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Volume 90, Issue 22
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As pharmaceutical manufacturers increasingly use enzymatic reactions in their processes, a robust business model still eludes biocatalysis companies
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Volume 90, Issue 22
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
(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)
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
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)
- DSM Invests In Dutch R&D
- Dow Wins Award In Kuwait Project Case
- Dyno Nobel Studies Louisiana Ammonia
- Albemarle Advances New Flame Retardant
- GraalBio Moves On Cellulosic Ethanol
- Arsenal Buys Another Adhesives Company
- Yara, Others Plan For Ammonium Nitrate
- Girindus Taps Marina For Oligo Technology
- Segetis, Georgia Gulf Link For Plasticizers
- Kuraray To Acquire Films Maker MonoSol
- Mitsubishi Transfers Fine Chemicals
- Takeda To Shut Down San Francisco Site
- European Firms Combat Antibiotic Resistance
- 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
Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting Call For Papers
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)
Education
Unifying Science Education Standards
Proposed framework for K–12 education aims for depth over breadth
(p.54)
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)
- How To Salvage Rejected X-ray Crystallography Data
- Sodium-Ion Cell Goes Solid State
- Cluster Size Controls Dioxygen Binding
- New Photoresist Does Old Acid Chemistry
- Fast Enzyme Has Fatty Ancestry
- Pores Expand To Fit Proteins
- Martian Meteorites Contain Abiotic Carbon
- Easy Mass Measurement Of Viruses And Nanoparticles
Newscripts
Cheeky Chimp, Neuroscience Of Choking
Editor's Page
Science Communication
Letters
LettersLetters(p.4)