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November 5, 2012 Cover
Volume 90, Issue 45
Volume 90, Issue 45
Suffering of unemployed chemists is unlikely to end soon
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November 5, 2012 Issue
Volume 90, Issue 45
Features
Business
Patient advocacy groups use venture capitalists’ tactics to accelerate search for cures (pp. 14-18)
Cover Story: For Hire
Barely Hanging On
Unemployed chemists at the middle to late stages of their career are beginning to question their faith in chemistry
(pp. 50-53)Chemical Professionals Are Moving Away From Family To Find Job Prospects
Despite the costs, many chemists are relocating to distant locales to secure job opportunities in a still-dismal market
(pp. 54-57)Tepid Recovery Curtails Hiring
Weaker than expected economic growth bodes poorly for unemployed chemists
(pp. 45-49)News of the Week
Hurricane Sandy Slams East Coast
Disaster: Massive storm brings flooding, power outages but the chemical enterprise escapes largely unscathed
(p.7)Light Can Drive Ullmann Reaction
Photochemistry: New mechanistic insight into century-old C–N bond formation process
(p.8)Petitioners Seek To Protect R&D Funding In Europe
Science Funding: Scientists lobby to safeguard financial support for research
(p.8)Old Tuberculosis Treatment Performs As Prodrug
Antibiotics: Metabolomics sheds new light on mechanism of aminosalicylic acid
(p.9)Mimicking Atomic Bonding
Materials Science: Sticky patches bestow valency on colloidal particles
(p.10)Novozymes And Beta Renewables Form Cellulosic Ethanol Partnership
Ethanol: Novozymes joins Beta Renewables in commercial partnership
(p.10)Deprotonation Disparity
Carbohydrate Chemistry: Two studies disagree on key step in glycosylation mechanism
(p.11)Departments
Business
Commercial biobased chemical development puts a spring in European steps, but biomass supply is a problem
(pp. 22-23)
Waste Management is partnering with a diverse group of renewables start-ups
(pp. 19-21)
Patient advocacy groups use venture capitalists’ tactics to accelerate search for cures
(pp. 14-18)Concentrates
(pp. 12-13)
(pp. 12-13)- European Chemical Firms Wrangle Higher Sales
- Daimler Nixes New Auto Refrigerant
- Compounder PolyOne Will Buy Spartech
- Indian Firm To Acquire Exxon Film Business
- Vorbeck Hikes Output Of Graphene Inks
- Lonza To Cut 500 Jobs In Efficiency Move
- Clariant And Wilmar Form Amines Venture
- Bayer Swallows U.S. Vitamins Firm
- ViiV Venture Expands To Include Shionogi
- Pfizer Cuts Jobs, GSK Invests In Montreal
- Pharma’s Out-licensed Drugs Spur Start-ups
- Vertex Partnerships Target Hepatitis C
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
Congress’ attention is finally focusing on proposals to ease immigration for STEM workers
(pp. 26-28)
Science & Technology
Nigeria-born student builds relationships at annual meeting of black chemists and chemical engineers
(pp. 36-37)
Improved reagents and data analysis tools extend the method’s reach
(pp. 32-35)Career & Employment
Unemployed chemists at the middle to late stages of their career are beginning to question their faith in chemistry
(pp. 50-53)
Despite the costs, many chemists are relocating to distant locales to secure job opportunities in a still-dismal market
(pp. 54-57)
Weaker than expected economic growth bodes poorly for unemployed chemists
(pp. 45-49)