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June 4, 2012 Issue

Volume 90, Issue 23
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June 4, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 23

Tiny Tech To Treat Cancer

Sophisticated therapeutics based on nanotechnology make their way to the clinic
By Bethany Halford
(pp. 10-15)
Features
Science & Technology

Picking Apart Our Circadian Clock

Researchers investigate the clock’s chemistry and its role in obesity, heart disease, and fertility (pp. 30-32)
Career & Employment

Starting Salaries

Tough economy continued to suppress employment, 2011 graduates found, but median salaries were mostly up  (pp. 36-38)
Back Issues
 

News of the Week

Sculpting With Biomolecules

Bionanotechnology: Researchers coax DNA, proteins into myriad new shapes
(p.5)

Evonik Readies An IPO Again

Finance: Shares of the company are set to trade on the Frankfurt exchange by the end of June
(p.6)

Lilly Helps Boost Biotech In Canada

Venture Funds: Drug firm joins others in supporting the country’s life sciences sector
(p.6)

FDA User Fee Bills Sail

Government: Congress remains on track to finalize legislation by early summer
(p.7)

Syngenta Settles Atrazine Suit

Swiss firm ends years of litigation with several midwestern community water systems
(p.7)

Rise In Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Global release of 31.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2011 is a record, International Energy Agency says.
(p.8)

Speedy Tool For Crystallography

Structural Biochemistry: Serial femtosecond crystallography achieves near-atomic resolution
(p.8)
 

Departments

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Business

David Cartmell

Water treatment additives executive tells how the discipline of studying for a Ph.D. in chemistry made him a better CEO
(p.22)

A Feud Fueled By Alcohol

Gevo and Butamax are locked in a competition to bring on capacity and cultivate markets for isobutyl alcohol
(pp. 18-19)

The Shade Is Hot

Start-up G24i identifies opportunities for dye-sensitized solar cells
(pp. 20-21)
Concentrates(pp. 16-17)
  1. Big Saudi Project Advances
  2. Kuwaiti Government Probes Dow Deal
  3. Eastman Nears Close Of Solutia Purchase
  4. Union Strikes Canadian Railroad
  5. Grace To Acquire Chinese Catalysts Firm
  6. Solvay Opens R&D Center In India
  7. Lanxess Ups Polymers In Belgium, France
  8. Oxiteno Purchases Another Facility
  9. Siegfried Acquires Sterile-Filling Firm
  10. Takeda To Buy Brazil’s Multilab
  11. Bristol-Myers Forms Cancer R&D Network
  12. Biotech Incubator Opens In Scotland
  13. Roche Halts Supplies To Late EU Payers
  14. Business Roundup

ACS News

ACS Presentations On Demand

(p.35)

ACS Solidifies Ties With China

U.S. delegation reaches out to colleagues in Chengdu, Beijing, and Shanghai
(p.40)
Obituaries(pp. 42-43)
  1. Herman van Halbeek
  2. Edwin L. Kelley
  3. Norman N. Lichtin
  4. Seemon H. Pines
  5. James K. Rice
  6. Marie C. Sherman
  7. John Tanaka
  8. Jackson W. Wisner

Government & Policy

Solar Dumping

Commerce Department proposes tariff on imports of Chinese silicon photovoltaic panels
(p.26)

Bringing Nanotech To Market

Federal officials look to regional, state, and local initiatives to spur job creation, economic development
(pp. 24-25)

Stuck On Fossil Fuels

The U.S. gets 70% of its electricity from fossil fuels and most of its pollution from old coal-fired power plants
(p.27)
Concentrates(p.23)
  1. EPA Fails To Act On Pharmaceutical Waste
  2. China Files Appeal Against U.S. Tariffs
  3. Call For Stringent Nuclear Accident Response Planning
  4. Progress Made In Weapons Disposal
  5. Grants Support Manufacturing
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Science & Technology

Another Look At The Cell Wall

High-throughput probe of cell wall stiffness might point to new ways of fighting bacterial infections
(p.33)

Picking Apart Our Circadian Clock

Researchers investigate the clock’s chemistry and its role in obesity, heart disease, and fertility
(pp. 30-32)

Tiny Tech To Treat Cancer

Sophisticated therapeutics based on nanotechnology make their way to the clinic
(pp. 10-15)
Concentrates(pp. 28-29)
  1. Universal Detector Measures Major Biomolecule Classes
  2. Periodates’ Pyrotechnic Punch
  3. Cycloadditions Made Easy
  4. Graphene Surface Improves SERS
  5. Castor Oil Mechanism Revealed
  6. Iron Oxide Pins Gold Atoms In Place
  7. Low Cost MOFs With High Surface Area
  8. Linking Alzheimer’s And Cholesterol

Career & Employment

Interviewing: Set The Stage For Success

(p.44)

Starting Salaries

Tough economy continued to suppress employment, 2011 graduates found, but median salaries were mostly up
(pp. 36-38)

Newscripts

Intentional Brain Freeze, Traffic Ticket Science

(p.48)

Editor's Page

Labeling GMO Food

(p.3)

Letters

Letters(p.4)
  1. Chemist Candidate
  2. The Right Skill Set