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Copyright © 2013 American Chemical Society
January 14, 2013 Issue
Volume 91, Issue 2
Features
Business
Helping to build Solar Impulse pushes two chemical makers to try new ways of doing research (pp. 23-25)
Science & Technology
Force provides ways to run reactions in ball mills with little or no solvent (pp. 35-36)
Cover Story: World Chemical Outlook 2013
World Chemical Outlook
It looks like a chancy year, with winners and losers in different areas as supply, demand, and politics shift
(p.11)News of the Week
Robot Ribosome
Nanotechnology: Researchers make a small-molecule machine that can string together three amino acids
(p.5)Illumina Makes Genetic Acquisitions
Diagnostics: Firm asserts its independence by acquiring two companies
(p.6)Lake Data Reveal Oil Sands Impacts
Environment: Oil production is dispersing carcinogenic hydrocarbons across northern Alberta, study shows
(p.6)Pharma Executives Aim At Small, Strategic Deals
Pharmaceuticals: Companies look to grow through focused acquisitions in 2013
(p.7)Supreme Court Won’t Hear Stem Cell Case
High court ends lawsuit against federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research
(p.7)Ancient Roman Medicine Analyzed
Cultural Heritage: Pills thought to treat eye ailments contain zinc, beeswax, and plant and animal fats
(p.8)Spinning Superior Nanotube Fibers
Nanotechnology: Carbon-based threads possess remarkable strength and conductivity
(p.8)China Spill Prompts An Apology
Citizens deserved better information about leak of toxic chemical in waterways, mayor says.
(p.9)Moisture-Triggered Motions Of New Material Harnessed To Generate Electrical Power
Researchers develop composite material that could sustainably charge small electronic devices in the future
(p.9)Departments
Business
Strong progress in integrating Solutia makes Tennessee firm this year's choice
(p.27)
Newlight Technologies’ young founders plan to make inexpensive material from waste gas
(p.26)
Helping to build Solar Impulse pushes two chemical makers to try new ways of doing research
(pp. 23-25)Concentrates
(pp. 20-21)
(pp. 20-21)- Indian Industrial Firm Buys Coal Tar Company Rütgers
- Dow Corning Cutting 500 Jobs
- Mitsui Forms Venture, Gets Out Of Resorcinol
- Bayer Acquires Pest Control Firm Prophyta
- Liveris To Get Industry Award
- Innospec, Post Oak In Oil-Field Deals
- BASF To Increase Hexanediol Capacity
- Lonza Will Boost Conjugate Capability
- BASF Divests Conica Sports Surfaces
- Oxford Nanopore Links To Universities
- Bind And Amgen To Inhibit Kinases
- Heptares, Cubist Join On GPCR Research
- Gilead, MacroGenics Join For Antibodies
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Awards(pp. 38-41)
(pp. 38-41)- 2013 ACS National Award Winners
- ACS Award For Distinguished Service In The Advancement Of Inorganic Chemistry
- ACS Award For Research At An Undergraduate Institution
- ACS Award For Achievement In Research For The Teaching & Learning Of Chemistry
- ACS Award For Affordable Green Chemistry
- ACS Award For Creative Invention
- ACS Award In Applied Polymer Science
- ACS National Awards
Government & Policy
Report finds agency is adrift without clear goals, and U.S. leadership in space science will suffer
(p.32)
New chief navigates tough path forward through drug development bottleneck
(pp. 29-31)
Science & Technology
Agent is the first small molecule found to trigger death receptor on cancer-cell surfaces
(p.37)
Force provides ways to run reactions in ball mills with little or no solvent
(pp. 35-36)Concentrates(pp. 33-34)
(pp. 33-34)- Breath Analysis For Search And Rescue
- Diabetes Drug Mechanism Found
- Choose Your Nitric Oxide Tests Carefully
- Tandem Cyclization And Fluorination
- Sticky Polymers Aid Silicon Anodes
- Chemists Make Cholesterol-Blocking Molecule Bisabosqual A For The First Time
- Simple Nanopowders For Electrolysis
- Radiocesium Intake Remains Safe In Japan