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Volume 92, Issue 31
Volume 92, Issue 31
Amid calls to cut back or even ban added sugars, scientists hunt for alternative ways to satisfy our cravings
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August 4, 2014 Issue
Volume 92, Issue 31
August 4, 2014 Issue, Vol. 92 | Iss. 31
Amid calls to cut back or even ban added sugars, scientists hunt for alternative ways to satisfy our cravings
(pp. 11-17)
Features
Business
Once heavily polluted, island reinvents itself as a leader in green practices and recycled materials (pp. 20-22)
Science & Technology
Scientists decode surface phenomena that are key to extending implant life (pp. 29-31)
News of the Week
Graphene Surprises By Decomposing
Materials Chemistry: Ultrathin carbon touted for inertness disintegrates oxidatively
(p.5)Job Trends Look Promising
Economy: Full-time employment rises for U.S. chemists, though salaries have stalled
(p.6)Styrene Cancer Warning Upheld
Toxicity: National Research Council report confirms federal assessment
(p.6)Emulate Is Launched For Organs On Chips
Research: Start-up raises $12 million to develop technology that could replace animal testing
(p.7)Promoting Better Academic Lab Safety Culture
Core Value: Studies suggest ways to support safe research practices
(p.7)Instrument Maker Bruker To Exit Ailing Businesses
Business Setback: Firm seeks buyer for money-losing operations and ends sales of stand-alone gas chromatography systems
(p.8)U.S. Brings Home Gold
Competition: Team has strong showing at International Chemistry Olympiad
(p.8)ACS Launches New Journal On Biomaterials
Publication will focus on study of materials that interact with biological systems
(p.9)Getting To The Core In One Step
Drug Discovery: Single-step annulation could ease access to key natural-product analogs
(p.9)Departments
Business
Once heavily polluted, island reinvents itself as a leader in green practices and recycled materials
(pp. 20-22)
Sale of drug’s developer to Baxter is a win for government rare disease initiative
(p.23)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- Chemical R&D Booms In China
- Solvay Sulfuric Unit Goes To Private Firm
- Lyondell Readies Polyethylene Route
- France’s Arkema Opens Texas Acrylic Plant
- M&G Advances China Biorefinery
- Bruker Acquires Microscopy Firm
- Amgen Will Cut Jobs, Close Labs And Plants
- NYC Biotech Gets Investment Boost
- AstraZeneca Acquires Drugs From Almirall
- Roche And AmorChem In Rare Disease Pact
- Novartis Files For Biosimilar In U.S.
- Sanofi And Regeneron Buy Review Voucher
- Drugmakers Join For Immunotherapies
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Government & Policy
Chemist heads to theology graduate school after years at the National Science Foundation
(p.25)
Science & Technology
Scientists decode surface phenomena that are key to extending implant life
(pp. 29-31)
Amid calls to cut back or even ban added sugars, scientists hunt for alternative ways to satisfy our cravings
(pp. 11-17)Concentrates(pp. 26-27)
(pp. 26-27)