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C&EN Picks for ACS Philadelphia Meeting

August 19 - August 22, 2012

What’s the latest research on the environmental impacts of fracking? Why is there an ongoing debate about how forensic chemistry is used in courtrooms? Sessions at next week’s ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia will be covering those timely topics. Watch all of our staff’s picks.

 
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May 7, 2012 Issue

Volume 90, Issue 19
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May 7, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 19

The Battle For The Lab

Armed with electronic laboratory notebooks, software suppliers launch visions of comprehensive research informatics networks
By Rick Mullin
(pp. 11-14)
Features
Government & Policy

Balancing Security And Right To Know

Plan to publicize hazard information sparks new terrorism concerns (pp. 22-24)
Science & Technology

Marine Mammal Health

Navy’s research to keep its fleet of mine-detecting, harbor-protecting dolphins and sea lions fit might also aid humans (pp. 30-32)
Back Issues
 

News of the Week

A Rainbow of Lasers

Nanotechnology: Quantum dot films lase at different colors under low-energy excitation
(p.5)

Pfizer Settles Celebrex Lawsuit

Intellectual Property: Drug firm logs a $450 million charge
(p.6)

Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks

Research: NIH program aims to find new uses for promising compounds shelved by pharma
(p.6)

Publishing: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Will Launch In January 2013

(p.7)

Spotting Culture Contaminants

Assay Development: Glowing protein detects mycoplasma hiding in cell culture
(p.7)

Bespoke Enzymes Push The Envelope

Protein Design: Highly efficient, long-lived mimics may help reveal how natural oxidases work
(p.8)

Climate Change: Global Growth Of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Continues

(p.8)

Strategic Biotechnology

Policy: Administration issues a blueprint for biology and biotech investment
(p.9)

Wacker Opens Polysilicon Plant

Business: New capacity comes on-line during difficult time for solar industry
(p.9)
 

Departments

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Business

Back To The U.S.

Study finds several manufacturing industries at the ‘tipping point’ of returning from China
(p.20)

India Interprets Drug Patenting

Compulsory license ruling creates a legal precedent for rarely invoked patent-breaking clause
(p.18)

The Battle For The Lab

Armed with electronic laboratory notebooks, software suppliers launch visions of comprehensive research informatics networks
(pp. 11-14)

Polycarbonate Shifts To China

Major producers boost R&D, production, and managerial depth in key market
(p.19)
Concentrates(pp. 16-17)
  1. Formosa Sues Taiwan Professor, Incites Academics
  2. Arsenal Capital Strikes Two Deals
  3. Shin-Etsu Plans U.S. Cellulosics Plant
  4. BASF Helps NANOH2O Raise $40 Million
  5. Dow Corning Aids Adjustable Glasses
  6. Thermo Acquires Doe & Ingalls
  7. DuPont Buys Rest Of Solae From Bunge
  8. Canadian Ethanol Companies Stumble
  9. FDA Approves First Plant-Based Drug
  10. DSM Boosts Role In Biomedical Materials
  11. Sandoz Buys Maker Of Dermatology Drugs
  12. Nottingham To Get Chemistry Building
  13. Novo Nordisk Will Add Jobs In U.S.
  14. Business Roundup

ACS News

Turning Challenges Into Opportunities

(p.34)
Meetings(p.35)
  1. Pesticide Workshop Call for Papers
  2. Winter Fluorine Conference Accepting Abstracts
  3. Online Submissions Due For Rubber Division Meeting
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Government & Policy

Improving Accuracy

EPA studies why its cost estimates for pending regulations tend to be high
(pp. 26-27)

Balancing Security And Right To Know

Plan to publicize hazard information sparks new terrorism concerns
(pp. 22-24)
Concentrates(p.21)
  1. Holdout Nations Urged To Join Weapons Treaty
  2. U.S. Nanotech Effort Gets Good Marks
  3. Monitoring Required For Drinking Water
  4. House Passes Bills On Cybersecurity R&D
  5. DOE Creates Atlas For Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
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Science & Technology

Marine Mammal Health

Navy’s research to keep its fleet of mine-detecting, harbor-protecting dolphins and sea lions fit might also aid humans
(pp. 30-32)

Geisha Alchemy

A talent for distillation was the profession’s best-kept beauty secret
(p.33)
Concentrates(pp. 28-29)
  1. Calixarenes Roam Protein’s Surface
  2. Model Maps Isocyanic Acid Distribution
  3. Copper Adds Splitting Water To Résumé
  4. Renewable Route To p-Xylene
  5. Amyloid-beta Gets Toxic Helping Hand
  6. Resveratrol Rides Again
  7. Graphene-Based Actuators Flex With Current
  8. Fruit Ripeness Detected Via Nanotube
  9. All Concentrates

Career & Employment

Getting The Most From A Networking Conversation

(p.36)

Newscripts

Glowing Dino, Canine Cautionary Tale, Dancing Doctorates

(p.40)

Editor's Page

The Drama Of Chemistry

(p.3)

Letters

Letters(pp. 2-4)
  1. Flame Challenge Reimagined
  2. Thank You For Writing
  3. Acetaminophen Toxicity
  4. Fracking Is Not Perfect