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November 12, 2012 Issue

Volume 90, Issue 46

November 12, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 46

Enter The Data Scientist

Chemistry and biology have merged with high-powered statistical analysis in drug discovery labs
By Rick Mullin
(pp. 11-14)
Features
Business

Earnings Fall For A Third Quarter

Chemical firms outline restructurings and layoffs, as they report ongoing weakness in earnings (pp. 18-20)
Science & Technology

Crowdsourcing Chemistry

Public participation in chemical research drives discoveries in solar fuels, environmental health, and more (pp. 30-32)
Back Issues
 

News of the Week

Obama Wins, Congress Remains Split

Elections: U.S. votes to keep status quo, politicians promise bipartisanship
(p.5)

A Big Bet On Nitrogen Fertilizer

Agriculture: CF Industries will plow $3.8 billion into U.S. facilities to make ammonia and related products from natural gas
(p.6)

Methane-Munching Microbes Reduce Sulfur

Climate: Seafloor archaea couple chemistry to produce zero-valent sulfur
(p.6)

Molecular Building Blocks Self-Assemble Into Trefoil Knot

Organic Chemistry: Hydrophobic effect drives spontaneous formation of three-loop knot
(p.7)

Ziarco Launches With Pfizer Allergy Assets

Small firm is the latest start-up to emerge from shuttered Sandwich, U.K., site
(p.7)

Jury Awards $85 Million To U.S. Soldiers Exposed To Hexavalent Chromium In Iraq

(p.8)

Proteins Made To Order

Design Rules: Principles integrate structure and function from the ground up
(p.8)

Chemical Company Sales, Profits Shrink In Japan

Finance: Global slowdown takes toll on major Japanese chemical firms
(p.9)

Temperature- Or pH-Guided Protein Self-Assembly

Modifications enable alternative mechanisms that yield distinct sizes
(p.9)
 

Departments

Business

Enter The Data Scientist

Chemistry and biology have merged with high-powered statistical analysis in drug discovery labs
(pp. 11-14)

Pharmaceutical Sales And Earnings Growth Remain In The Doldrums

Most major firms continue to see declining sales and earnings
(pp. 21-22)

C&EN Talks With Marcus Meadows-Smith

New Bayer biologics head tells how he lost his job, joined a start-up firm, and sold it to Bayer for $500 million
(p.23)

Earnings Fall For A Third Quarter

Chemical firms outline restructurings and layoffs, as they report ongoing weakness in earnings
(pp. 18-20)
Concentrates(pp. 16-17)
  1. U.K. Seeks Science Alliances
  2. DSM Will Purchase U.S. Nutrition Firm
  3. Private Equity Firms Raise Bid For TPC
  4. Wacker Gets Technical In Latin America
  5. India’s Gulf Oil Acquires Houghton
  6. BASF Invests And Divests In Europe
  7. Restart Not In Sight For Shokubai Plant
  8. BioAmber To Supply Plastics For Autos
  9. Shin-Etsu Acquires Drug Delivery Firm
  10. Life Technologies Buys Microscopy Firm
  11. Brain Drug Firm Envoy Is Going To Takeda
  12. Lilly Will Expand Insulin Production
  13. India Busts Another Western Drug Patent
  14. Business Roundup

ACS News

Evolution Of The Applied Chemical Technology Professional

(p.34)

2012 Southeastern Regional Meeting

(pp. 38-39)

No Easy Answer For Library Budgets

Complexity of journals’ pricing adds to tension between publishers and customers
(pp. 35-37)
Obituaries(pp. 40-41)
  1. William Copulsky
  2. Anne C. Dillon
  3. Milton Heller
  4. John D. McCollum
  5. David Pysnik
  6. Martin L. Sage
  7. Keith N. Slessor
  8. William B. Smith
  9. Robert Wynne

Government & Policy

LADEE Aims To Unlock Moon’s Glow

Upcoming NASA mission will answer decades-old question about light at the lunar horizon seen by Apollo astronauts
(p.26)

Oversight Fight

Chemical safety board objects to time lost complying with EPA Inspector General audits
(p.25)
Concentrates(p.24)
  1. California Court Blocks Listing Of Styrene
  2. Groundwater Mess Is Expensive To Clean Up
  3. EU Proposes To Curb Hydrofluorocarbons
  4. Prepare For 6 °C Of Warming, Report Says
  5. More U.S. Graduate Students From Abroad

Science & Technology

Crowdsourcing Chemistry

Public participation in chemical research drives discoveries in solar fuels, environmental health, and more
(pp. 30-32)

Note-By-Note Cuisine

French chemist and chef proposes making meals from molecular scratch
(p.33)
Concentrates(pp. 28-29)
  1. Anion To Radical To Polyarene
  2. Nanorods Tag Tumors For Surgery
  3. Nanoconfinement Prevents Nickel Catalyst From Fouling
  4. Missing Xenon Still At Large
  5. Mass Spec Method Fingerprints Dyed Fibers
  6. Nanocrystals Make Hydrogen For Days
  7. Lithium-Air Battery Gets A Safety Boost
  8. Velcro-Like Protein Both Activates And Tracks Biochemical Targets

Newscripts

Bridge Soundscape, Giant Periodic Table

(p.48)

Editor's Page

Sandy’s Aftermath

(p.3)

Letters

Letters(p.2)