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Copyright © 2012 American Chemical Society
January 23, 2012 Cover
Volume 90, Issue 4
Volume 90, Issue 4
NSF Director talks about how the agency is driving innovation while staying true to its mission of supporting basic research
Credit: Peter Cutts Photography
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January 23, 2012 Issue
Volume 90, Issue 4
January 23, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 4
NSF Director talks about how the agency is driving innovation while staying true to its mission of supporting basic research
(pp. 9-12)
Features
Business
Cleaning-product makers hope the coming U.S. launch of laundry capsules succeeds where past attempts have failed (pp. 15-19)
News of the Week
Artemisinin Goes With the Flow
Pharmaceuticals: Continuous-flow synthesis produces antimalarial at low cost
(p.4)Bioplastics Venture Is Off
Manufacturing: Partner Metabolix will lose access to commercial-scale facility, feedstocks
(p.5)Obama Calls For Agency Revamp
Bureaucracy: Reorganization plan faces skepticism in Congress
(p.5)Georgia Gulf Rebuffs Westlake
Plastics: Vinyls firm calls takeover offer ‘opportunistic’
(p.6)Tau Protein, Synthetically
Protein Engineering: Researchers make, modify key player in Alzheimer’s disease
(p.6)U.S. Competitive Edge Narrows
Science Policy: Federal report shows Asian countries closing in on U.S. leadership in science and engineering
(p.7)Coupling Nanoparticles
Materials: Cycloaddition chemistry yields hybrid metal oxide materials
(p.8)Fighting Neuropathic Pain
Metabolomics: Researchers discover a metabolite associated with chronic pain from tissue injury
(p.8)Departments
Business
Cleaning-product makers hope the coming U.S. launch of laundry capsules succeeds where past attempts have failed
(pp. 15-19)
Coca-Cola has formed partnerships with three small firms in a quest for the completely plant-derived soda bottle
(pp. 19-20)Concentrates
(pp. 13-14)
(pp. 13-14)- BASF Ends Plant Biotech Development For Europe
- Methanex Will Move Methanol Unit To U.S.
- Evonik Will Set Up Investment Unit
- Clamadieu To Become Solvay CEO In May
- Polyester Bristles Fill Makeup Brushes
- Solvay, Air Liquide Form Fluorine Pact
- Asahi Kasei Acquires U.S. LED Developer
- Carbogen Buys French Finished-Dosage Firm
- Novartis Cuts In U.S., Spares Swiss Plant
- Janssen Opens Center For Biotech Firms
- Japan’s Takeda Sheds Jobs In U.S., Europe
- Pfizer, Medivation Halt Alzheimer’s Pact
- Sanofi Chemist Stole Drug Compound Data
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Divisions issue calls for papers for the Aug. 19–23 meeting in Philadelphia
(pp. 36-37)
Students and faculty members attend the annual Chemists’ Club Egg Nog Party in New York City.
(p.41)Awards(pp. 32-35)
(pp. 32-35)- 2012 ACS National Award Winners
- Alfred Burger Award In Medicinal Chemistry
- ACS Award For Encouraging Women Into Careers In The Chemical Sciences
- George A. Olah Award In Hydrocarbon Or Petroleum Chemistry
- Herbert C. Brown Award For Creative Research In Synthetic Methods
- ACS Award In Colloid & Surface Chemistry
- Alfred Bader Award In Bioinorganic Or Bioorganic Chemistry
Government & Policy
NSF Director talks about how the agency is driving innovation while staying true to its mission of supporting basic research
(pp. 9-12)
Science & Technology
BASF, Harvard University collaboration leads to promising nanoscale drug formulations
(pp. 30-31)Concentrates(pp. 28-29)
(pp. 28-29)- Six Stereocenters Forged In One Step
- Custom Frameworks With Tailored Metal Vertices
- Nanotube Detects Enzyme Motion
- Low-Cost Metal Carbide Catalyst Supports
- Traces Of Tobacco In Mayan Pottery
- Cellular Environment Modestly Affects Binding Dynamics
- Manganese May Treat Shigellosis
- Sodium-Mercury Amalgam Defined
Career & Employment
Despite the financial crisis, some European countries continue to attract U.S. talent
(pp. 42-44)Newscripts
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