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Volume 92, Issue 35
COVER: This depiction of HIV shows protein protuberances that are key for the virus’s entry into T cells.
Volume 92, Issue 35
Scientists seek ways to block the virus before it can infect a single cell
COVER: This depiction of HIV shows protein protuberances that are key for the virus’s entry into T cells.
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September 1, 2014 Issue
Volume 92, Issue 35
September 1, 2014 Issue, Vol. 92 | Iss. 35
Scientists seek ways to block the virus before it can infect a single cell
(pp. 14-21)
Features
Business
Long in the shadow of other research hubs, city starts to develop critical mass (pp. 24-29)
Career & Employment
Unemployment fell but salaries didn’t budge, according to survey of ACS members (pp. 68-71)
News of the Week
China Reveals R&D Spending
Investment: Researchers use financial disclosures to give first glimpse of government’s science spending
(p.9)Mid-Atlantic Methane Mystery
Environment: Scientists discover gas seeps off of East Coast
(p.10)Roche To Buy Intermune
Acquisition: Swiss drugmaker expands in respiratory disease field with $8.3 billion purchase of one-drug firm
(p.10)A Step Toward Making Painkillers Without Poppies
Bioengineering: Modified yeast produce morphine and semisynthetic opioids starting from thebaine
(p.11)Carbon Tetrachloride Emissions Continue Despite Ban
Researchers estimate releases of stratospheric-ozone-depleting chemical average 39,000 tons per year even though the Montreal protocol has severely restricted its use
(p.11)Drug Assembly On-Site
Drug Delivery: Click reaction links small molecules to form larger potential drug inside cells
(p.12)Japan Proposes Influenza Drug To Treat Ebola
Pharmaceuticals: Country says Fujifilm’s favipiravir is available
(p.12)Improved Route To Chiral Amines
Biocatalysis: Amine donor eliminates by-product inhibition in ω-transaminase-based synthesis
(p.13)LyondellBasell To Build U.S. Propylene Oxide Plant
Shale gas drives investment in the propylene derivative
(p.13)Departments
Business
Long in the shadow of other research hubs, city starts to develop critical mass
(pp. 24-29)
Industry and academic technology initiatives are readied in the shadow of pending independence vote
(pp. 34-37)
Academics and technology firms seek to reduce the growing problem of electronic waste from old cell phones
(pp. 30-33)Concentrates
(pp. 22-23)
(pp. 22-23)- Malaysia Petrochemical Complex Moves Ahead
- DuPont Slapped With Fine For Leak
- Dow Helps Improve Fracking Sands
- Vitamin C In, BPA Out For Receipts
- Agrium Boosts Stake In Biotech Firm
- Crop Protection Start-ups Raise Funds
- Lockheed Martin Buys Sun Catalytix
- Pharma Group RX-360 Advances In India
- Lockheed Martin Buys Sun Catalytix
- DSM Invests In More Fish Oil
- J&J Buys Option On ViaCyte Therapy
- Illumina Forms Diagnostics Pact With Big Pharma
- DPx Will Acquire Biologics Producer
- AB Sciex, Dalton Join For Analysis
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Snapshots from the American Chemical Society national meeting in San Francisco
(pp. 66-69)
The American Association of Chemistry Teachers aims to bring K–12 teachers into the larger chemistry community
(p.65)
Government & Policy
World’s largest CO2-nabbing project could give a boost to coal
(p.46)
A year after new K–12 science standards were finalized, advocates are encouraged by their spread, but challenges remain
(pp. 43-45)
Future of Chemical Safety Board uncertain as Congress attacks its chairman
(pp. 40-42)Education
A pioneering program prepares underrepresented undergraduates to be leaders in science
(pp. 60-61)
ACS Meeting News: Teams use food to showcase scientific concepts during kitchen chemistry contest
(pp. 58-59)
Science & Technology
ACS Meeting News: Computational method removes artifacts from high-throughput screening assay hit lists
(pp. 56-57)
Scientists seek ways to block the virus before it can infect a single cell
(pp. 14-21)
ACS Meeting News: Symposium addressed selectivity, dosing of orexin receptor antagonists
(pp. 52-55)Concentrates(pp. 48-49)
(pp. 48-49)- New Painkiller On The Block
- A New And Improved Cyclic Polyphosphate
- Microbe Thrives In Red-Light District
- Probing The Kinetics Of Wine Barrel Oxygen
- Xenon Quells Rat Response To Traumatic Memories
- Viral Coat Protein Guides Self-Assembly
- Green Cross-Coupling Affordably Sized Up
- Enzyme Stabilizes RNA On Nanoparticles
Career & Employment
Unemployment fell but salaries didn’t budge, according to survey of ACS members
(pp. 68-71)Newscripts
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