattle Genetics Signs U.K. Partner
- Clariant Installs Recycling System
- DuPont Wins Large Aramid Jury Award
- Polymer Venture Selects BioAmber
- Bruker To Acquire Tribology Company
- Chevron Phillips Shuts Venture, Joins Refining Unit
- GE Launches Imaging Company
- BASF’s Cellasto Turns 50
- Tensha Gets Funding To Advance Projects
- Judge Dismisses Greenpeace Suit
- Business Roundup
- Novartis Unveils Growth Strategy
ACS News
Scenes From The ACS Meeting In Denver
Grants
67th Southwest Regional Meeting
2011 Joint Midwest/Great Lakes Regional Meeting
Government & Policy
Changes Ahead For Old Power Plants
Coal-fired electrical power plants face an uncertain future
Pesticides And Endangered Species
ACS Meeting News: Litigation hobbles already beleaguered federal agencies
Prioritizing Chemicals
EPA explains how it will select set of substances for assessment, possible regulation
Solyndra Hearing Cranks The Heat
Bankruptcy: House blasts federal support of failed solar manufacturer
Congress Revamps Patent System
Innovation: Revised law gives patent office more control over its funding
Budget Congress works on a stopgap funding measure for fiscal 2012
Concentrates
- EPA Lacks Data On Drugs In Water
- BP, Contractors Blamed For Gulf Oil Spill
- NSF Awards Materials Teams And Centers
- White House Asked To Release Chemicals List
- New Rocket Design Unveiled By NASA
Education
Reengineering The Undergrad Lab
ACS Meeting News: Thymine polymer project at Simmons College helps integrate lab instruction and research
Science & Technology
Diamond Illumines Carbon Cycling
Geological Sciences: Preserved mineral inclusions yield new insights on deep-mantle geologic processes
Reimagining life’s chemical engines
Biochemistry: Damaged DNA building block hints at the origins of life’s redox catalysts
Unclick Chemistry
Mechanochemistry: Ultrasound tugs on triazole to trigger cycloreversion reaction
Extreme Photoswitching
Microscopy: Fluorescent proteins that turn on and off many more times than usual improve superresolution methods
A New Life for Soda Bottles
ACS Meeting News: Symposium explores the benefits and challenges of recycling PET
Holding The Line On Weight Loss
ACS Meeting News: Protein and fat supplements help mountaineers reduce unwanted muscle and weight loss
Concentrates
- Seeing Through Biological Tissue
- Giant Crystals Grow Superslowly
- … And Alcohols Pair With Alkenes
- Staining Makes Catalytic Sites Fluoresce
- Carbon-Carbon Bonds That Are Long And Strong
- Rule breaking Leads to Primary Alcohols …
- Antagonistic Catalyst Turns Tandem Reaction
- Hemoglobin Degradation Compounds Revealed
Newscripts
Elemental Manhattan, Giant Rats Take East Africa
Editor's Page
A Realistic Look At Energy
Letters
Letters
- Scientific Misconduct
- Different Strokes For Different Chemists