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April 19, 2010 Cover
Volume 88, Issue 16
COVER: Veer
Volume 88, Issue 16
CHEMICALS FOR PAPER
With the help of specialty chemicals, papermakers seek endless recycling of scarce fibers
COVER: Veer
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April 19, 2010 Issue
Volume 88, Issue 16
April 19, 2010 Issue, Vol. 88 | Iss. 16
With the help of specialty chemicals, papermakers seek endless recycling of scarce fibers
(pp. 13-17)
Features
Government & Policy
EPA will challenge confidentiality claims that redact chemical, business identities in health, safety reports (pp. 28-31)
Science & Technology
ACS Meeting News: Drug designers take aim at molecules that might mimic bariatric surgery’s ability to halt diabetes (pp. 39-40)
Cover Story: The Paper Chase
News of the Week
Bioinspired Material Debuts
Peptoid Crystals: Peptide analogs self-assemble to form versatile 'molecular paper'
(p.7)Boron-Oxygen Triple Play
Multiple Bonding: First isolable compound with a B≡O bond, thanks to platinum coordination
(p.8)Triclosan Targeted
Regulators question safety, effectiveness of antibacterial in consumer products
(p.8)Report Backs Modified Crops
Agriculture: Experts caution that resistant weeds, insects could erase benefits
(p.9)Cold Spring Harbor Sets Up New Branch In Suzhou
Lab's Asian outpost will serve as conference center for scientific meetings
(p.10)Saluting Public Service
ACS honors congressmen for their work in shaping U.S. science and engineering policy
(p.11)Weapons Lab's Laser Problems
GAO Report: Success is unlikely for first test at Lawrence Livermore's National Ignition Facility
(p.11)Departments
Business
Looking past the Map Ta Phut crisis, the Thai giant ponders technology, geographic expansion
(pp. 20-24)
Studies that rank corporate sustainability performance are works in progress
(p.26)
With the help of specialty chemicals, papermakers seek endless recycling of scarce fibers
(pp. 13-17)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- SOCMA Members Expect 2010 Sales To Rise
- Arizona Chemical Going Public
- Companies Advance Bioplasticizers
- Plastic Logic Links With Germany's Merck
- Ampac Gets Texas Fine Chemicals Plant
- Ashland Connects With Turkish Firm
- Ametek Buys Atomic Probe Company Imago
- GSK Spares plant in New York, Closes One In New Jersey
- DuPont Launches Sustainable Solutions
- DuPont's Tyvek Now Comes In Liquid Form
- Teva Licenses Mersana Analog
- Roche Will Acquire Diabetes Pump Firm
- Sanofi Pasteur, Navy Combat Diarrhea
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
EPA will challenge confidentiality claims that redact chemical, business identities in health, safety reports
(pp. 28-31)
Legislation proposes renewing the superfund tax, but industry decries it as unnecessary and unfair
(pp. 32-33)
Science & Technology
Recycling: Extracting anticorrosion compounds from spent cigarettes could benefit the environment and steel
(p.34)
Heat stability of enzyme from Archaea microbe facilitates anti-inflammatory drug synthesis
(p.35)
ACS Meeting News: Drug designers take aim at molecules that might mimic bariatric surgery’s ability to halt diabetes
(pp. 39-40)
ACS Meeting News: Elucidating the chemistry of interstellar dust particles is key to understanding early planets
(pp. 36-38)