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December 20, 2010 Cover
Volume 88, Issue 51
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Volume 88, Issue 51
CHEMICAL YEAR IN REVIEW
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December 20, 2010 Issue
Volume 88, Issue 51
Features
Government & Policy
Science Legislation in 2010 took a backseat to congressional elections and partisanship (p.34)
News of the Week
Thermo Fisher To Buy Dionex
Instrumentation: Deal will help Thermo grow in water quality, consumer safety, and life sciences
(p.6)Chemists Gather For Pacifichem 2010
International Meetings: Hawaii once again hosts congress for Pacific Rim chemical societies
(p.7)Tax Deal Benefits R&D
Economy: Bipartisan measure will boost investments and create jobs, industry says
(p.7)Detecting An Elusive Modified DNA Base
Epigenetics: Method maps 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in genome
(p.8)Pharma Leadership Changes Continue
Management: Former NIH director Elias Zerhouni to head R&D at Sanofi
(p.8)Duke University Wraps Up Misconduct Inquiry
Investigation: School draws ire for not disclosing results of its probe of a faculty biochemist
(p.9)Enzyme’s Dual Nature Revealed
Enzymology: Structure shows taxadiene synthase contains domains from two enzyme classes
(p.9)Agreements Emerge From Cancún Talks
Climate Change: Deals on forest protection, adaptation fund seen as showing global negotiations still viable
(p.10)More Polysilicon For Solar Cells
Manufacturing: OCI and Wacker expand raw material capacity in South Korea and U.S.
(p.10)Departments
Business
Concentrates
(pp. 22-23)
(pp. 22-23)- Agribusinesses Harvest Crop Of Research Deals
- Lanxess Nabs DSM’s Elastomers Division …
- … Plans China Leather Chemicals Plant
- Air Products Ups Airgas Offer Again
- Yule Catto Will Buy PolymerLatex
- Olin Will Exit Mercury-Cell Chlorine
- Evonik EYEs More Isophorone Capacity
- Toyota Arm Slates Indian Rare Earths
- Solvay Plans Chinese Epichlorohydrin Via New Route
- U.S., Europe Differ On Use Of Avastin
- Merck Partners With Two Drug Consortia
- Aesica Will Purchase Three UCB Facilities
- Novartis Clinches Alcon Acquisition
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Following her brother into the ACS Scholars Program, this engineer discovered her passion for chemical process safety
(p.45)
Government & Policy
Earth Science Programs are in limbo, awaiting Congress’ action on the 2011 budget
(pp. 32-33)
Science Legislation in 2010 took a backseat to congressional elections and partisanship
(p.34)Books
A measured view of the human impulse to mine mineral wealth, despite often terrible consequences
(pp. 41-43)
Science & Technology
Chromatography: Detergent film preferentially transports one enantiomer of a small molecule
(p.35)
Nanomaterials: Gold nanoparticles become more concentrated as they move from plants to herbivores
(p.35)
Consortium works to accelerate development of 21st-century toxicology
(pp. 37-39)
A Science Historian takes on climate-change skeptics and fights off their attacks
(p.40)Concentrates(pp. 35-36)
(pp. 35-36)- Soapy Separations
- Nanocrystal Imaging Via X-ray Lasers
- RepeatedIcing Puts The Freeze On Ice-Repellent Surfaces
- Long-Proposed Porphyrin Is Finally Made
- New Protein Modification Is Uncovered
- Black Carbon Declines With Diesel Emissions
- New Format For Atomic Weights
- Nanoparticles Accumulate In The Food Chain
- All Concentrates