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May 28, 2012 Issue

Volume 90, Issue 22
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May 28, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 22

Biocatalysis

As pharmaceutical manufacturers increasingly use enzymatic reactions in their processes, a robust business model still eludes biocatalysis companies
By Ann M. Thayer
(pp. 13-18)
Features
Government & Policy

Shippers Redirect Rail Reform Efforts

Chemical firms take their beef over rates and service to a transportation board (pp. 37-40)
Science & Technology

Sweating The Small Stuff

Concerns grow over nanoparticle characterization and purity (pp. 48-50)
Back Issues
 

Cover Story: Biocatalysis

Pharma Strives For Green Goals
Technology and metrics are major factors in drug firms’ approaches to reducing waste
(pp. 20-24)
 

News of the Week

Leaders Set Mix Of Goals

International: G-8 Summit discussions include energy, climate, and agriculture
(p.7)

A Step Forward For Quantum Dots

Nanomedicine: Researchers see no negative health effects of the tiny particles in monkeys
(p.8)

DSM Will Acquire Ocean Nutrition

Supplements: Purchase advances chemical company’s position in omega-3 fatty acids
(p.8)

Cracker Builders Unite

France's Technip is acquiring Stone & Webster from Shaw Group
(p.9)

Nanocrystal Growth Observed

Imaging: Using electron microscopy, researchers reveal mechanism of nanoparticle fusion
(p.9)

Jaczko Heads For The Exit

Government: Embattled NRC chairman says he is stepping down
(p.10)

Single Molecule Channels Water

Nanotechnology: Molecular tube transports water across lipid membrane
(p.10)

Changing Science Teaching

Education: Students learn better from interactive methods, report says
(p.11)

Surface Do-Overs

Photochemistry: Rapid reaction attaches protein or dyes
(p.11)
 

Departments

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Business

Heavy Problems For Heavy Water

Exit of a major supplier has lab chemical makers scrambling
(pp. 30-32)

A Murky Case Of Technology Theft

Claims and counterclaims obscure truth in case pitting U.S. resin maker against Chinese rival
(pp. 28-29)

Up From Chaos

Clinical experience will bring focus to the data surge of genomics
(p.34)

Biocatalysis

As pharmaceutical manufacturers increasingly use enzymatic reactions in their processes, a robust business model still eludes biocatalysis companies
(pp. 13-18)

Pharma Strives For Green Goals

Technology and metrics are major factors in drug firms’ approaches to reducing waste
(pp. 20-24)
Concentrates(pp. 26-27)
  1. DSM Invests In Dutch R&D
  2. Dow Wins Award In Kuwait Project Case
  3. Dyno Nobel Studies Louisiana Ammonia
  4. Albemarle Advances New Flame Retardant
  5. GraalBio Moves On Cellulosic Ethanol
  6. Arsenal Buys Another Adhesives Company
  7. Yara, Others Plan For Ammonium Nitrate
  8. Girindus Taps Marina For Oligo Technology
  9. Segetis, Georgia Gulf Link For Plasticizers
  10. Kuraray To Acquire Films Maker MonoSol
  11. Mitsubishi Transfers Fine Chemicals
  12. Takeda To Shut Down San Francisco Site
  13. European Firms Combat Antibiotic Resistance
  14. Business Roundup

ACS News

Speaking Up For Science

ACS members take on Capitol Hill to lobby for more federal support for research
(p.55)

2012 Northwest Regional Meeting

(pp. 56-57)

Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting Call For Papers

(p.57)
Obituaries(p.59)
  1. George A. Cowan
  2. Tetsuo Otsuki
  3. George B. Rathmann
  4. Elbert G. (Al) Smith

Government & Policy

Crowdsourcing Cures

NIH initiative aims to partner academics with pharmaceutical companies to revive failed drug candidates
(pp. 41-43)

Shippers Redirect Rail Reform Efforts

Chemical firms take their beef over rates and service to a transportation board
(pp. 37-40)

Data Snarl

EPA wants some information submitted for REACH, but companies say they can’t share the information
(pp. 44-45)
Concentrates(p.36)
  1. Public-Access Advocacy Gains Momentum
  2. EPA Targets Emissions From Nitric Acid Plants
  3. Commercial Spacecraft Heads To Space Station
  4. CSB To Investigate Arkansas Accident
  5. Study Seeks Gulf Cleanup Workers

Education

Unifying Science Education Standards

Proposed framework for K–12 education aims for depth over breadth
(p.54)
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Science & Technology

Sweating The Small Stuff

Concerns grow over nanoparticle characterization and purity
(pp. 48-50)

New Way To Modify DNA

Zinc finger nickases may challenge zinc finger nucleases as genomic change agents
(pp. 52-53)
Concentrates(pp. 46-47)
  1. How To Salvage Rejected X-ray Crystallography Data
  2. Sodium-Ion Cell Goes Solid State
  3. Cluster Size Controls Dioxygen Binding
  4. New Photoresist Does Old Acid Chemistry
  5. Fast Enzyme Has Fatty Ancestry
  6. Pores Expand To Fit Proteins
  7. Martian Meteorites Contain Abiotic Carbon
  8. Easy Mass Measurement Of Viruses And Nanoparticles

Newscripts

Cheeky Chimp, Neuroscience Of Choking

(p.64)

Editor's Page

Science Communication

(p.5)

Letters

LettersLetters(p.4)