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September 26, 2011 Cover
Volume 89, Issue 39
Volume 89, Issue 39
Automakers push ahead on energy-saving carbon fiber composites despite questions of economic viability
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September 26, 2011 Issue
Volume 89, Issue 39
September 26, 2011 Issue, Vol. 89 | Iss. 39
Getting The Steel Out
Automakers push ahead on energy-saving carbon fiber composites despite questions of economic viability
Features
Government & Policy
New Life For Free-Trade Deals
Republicans, Democrats may come together to pass a trio of long-delayed agreements
Science & Technology
Personalizing Nanomedicine
Researchers strive to tailor patient care by developing nanoparticles called theranostics that can simultaneously monitor and treat disease
News of the Week
Pitcher Plant Inspires Super Slippery Surface
Materials Science: Material mimics plant’s slick surface structure
Dow Funds 2012 Chemistry Olympiad
Philanthropy: Firm will help ACS host competition with $2.5 million pledge
Ireland Beckons Biotech Business
Pharmaceuticals: Investments and mergers have Irish eyes smiling
Moving From Lab To Market
Technology Transfer: President Obama unveils initiatives to encourage, support commercialization
Scientists Admit to Trade Secret Theft
Lowering The Brain’s Drawbridge
Drug Delivery: New technique shepherds large molecules across the blood-brain barrier in mice
Protests Flare At Chinese Solar Plant
Environment: Water contamination infuriates nearby residents
EPA Stalls on Carbon Dioxide Rules
Greenhouse Gas: Agency puts off proposal to cut power plant emissions
Longest Synthetic Oligosialic Acids
Carbohydrate Chemistry: Achievement could aid design of antibacterial vaccines
Departments
Business
Making The Most Of Changes In Printing
New pigment chemistry is a boon for Cabot and a Massachusetts town
The Public Wins In Dalian
Spontaneous protests lead to closure of a Chinese petrochemical facility
Getting The Steel Out
Automakers push ahead on energy-saving carbon fiber composites despite questions of economic viability
Ireland Beckons Biotech Business
Pharmaceuticals: Investments and mergers have Irish eyes smiling
Scientists Admit to Trade Secret Theft
Protests Flare At Chinese Solar Plant
Environment: Water contamination infuriates nearby residents
Concentrates
- Bayer CropScience Raises R&D Spending
- Imerys Opens U.S. Proppants Plant
- Mascoma, Elevance Plan IPOs
- Williams To Hike Ethylene Capacity
- Siam Cement To Buy 30% Of Chandra Asri
- Lanxess Eyes More Biobased Rubber
- Chemical Firms Eye Pollution Control
- Petrochemical Firms Invest In Lubricants
- Business Roundup
- GE Will Invest In Cancer Diagnostics
- West-Ward To Boost Contract Production
- New Light Stabilizer Aids Greenhouses
- Indorama Will Buy European Recycler
- Vanderbilt Advances Biotech Partnerships
ACS News
Mauritius
In deepwater dives, Daniel Marie hunts for bioactive compounds to treat diseases such as cancer
Awards
43rd Western Regional Meeting
Dow Funds 2012 Chemistry Olympiad
Philanthropy: Firm will help ACS host competition with $2.5 million pledge
Obituaries
- Otto R. Gottlieb
- Ronald Bentley
- Julia A. Rutherford
- John P. Luvisi
- John J. Hiller Jr.
- Kazuo Nakamoto
- Hans Wynberg
- Donald M. Jerina
- Meldrum B. Winstead Jr.
Government & Policy
New Life For Free-Trade Deals
Republicans, Democrats may come together to pass a trio of long-delayed agreements
Academic Freedom Challenged
Judge to decide whether climate researcher can argue for protection of his documents
Moving From Lab To Market
Technology Transfer: President Obama unveils initiatives to encourage, support commercialization
EPA Stalls on Carbon Dioxide Rules
Greenhouse Gas: Agency puts off proposal to cut power plant emissions
Concentrates
- China, India Lead The Energy Pack
- Emerging Pollutants Named In Great Lakes
- Chemistry Teams Win Innovation Grants
- House Bill Would Delay Boiler Rule
- OECD Report Links Innovation And Growth
Science & Technology
Pitcher Plant Inspires Super Slippery Surface
Materials Science: Material mimics plant’s slick surface structure
Longest Synthetic Oligosialic Acids
Carbohydrate Chemistry: Achievement could aid design of antibacterial vaccines
Personalizing Nanomedicine
Researchers strive to tailor patient care by developing nanoparticles called theranostics that can simultaneously monitor and treat disease
Golden Year for Inorganic Chemistry
ACS Meeting News: Inorganic Chemistry turns 50, giving inorganic chemists a reason to pause and celebrate
Analyzing Nuclear Processes
ACS Meeting News: Analytical chemists devise ways to watch radioactive streams
Lowering The Brain’s Drawbridge
Drug Delivery: New technique shepherds large molecules across the blood-brain barrier in mice
Concentrates
- Reducing Shipping Air Pollution Bodes Well
- Gamers Solve Protein Structure
- Porphyrin’s Hole Plugged By Ethylene
- Stretching Livens Up Electron Transport
- Cyclic Surrogates Pass The Acid Test
- Shark Lipid Repels Virus
- Carbon-Based Thermoelectrics
- Cyanocuprates Boost Ketone Synthesis
Newscripts
Fried Bubblegum, Poultry Plastic
Editor's Page
Changing Pharma Paradigms
Letters
Letters
- Pricing Journals
- Battling Antibiotic Resistance
- ‘Living With Radon’
- Care In Using Quantum Chemical Calculations