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February 3, 2014 Cover
Volume 92, Issue 5
COVER: Graphic shows the many ingredients, active and excipient, that go into an Advil gel caplet.
Volume 92, Issue 5
Inactive but essential drug ingredients are getting checked out with modern rigor to ensure their quality
COVER: Graphic shows the many ingredients, active and excipient, that go into an Advil gel caplet.
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February 3, 2014 Issue
Volume 92, Issue 5
February 3, 2014 Issue, Vol. 92 | Iss. 5
Inactive but essential drug ingredients are getting checked out with modern rigor to ensure their quality
(pp. 9-11)
Features
Science & Technology
Research on the toxic metal’s effects on the brain bolsters the hypothesis that childhood exposure is linked to criminal acts (pp. 27-29)
News of the Week
Obama Lays Out His Plans
State Of The Union: President proposes small steps, unilateral action that will impact the chemical enterprise
(p.4)In Search Of An Ideal Route To Hydrogen Peroxide
Chemical Reagents: Researchers develop a highly selective catalyst for making the widely used bleaching agent and oxidant
(p.5)Lanxess Drops CEO As Profits Fall
Leadership: Management change may precede restructuring and cost cutting
(p.5)Geraldine Richmond To Lead AAAS
Elections: Surface chemist and long-time advocate for women in science and engineering to head scientific society in 2015
(p.6)NMR Structures Get Sharper With Rosetta
Computer program refines nuclear magnetic resonance structures of proteins, making them more similar to X-ray crystal structures
(p.6)Accelrys Acquired By French Software Firm
Lab Automation: Dassault Systèmes acquires laboratory information management software firm
(p.7)Fourth-Quarter Earnings Surge For Chemical Makers
Finances: Strong earnings reports help executives appeal to investors
(p.7)Chemist Sent To Prison For Selling Silicone Formulas
Trade Secrets: Former Wacker employee sentenced to two years in prison for stealing intellectual property
(p.8)Enzyme Makes Tough-To-Construct C–N Bonds
Chemical Biology: Halogenase directly adds nitrite or azide to unactivated aliphatic carbons
(p.8)Departments
Business
To prevent its demise, the chemical sector in Northeast England seeks to reinvent itself as a low-carbon-emission region
(pp. 14-15)
Private equity players eye opportunities in the industrial water treatment market
(pp. 16-17)Concentrates
(pp. 12-13)
(pp. 12-13)- Kraton To Merge With Unit Of Taiwan’s LCY
- Ashland To Cut Up To 1,000 Jobs
- Pixelligent Targets Brighter OLEDs
- BASF Plans U.S. Chelants Facility
- Lonza Pays For Mercury Pollution
- Biobased Fuels Maker LS9 Sold
- Wacker Benefits From Solar Contract Rewrite
- Companies Team Up For Choline Chloride
- Ranbaxy Runs Afoul Of FDA, Again
- Quantum Biosystems Debuts DNA Sequencer
- Particle Sciences Joins With Hapten
- AstraZeneca Shuts Bangalore R&D …
- … And Seals Antibiotics Pact With FOB
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Science & Technology
Red blood cells in blood banks might fare better if stored in solutions with less glucose
(p.30)
Inactive but essential drug ingredients are getting checked out with modern rigor to ensure their quality
(pp. 9-11)
Research on the toxic metal’s effects on the brain bolsters the hypothesis that childhood exposure is linked to criminal acts
(pp. 27-29)Concentrates(pp. 25-26)
(pp. 25-26)- Rewritable Printer Paper Could Replace Ink-Jet Technology
- Measuring Neuronal Activity In A Flash
- Nanostructures Designed To Fall Apart
- Chemists Find New Vein Of Fluorinases
- Analogs Of Marijuana Active Ingredient May Have More Predictable Therapeutic Properties
- ‘Pruney’ Skin Physics Revealed
- Reactive Surface Structure Observed In Real Time
- Protein Binds Uranyl Ion Selectively