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August 12, 2013 Cover
Volume 91, Issue 32
COVER: Young energy cane plants grow in a test field in California’s Imperial Valley.
Volume 91, Issue 32
Biofuels and biobased chemical makers hope to win with cellulosic sugars
COVER: Young energy cane plants grow in a test field in California’s Imperial Valley.
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August 12, 2013 Issue
Volume 91, Issue 32
August 12, 2013 Issue, Vol. 91 | Iss. 32
Biofuels and biobased chemical makers hope to win with cellulosic sugars
(pp. 11-15)
Features
Science & Technology
Researchers struggle to identify molecular components that drive these complex psychiatric illnesses (pp. 28-31)
Career & Employment
Young chemists gathered in Germany to get careers advice from winners (pp. 41-42)
News of the Week
Probing Drug-RNA Interactions
Drug Discovery: Reactions make it possible to show if a drug candidate hits its RNA target
(p.5)Caffeine Disrupts Brain Growth In Mice
Health: Nerve cells migrate slowly in rodents born to caffeinated moms
(p.6)New Front In The War Against Tuberculosis
Infectious Disease: Drug candidate hobbles ATP synthesis in the bacteria
(p.6)ACS Launches New Journal
In January 2014 the first issue of ACS Photonics will be released
(p.7)Uncertain Business Environment Hits European Firms
Chemical Earnings: Second-quarter results a mixed bag for leading chemical makers
(p.7)A Dead Battery Plant
BASF fuel cell facility in New Jersey will be shuttered despite a decent industry outlook.
(p.8)Target Practice With EPA
Congress: House passes bills to limit regulations; panel issues subpoena
(p.8)Departments
Business
Drug firms shuffle executives and R&D managers and place bets externally to reinvigorate business
(pp. 18-19)
Makers of resin used in particleboards and other composites offer competing ways to reduce formaldehyde emissions
(p.20)
Biofuels and biobased chemical makers hope to win with cellulosic sugars
(pp. 11-15)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)
(pp. 16-17)- Deals Slump In Quarter
- Dow Considers Sale Of Several Lines
- Asahi Glass Invests In Indonesian Vinyls
- Evonik Advances New Nylon Route
- Japanese Partners Plan Ethylene Closure
- Versalis To Build Italian Resins Plant
- Codexis And Dyadic In Enzyme Dispute
- Chiral Quest Raises Money, Buys A Plant
- Two Algae Firms Get Research Grants
- Roche Grants License For Eye Disease Drug
- Novartis Is Latest Partner For Ensemble
- U.K. Start-Up Gets Cash Injection
- Bayer And Compugen Pursue Immunotherapy
- Business Roundup
- All Concentrates
ACS News
Summer internships for chemistry teachers lay groundwork for their students to work in industrial labs
(p.34)
Divisions issue Calls for Papers for the March 16–20 meeting in Dallas
(pp. 35-36)
Government & Policy
Demand for bacterial treatments grows despite scant regulatory oversight
(pp. 22-23)
Senators pledge to tweak bipartisan compromise bill to overhaul federal chemical control law
(pp. 24-25)Education
A strong faculty, motivated student body, and interdisciplinary spirit lead the school as it continues to grow
(pp. 32-33)
Science & Technology
Researchers struggle to identify molecular components that drive these complex psychiatric illnesses
(pp. 28-31)Concentrates(pp. 26-27)
(pp. 26-27)- Continuous Hydrogenation Reaction Yields Chiral Product Without Solvent
- An Immune System Sensor For HIV
- Hooking Up With Heterocycles
- Infrared Imaging In Three Dimensions
- Adding Unnatural Covalent Bond To Proteins
- Ionic Liquids Stable At High Temps
- Chemists Give Peptidomimetics An F
- Phenols Add To Alkynes Via Cooperative Gold
Career & Employment
Young chemists gathered in Germany to get careers advice from winners
(pp. 41-42)Newscripts
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