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March 19, 2012 Cover
Volume 90, Issue 12
COVER: John Volkers checks the temperature of material that is composting at the organics recycling facility in Prior Lake, Minn.
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Volume 90, Issue 12
Plastics makers see a growing market in products meant to help municipalities tackle solid waste problems
COVER: John Volkers checks the temperature of material that is composting at the organics recycling facility in Prior Lake, Minn.
March 19, 2012 Issue
Volume 90, Issue 12
March 19, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 12
Plastics makers see a growing market in products meant to help municipalities tackle solid waste problems
(pp. 12-18)
Features
Business
With failed trials and few new drugs, big pharma is overhauling neuroscience research (pp. 22-25)
Science & Technology
Studies hint at a structure of elusive amyloid intermediates and behavior of a fibril inhibitor (pp. 38-40)
News of the Week
Nano Nuisance For Palladium Source
High Impurity Levels Could Throw Off Catalyst Efficiency Estimates
(p.7)Cautious Outlook For Instruments
Pittcon: Scientific toolmakers are wary about the year ahead
(p.8)China Pressured On Rare Earths
Trade: The U.S., Europe, and Japan ask the World Trade Organization to review China’s export restrictions
(p.8)Merck’s New Model For Collaboration
Drug Discovery: Pact with Scripps researcher will draw ideas from academia
(p.9)Toxicity Tests Sans Animals
Cosmetics firm L’Oreal is working with EPA to validate a high-througput screening system
(p.9)India Forces Drug License
Drug Pricing: Official rules that too few patients can afford a Bayer medication
(p.10)Pushing Advanced Manufacturing
Government: President unveils details of new $1 billion initiative
(p.10)F. Sherwood Rowland Dies
Obituary: Chemistry Nobel Laureate showed that some chlorofluorocarbons can destroy Earth’s ozone layer
(p.11)Ionic Membranes Go Metallic
Polymer Science: Cross-linked metal ionomers expand options for fuel-cell applications
(p.11)Departments
Business
With failed trials and few new drugs, big pharma is overhauling neuroscience research
(pp. 22-25)
Plastics makers see a growing market in products meant to help municipalities tackle solid waste problems
(pp. 12-18)
An infusion of funds propels cellulosic sugar start-up toward commercialization
(p.26)
Crucifying the firm for its acquisition of Union Carbide does not help the victims at this point
(p.27)Concentrates
(pp. 20-21)
(pp. 20-21)- Dow Sponsors Sustainability Fellows
- Toray Expands Carbon Fiber
- BP And Mendel Join For Miscanthus Trial
- Gevo, Butamax Patent Fight Drags On
- Jones-Hamilton Plans Sodium Bisulfate Unit
- BASF Backs Biotech Flavors Firm Allylix
- Molycorp Buying Rare-Earth Firm Neo
- U.S. Gas Firms Invest In Russia
- Bridgestone Ponders Guayule Rubber
- Sanofi To Close Plant In England
- Pfizer And Biocon Dissolve Pact
- Shire To Acquire Ferrokin Biosciences
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Government & Policy
Industry groups are fighting EPA efforts to make chemical identities public
(pp. 30-31)
Gates, Chu see tie between cheap energy, global human advancement, and profits
(pp. 34-35)
White House committee releases preliminary priorities for federal science education investment
(pp. 32-33)Education
Effectiveness of novice high school science teachers improves greatly during the first five years in the classroom
(p.44)
Award-winning professor uses storytelling to engage students learning organic chemistry
(p.45)
Science & Technology
Studies strengthen role for alternative to transition-state pathways
(pp. 42-43)
Studies hint at a structure of elusive amyloid intermediates and behavior of a fibril inhibitor
(pp. 38-40)Concentrates(pp. 36-37)
(pp. 36-37)Career & Employment
Chemical biologists bridge the divide between two fields
(pp. 49-51)Newscripts
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