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April 9, 2012 Cover
Volume 90, Issue 15
COVER: The Sveti Stefan peninsula off the coast of Montenegro was a fishing community from the 15th to 20th centuries and is now a hotel-town.
Volume 90, Issue 15
The famous sea faces challenges from climate change, pollution, overfishing, and tourism—to name just a few
COVER: The Sveti Stefan peninsula off the coast of Montenegro was a fishing community from the 15th to 20th centuries and is now a hotel-town.
Credit: Sarah Everts/C&EN
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April 9, 2012 Issue
Volume 90, Issue 15
April 9, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 15
The famous sea faces challenges from climate change, pollution, overfishing, and tourism—to name just a few
(pp. 12-17)
Features
Business
Scientific toolmakers look to private equity to bring novel instruments to market (pp. 21-24)
Government & Policy
Foundation celebrates a century of advancing science (pp. 30-32)
News of the Week
Government Acts On Biosecurity
Policy: Federal guidelines on oversight of dual-use research emerge without fanfare
(p.7)Covalent Ties Reversed
Drug Design: Dual activation groups lead to rapidly reversible covalent kinase inhibitor
(p.8)Deadly Blast Rocks Evonik Plant
Plant Safety: Two workers are killed in accident at German facility
(p.8)Imaging Liquids With Graphene
Electron Microscopy: Carbon nanomaterial secures nanosized droplets in blisterlike formations
(p.9)Keeping Bisphenol A
Science does not support a ban on BPA used in food packaging, FDA determines.
(p.9)Canada Calls for Triclosan Action
Environment: Government seeks voluntary removal of antibacterial chemical from consumer products
(p.10)Dow To Close Insulation Plants
Cost Cutting: Chemical maker will shutter four facilities, lay off 900 workers
(p.10)Putrid Pathway Probed
Natural Products: Studies of odorant biosynthesis could aid water remediation
(p.11)Departments
Business
The chief sommelier of BASF’s expansive wine cellar has a mandate to spread enjoyment
(p.28)
Pinova, formerly part of Hercules, gets investment and attention from a new owner
(pp. 26-27)
Scientific toolmakers look to private equity to bring novel instruments to market
(pp. 21-24)Concentrates
(pp. 18-20)
(pp. 18-20)- SABIC Invests In China
- PPG Partners For Titanium Dioxide
- Cytec Gets Indian Mining-Chemical Firm
- BioSuccinic Acid Venture Launches
- One Equity Acquires Sonneborn From Sun
- Bayer To Sell Agchem Plant To Aurelius
- FRX Raises Funds For New Polymer Plant
- Sigma-Aldrich Buys Research Organics
- Solazyme, Bunge Join For Algae-Based Oils …
- … As Sapphire Raises Funds For Algal Crude
- GSK Ups Its Stake In Theravance
- Lonza Announces New CEO
- AstraZeneca Invests In Swedish Venture
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Government & Policy
Foundation celebrates a century of advancing science
(pp. 30-32)
Science & Technology
ACS Meeting News: Hydrogen-bonding organocatalysts offer new ways to run metal-free addition reactions
(pp. 40-41)
The famous sea faces challenges from climate change, pollution, overfishing, and tourism—to name just a few
(pp. 12-17)
ACS Meeting News: Defense agency funds research to combine nanoparticles and textiles for protective clothing of the future
(pp. 36-38)Newscripts
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