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Volume 88, Issue 21
COVER: University of Miami neuroligical surgery professors Murray Blackemore(seated) and Vance Lemmon of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, an early user of Thermo Fisher Scientific's cloud-based LIMS.
Volume 88, Issue 21
LAB INFORMATICS
Laboratory information management system software for small users makes maximum use of the internet
COVER: University of Miami neuroligical surgery professors Murray Blackemore(seated) and Vance Lemmon of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, an early user of Thermo Fisher Scientific's cloud-based LIMS.
Credit: U. of Miami
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Volume 88, Issue 21
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Laboratory information management system software for small users makes maximum use of the internet
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Features

Science & Technology
Use of NMR to study nuclear materials and the chemistry of f-block elements grows (pp. 34-35)

Science & Technology
Multiple initiatives aim to unambiguously identify individual scientists so they're credited for their work (pp. 36-37)
News of the Week
Dendrimersomes Debut
Supramolecular Chemistry: Self-assembled dendrimer-based structures could deliver drugs, other substances
(p.7)Dispersed Oil Raises Concerns
Spill Cleanup: EPA backs subsurface use of dispersants, but questions remain
(p.8)New Start For Pd(III) Chemistry
Organometallic Chemistry: Complex with a carbon-Pd(III) bond makes C–C bonds
(p.9)Firms Advance Flow Chemistry
Technology: Companies see business opportunity in continuous processes
(p.10)Synthetic Biology Takes A Step Forward
Genetic Engineering: Team grows bacterial DNA in yeast, transplants it to host cell, which then replicates
(p.10)Reviving The Malaria Fight
Open Innovation: Companies, consortium publicly disclose scores of potential antimalarial leads
(p.11)Departments
Business
French chemical firm ramps up effort to commercialize acrylic acid based on glycerin
(pp. 20-21)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- Astellas, OSI Agree On $4 Billion Deal
- Dow Touts Its New Specialties Unit
- Wind Power Aided By Dow Lubricant
- Air Products Ups Fight To Buy Airgas
- Honeywell, DuPont Team On Refrigerant
- Reliance, Sibur Join For Butyl Rubber
- Gulf Oil Spill Boosts Nalco Sales
- Novozymes Sues Danisco Over Enzymes
- Merck In Heart Drug Deal With ElexoPharm
- BASF Signs Japanese Cobranding Deal
- Agilent Completes Varian Acquisition
- Pfizer, Washington U To Reposition Drugs
- Bayer Establishes San Francisco Hub
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Government & Policy
Asilomar conference raises issues for governance of tests and deployment of climate-controlling technologies
(pp. 26-27)
Legislation is delayed as Congress sorts out details and addresses other domestic priorities
(pp. 29-30)Books
Twelve-volume collection summarizes the breadth of research on chemistry that is more sustainable
(p.40)Science & Technology
Laboratory information management system software for small users makes maximum use of the internet
(pp. 12-16)
Use of NMR to study nuclear materials and the chemistry of f-block elements grows
(pp. 34-35)
Multiple initiatives aim to unambiguously identify individual scientists so they're credited for their work
(pp. 36-37)
Nobel laureate and president-elect of an international scientific organization, lee hopes to promote sustainability
(p.38)
