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April 23, 2012 Cover
Volume 90, Issue 17
Volume 90, Issue 17
Novice status notwithstanding, mass spectrometry answers questions that other methods can’t
Credit: Courtesy of Carol Robinson and Karl Harrison
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April 23, 2012 Issue
Volume 90, Issue 17
April 23, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 17
Novice status notwithstanding, mass spectrometry answers questions that other methods can’t
(pp. 11-15)
Features
Government & Policy
Coalition asks EPA to use Clean Air Act to push inherently safer technologies (pp. 27-29)
Science & Technology
ACS Meeting News: Stable carbenes and their analogs have rich potential for applications beyond catalysis (pp. 34-36)
Cover Story: Structural Biology Team’s Rookie
Easing The Toil Of Hydrogen Exchange
Experiments to probe protein behavior get significant assist from instrument maker
(pp. 16-17)News of the Week
Synthetic Genetics
Artificial Genes: Mimics of nucleic acids are capable of information storage, heredity, and evolution
(p.5)Common Antibiotic Mechanism Shown
Microbiology: Antibiotics kill bacteria by oxidizing guanine nucleotides
(p.6)Nylon Shortage Threatens Automakers
Supply Chain: A plant fire in Germany could slow car production in Detroit
(p.6)EPA Issues Fracking Rules
Air Pollution: Regulation puts off tough air emissions controls until 2015
(p.7)Sequestering Key Plant Hormone
Molecular Biology: Family of protein transporters controls auxin levels in plant cells
(p.8)Electrodes By Solution Processing
Electronics: Polymer coating simplifies organic thin-film technology
(p.9)Departments
Business
Sixteen U.K. cleantech start-ups experience the investor scene in Silicon Valley
(p.24)
Conference attendees mull steps needed to bring biobased materials to consumer product markets
(pp. 22-23)
High-value, low-volume active ingredients are emerging as a business for contract manufacturers
(pp. 20-21)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- Three Deals Signed For Pharmaceutical Chemicals
- Dow Picks Freeport For Ethylene Plant
- Evonik To Dissolve China Joint Venture
- 3M Car Gets New Fire Suppressant
- Dimethyl Carbonate Plant Set For China
- Two Joint Ventures Planned For Russia
- Arkema Reorganizes Plastic Sheet Units
- Dupont Opens Indian Ballistics Center
- Honda To Recycle Rare Earths From Car Parts
- Piramal Snags Imaging Agents From Bayer
- Merck Licenses Endocyte Conjugate
- Roche Won’t Extend Its Bid For Illumina
- Mylan Will Expand Presence In Ireland
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Awards(pp. 41-42)
(pp. 41-42)- Engineers Awarded Charles Stark Draper Prize
- Alivisatos And Lieber Win Wolf Prize In Chemistry
- Hackerman Award To Oleg Ozerov
- COMP Division Announces 2012 Awards
- Raphael-Eduard-Liesegang Prize To Holger Schönherr
- Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars Named
- Coates Award Goes To Ann Taylor
- Call For Nominations For 2012 Akron Award
- Nominations Sought For Nichols Medal
- Skolnik Awardees Named, 2013 Nominations Sought
- Call For Nominations For Geochemistry Medal
Government & Policy
Federal agencies scientific integrity policies vary; implementation will be key
(pp. 30-31)
Coalition asks EPA to use Clean Air Act to push inherently safer technologies
(pp. 27-29)
Science & Technology
ACS Meeting News: How investigators discovered and destroyed an explosives-filled home
(pp. 38-39)
ACS Meeting News: Stable carbenes and their analogs have rich potential for applications beyond catalysis
(pp. 34-36)
Novice status notwithstanding, mass spectrometry answers questions that other methods can’t
(pp. 11-15)
Experiments to probe protein behavior get significant assist from instrument maker
(pp. 16-17)