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Volume 89, Issue 38
Volume 89, Issue 38
Developers of new polymers are trying to avoid the hazards that have made success difficult for many of their predecessors
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September 19, 2011 Issue
Volume 89, Issue 38
September 19, 2011 Issue, Vol. 89 | Iss. 38
Developers of new polymers are trying to avoid the hazards that have made success difficult for many of their predecessors
(pp. 10-14)
Features
Science & Technology
ACS Meeting News: Symposium explores the benefits and challenges of recycling PET (pp. 30-32)
News of the Week
Solyndra Hearing Cranks The Heat
Bankruptcy: House blasts federal support of failed solar manufacturer
(p.5)Congress Revamps Patent System
Innovation: Revised law gives patent office more control over its funding
(p.6)Diamond Illumines Carbon Cycling
Geological Sciences: Preserved mineral inclusions yield new insights on deep-mantle geologic processes
(p.6)Reimagining life’s chemical engines
Biochemistry: Damaged DNA building block hints at the origins of life’s redox catalysts
(p.7)Unclick Chemistry
Mechanochemistry: Ultrasound tugs on triazole to trigger cycloreversion reaction
(p.8)Extreme Photoswitching
Microscopy: Fluorescent proteins that turn on and off many more times than usual improve superresolution methods
(p.9)Departments
Business
Global consortium is building one of the world’s largest p-xylene plants in the city-state
(pp. 18-19)
Developers of new polymers are trying to avoid the hazards that have made success difficult for many of their predecessors
(pp. 10-14)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)
(pp. 16-17)- Novartis Unveils Growth Strategy
- DuPont Wins Large Aramid Jury Award
- Chevron Phillips Shuts Venture, Joins Refining Unit
- Polymer Venture Selects BioAmber
- Judge Dismisses Greenpeace Suit
- Clariant Installs Recycling System
- GE Launches Imaging Company
- Merck Serono Plans Lab In China
- BASF’s Cellasto Turns 50
- Seattle Genetics Signs U.K. Partner
- Bruker To Acquire Tribology Company
- Tensha Gets Funding To Advance Projects
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
Coal-fired electrical power plants face an uncertain future
(pp. 22-23)
ACS Meeting News: Litigation hobbles already beleaguered federal agencies
(pp. 24-25)
EPA explains how it will select set of substances for assessment, possible regulation
(pp. 26-27)Education
ACS Meeting News: Thymine polymer project at Simmons College helps integrate lab instruction and research
(pp. 34-35)
Science & Technology
ACS Meeting News: Symposium explores the benefits and challenges of recycling PET
(pp. 30-32)
ACS Meeting News: Protein and fat supplements help mountaineers reduce unwanted muscle and weight loss
(p.33)Concentrates(pp. 28-29)
(pp. 28-29)- Giant Crystals Grow Superslowly
- Hemoglobin Degradation Compounds Revealed
- Carbon-Carbon Bonds That Are Long And Strong
- Staining Makes Catalytic Sites Fluoresce
- Rule breaking Leads to Primary Alcohols …
- … And Alcohols Pair With Alkenes
- Antagonistic Catalyst Turns Tandem Reaction
- Seeing Through Biological Tissue