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Volume 92, Issue 18

Decades-old separation method has reemerged as an analytical tool, but it remains unclear whether it can gain broader acceptance

COVER: Supercritical fluid chromatography separates various types of compounds, including lipids (red), steroids (light blue, orange, and tan, on different stationary phases), and nonionic surfactants (dark blue).

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May 5, 2014 Issue

Volume 92, Issue 18

May 5, 2014 Issue, Vol. 92 | Iss. 18

Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Seeks New Users

Decades-old separation method has reemerged as an analytical tool, but it remains unclear whether it can gain broader acceptance

By Celia Henry Arnaud

(pp. 10-13)

Features

Business

Food Fights

To address online consumer activism, food makers are advised to embrace openness (pp. 18-19)

Government & Policy

Ammonium Nitrate Accident Findings

Safety board investigation of Texas explosion faults company, as well as government regulations and oversight (pp. 21-22)

News of the Week

Progeria Drug Prospect Found

Rare Diseases: Small molecule corrects defects in cells from patients with premature-aging condition

(p.5)

Air Pollution Rule Revived

High Court: Justices endorse EPA’s efforts to reduce cross-state pollution

(p.6)

Method Provides 3-D Map Of Dopamine Signaling In The Brain

Neurochemistry: New method brings chemical specificity to functional magnetic resonance imaging

(p.6)

China Touts p-Xylene

Target of environmental protests, chemical is defended as key to economic growth.

(p.7)

Pfizer Pursues AstraZeneca

Acquisitions: Proposed megamerger would create U.K.-based drug giant

(p.7)

Canada Orders Safer Rail Tankers

Transportation: Older tank cars used to ship crude oil will be phased out within three years

(p.8)

Robert Bergman Wins Welch Award

Awards: UC Berkeley chemist conquered the C–H bond with organometallic complexes

(p.8)

Antibiotic May Sidestep Resistance

Drug Discovery: Bacteria may find agent’s mechanism hard to circumvent

(p.9)

National Science Board Warns That Pending Bill Could Damage National Science Foundation Peer Review

Board says the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science & Technology (FIRST) Act could impose significant constraints on NSF

(p.9)

Departments

Business

New Rutgers Focuses On Academic, Industrial Collaborations

Rutgers seeks to parlay its merger with New Jersey medical schools into an economic development engine

(pp. 16-17)

Food Fights

To address online consumer activism, food makers are advised to embrace openness

(pp. 18-19)

Concentrates

(pp. 14-15)

ACS News

ACS Issues Call For Papers For Central Regional Meeting

Conference will be held on Oct. 29–Nov. 1 in Pittsburgh

(p.34)

Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry Expands Its Offerings

(p.34)

2013–14 Project SEED College Scholarships

(pp. 32-33)

Alfred & Isabel Bader Scholars

(pp. 32-33)

Bayer Scholars

(pp. 32-33)

Ashland Scholars

(pp. 32-33)

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Scholars

(pp. 32-33)

Fosbinder Scholars

(pp. 32-33)

Project SEED Scholars

(pp. 32-33)

Obituaries

(p.35)

Government & Policy

Ammonium Nitrate Accident Findings

Safety board investigation of Texas explosion faults company, as well as government regulations and oversight

(pp. 21-22)

Academic Freedom And Competitiveness

Court ruling protects science-related e-mails of researchers at Virginia universities from release to public

(pp. 23-24)

Concentrates

(p.20)

Education

Teaming Up To Promote Diversity

Four California universities join forces to boost the number of underrepresented minorities in faculty positions

(p.31)

Concentrates

(pp. 25-26)

Career & Employment

And Today’s Speaker Is …

(p.36)

Newscripts

Alchemical Teas, ‘Song Of The Chemist’

(p.40)

Editor's Page

Lessons Of Leaves

(p.3)

Letters

(p.2)