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January 23, 2012 Issue

Volume 90, Issue 4

January 23, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 4

Subra Suresh

NSF Director talks about how the agency is driving innovation while staying true to its mission of supporting basic research
By Susan R. Morrissey
(pp. 9-12)
Features
Business

Selling Detergents One Load At A Time

Cleaning-product makers hope the coming U.S. launch of laundry capsules succeeds where past attempts have failed (pp. 15-19)
Government & Policy

Congressional Outlook

 (pp. 22-27)
Back Issues
 

Cover Story: Subra Suresh

New Starts
NSF Programs Rolled Out Last Year Support Innovation
(p.12)
 

News of the Week

Artemisinin Goes With the Flow

Pharmaceuticals: Continuous-flow synthesis produces antimalarial at low cost
(p.4)

Bioplastics Venture Is Off

Manufacturing: Partner Metabolix will lose access to commercial-scale facility, feedstocks
(p.5)

Obama Calls For Agency Revamp

Bureaucracy: Reorganization plan faces skepticism in Congress
(p.5)

Georgia Gulf Rebuffs Westlake

Plastics: Vinyls firm calls takeover offer ‘opportunistic’
(p.6)

Tau Protein, Synthetically

Protein Engineering: Researchers make, modify key player in Alzheimer’s disease
(p.6)

Genentech And Constellation Forge Epigenetics Agreement

(p.7)

U.S. Competitive Edge Narrows

Science Policy: Federal report shows Asian countries closing in on U.S. leadership in science and engineering
(p.7)

Coupling Nanoparticles

Materials: Cycloaddition chemistry yields hybrid metal oxide materials
(p.8)

Fighting Neuropathic Pain

Metabolomics: Researchers discover a metabolite associated with chronic pain from tissue injury
(p.8)
 

Departments


Business

Selling Detergents One Load At A Time

Cleaning-product makers hope the coming U.S. launch of laundry capsules succeeds where past attempts have failed
(pp. 15-19)

Coke Plays Spin The Bottle

Coca-Cola has formed partnerships with three small firms in a quest for the completely plant-derived soda bottle
(pp. 19-20)
Concentrates(pp. 13-14)
  1. BASF Ends Plant Biotech Development For Europe
  2. Methanex Will Move Methanol Unit To U.S.
  3. Evonik Will Set Up Investment Unit
  4. Clamadieu To Become Solvay CEO In May
  5. Polyester Bristles Fill Makeup Brushes
  6. Solvay, Air Liquide Form Fluorine Pact
  7. Asahi Kasei Acquires U.S. LED Developer
  8. Carbogen Buys French Finished-Dosage Firm
  9. Novartis Cuts In U.S., Spares Swiss Plant
  10. Janssen Opens Center For Biotech Firms
  11. Japan’s Takeda Sheds Jobs In U.S., Europe
  12. Pfizer, Medivation Halt Alzheimer’s Pact
  13. Sanofi Chemist Stole Drug Compound Data
  14. Business Roundup

ACS News

Fall 2012 ACS National Meeting

Divisions issue calls for papers for the Aug. 19–23 meeting in Philadelphia
(pp. 36-37)

Good Chemistry

Students and faculty members attend the annual Chemists’ Club Egg Nog Party in New York City.
(p.41)
Awards(pp. 32-35)
  1. 2012 ACS National Award Winners
  2. Alfred Burger Award In Medicinal Chemistry
  3. ACS Award For Encouraging Women Into Careers In The Chemical Sciences
  4. George A. Olah Award In Hydrocarbon Or Petroleum Chemistry
  5. Herbert C. Brown Award For Creative Research In Synthetic Methods
  6. ACS Award In Colloid & Surface Chemistry
  7. Alfred Bader Award In Bioinorganic Or Bioorganic Chemistry

Government & Policy

Subra Suresh

NSF Director talks about how the agency is driving innovation while staying true to its mission of supporting basic research
(pp. 9-12)

Congressional Outlook

(pp. 22-27)
Concentrates(p.21)
  1. NTP Releases Final Process For Listing Carcinogens
  2. President’s Panel Urges More Drilling ...
  3. … And Obama Blocks Keystone Pipeline
  4. Patent Office To Open Detroit Branch In July
  5. Lawmakers Ask EPA To Delay Chemical Reports

Science & Technology

Nanoparticles Boost Drug Solubility

BASF, Harvard University collaboration leads to promising nanoscale drug formulations
(pp. 30-31)
Concentrates(pp. 28-29)
  1. Six Stereocenters Forged In One Step
  2. Custom Frameworks With Tailored Metal Vertices
  3. Nanotube Detects Enzyme Motion
  4. Low-Cost Metal Carbide Catalyst Supports
  5. Traces Of Tobacco In Mayan Pottery
  6. Cellular Environment Modestly Affects Binding Dynamics
  7. Manganese May Treat Shigellosis
  8. Sodium-Mercury Amalgam Defined

Career & Employment

Europe Beckons

Despite the financial crisis, some European countries continue to attract U.S. talent
(pp. 42-44)

Newscripts

A Mouse In A Can, A Siphon For Your Brew

(p.48)

Letters

Letters(pp. 2-3)
  1. Manipulating Aromaticity
  2. Maybe Some People Want Global Warming
  3. 18F Labeling By Chelate Approach
  4. Cut Defense 40%, Raise Education