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March 2, 2015 Cover
Volume 93, Issue 9
COVER: An Li and Karl J. Rockne of the University of Illinois, Chicago, ready a sampling rig called a spider to collect sediment cores to study persistent organic pollutants in Lake Superior.
Volume 93, Issue 9
Decades-long campaign begins to reveal how these compounds cycle through and impact the environment
COVER: An Li and Karl J. Rockne of the University of Illinois, Chicago, ready a sampling rig called a spider to collect sediment cores to study persistent organic pollutants in Lake Superior.
Credit: Margaret B. Corcoran
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March 2, 2015 Issue
Volume 93, Issue 9
March 2, 2015 Issue, Vol. 93 | Iss. 9
Decades-long campaign begins to reveal how these compounds cycle through and impact the environment
(pp. 10-14)
Features
Science & Technology
C&EN reviews who’s who at chemistry’s mile-high shindig (pp. 32-33)
News of the Week
Englerin A Targets Uncovered
Drug Discovery: Natural product kills kidney cancer cells by activating ion channels
(p.5)Obama Vetoes Keystone Pipeline
Energy: Congress will attempt override move but likely lacks votes
(p.6)National Institutes Of Health Expects Researchers Who Get Grants To Serve As Peer Reviewers
Less than half of grant-receivers in past year have served for at least one day
(p.7)New Insecticidal Strategy Kills Crop Pests With RNA Interference
Insecticides: Researchers stop the Colorado potato beetle in its tracks by preventing the insect from synthesizing essential proteins
(p.7)Bristol-Myers Squibb Accesses Small Molecules For Immunotherapy
Cancer Research: Company signs two deals that bolster a toolbox of antibodies
(p.8)Calcium Channel Fingered In Ebola’s Infection Pathway
Virology: Two-pore channel 2 could provide a druggable target for treating or preventing ebola virus
(p.8)Rajendra Pachauri, Chair Of Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, Resigns
Former IPCC leader faces allegations of sexual harassment
(p.9)Reconfigurable Emulsions Might Find Use As Chemical Sensors
Surfactants tune the surface tension between liquids, cause droplets to flip inside out
(p.9)Departments
Business
Start-up hopes to win business with technique to straighten out and disperse nanotubes
(p.25)
National oil company PTT builds up a small empire of biochemical assets worldwide
(pp. 22-23)
Chemists seek the solution to a growing environmental problem
(pp. 19-21)
M&A: Deal highlights growing role of Japanese firms in battery materials
(p.6)Concentrates
(pp. 15-16)
(pp. 15-16)- Biobased Firms Win Funding
- Omnova Settles With Activist Investor
- Graphene Start-Up Pursues Coatings
- Axiall To Divest Phosgene Business
- Solvay Invests In Specialty Polymers
- BASF, Yara Advance On Ammonia Plant
- Teijin Moves Into Medical Implants
- Lilly Fund Donates To Purdue Programs
- Valeant Will Add Salix To Roster
- Sanofi And Bayer Name Executives
- Sosei Acquires GPCR Firm Heptares
- Partnerships Target Autoimmune Diseases
- Roche Taps Academia For Nanomaterials
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Three policy statements get a significant rewrite to reflect current economic conditions
(pp. 36-37)
Denver, March 22–26
(p.45)Awards(pp. 38-43)
(pp. 38-43)- 2015 ACS National Award Winners
- ACS Award For Team Innovation
- Ernest Guenther Award In The Chemistry Of Natural Products
- ACS Award For Encouraging Women Into Careers In The Chemical Sciences
- ACS Award In The Chemistry Of Materials
- E. B. Hershberg Award For Important Discoveries In Medicinally Active Substances
- ACS Award For Achievement In Research For The Teaching & Learning Of Chemistry
- Francis P. Garvan–John M. Olin Medal
- Peter Debye Award In Physical Chemistry
Government & Policy
Physicist reflects on the state of science in the U.S. as he takes over the organization
(p.27)Education
Chemistry departments take an integrated approach to the traditional subdisciplines
(pp. 34-35)
Science & Technology
Decades-long campaign begins to reveal how these compounds cycle through and impact the environment
(pp. 10-14)
Coupling electron donors and acceptors in single organic molecules might one day double device efficiency
(pp. 30-31)
C&EN reviews who’s who at chemistry’s mile-high shindig
(pp. 32-33)Concentrates(pp. 28-29)
(pp. 28-29)