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Volume 90, Issue 19
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Volume 90, Issue 19
Armed with electronic laboratory notebooks, software suppliers launch visions of comprehensive research informatics networks
May 7, 2012 Issue
Volume 90, Issue 19
May 7, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 19
Armed with electronic laboratory notebooks, software suppliers launch visions of comprehensive research informatics networks
(pp. 11-14)
Features
Government & Policy
Plan to publicize hazard information sparks new terrorism concerns (pp. 22-24)
Science & Technology
Navy’s research to keep its fleet of mine-detecting, harbor-protecting dolphins and sea lions fit might also aid humans (pp. 30-32)
News of the Week
A Rainbow of Lasers
Nanotechnology: Quantum dot films lase at different colors under low-energy excitation
(p.5)Pfizer Settles Celebrex Lawsuit
Intellectual Property: Drug firm logs a $450 million charge
(p.6)Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks
Research: NIH program aims to find new uses for promising compounds shelved by pharma
(p.6)Spotting Culture Contaminants
Assay Development: Glowing protein detects mycoplasma hiding in cell culture
(p.7)Bespoke Enzymes Push The Envelope
Protein Design: Highly efficient, long-lived mimics may help reveal how natural oxidases work
(p.8)Strategic Biotechnology
Policy: Administration issues a blueprint for biology and biotech investment
(p.9)Wacker Opens Polysilicon Plant
Business: New capacity comes on-line during difficult time for solar industry
(p.9)Departments
Business
Study finds several manufacturing industries at the ‘tipping point’ of returning from China
(p.20)
Compulsory license ruling creates a legal precedent for rarely invoked patent-breaking clause
(p.18)
Armed with electronic laboratory notebooks, software suppliers launch visions of comprehensive research informatics networks
(pp. 11-14)
Major producers boost R&D, production, and managerial depth in key market
(p.19)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)
(pp. 16-17)- Formosa Sues Taiwan Professor, Incites Academics
- Arsenal Capital Strikes Two Deals
- Shin-Etsu Plans U.S. Cellulosics Plant
- BASF Helps NANOH2O Raise $40 Million
- Dow Corning Aids Adjustable Glasses
- Thermo Acquires Doe & Ingalls
- DuPont Buys Rest Of Solae From Bunge
- Canadian Ethanol Companies Stumble
- FDA Approves First Plant-Based Drug
- DSM Boosts Role In Biomedical Materials
- Sandoz Buys Maker Of Dermatology Drugs
- Nottingham To Get Chemistry Building
- Novo Nordisk Will Add Jobs In U.S.
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
EPA studies why its cost estimates for pending regulations tend to be high
(pp. 26-27)
Plan to publicize hazard information sparks new terrorism concerns
(pp. 22-24)
Science & Technology
Navy’s research to keep its fleet of mine-detecting, harbor-protecting dolphins and sea lions fit might also aid humans
(pp. 30-32)
A talent for distillation was the profession’s best-kept beauty secret
(p.33)Concentrates(pp. 28-29)
(pp. 28-29)