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Volume 93, Issue 17
Volume 93, Issue 17
The same big companies in C&EN’s ranking continued to dominate the analytical and lab instruments market in 2014
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April 27, 2015 Issue
Volume 93, Issue 17
April 27, 2015 Issue, Vol. 93 | Iss. 17
The same big companies in C&EN’s ranking continued to dominate the analytical and lab instruments market in 2014
(pp. 10-13)
Features
Business
Contract producers gauge the pipeline to size their plants and fill out their services (pp. 16-19)
Science & Technology
Cured-in-place pipe beneath roadways leaches chemicals into waterways (pp. 28-29)
News of the Week
Evidence Against Neonicotinoids Mounts
Pesticides: One study shows bees are attracted to the insecticides, another shows harmful effects to the pollinators under field conditions
(p.5)Congress Sends Energy Efficiency Bill To White House For President’s Signature
Green Tech: Legislation will boost demand for chemistry products, such as window and roofing coatings, insulation, piping, and lighting
(p.6)Teva Makes Hostile Bid To Acquire Mylan
Pharmaceuticals: Top generic drug firm proposes new deal within a consolidating sector
(p.6)Fake, Inferior Medicines Pose Worldwide Risks
Health: Report finds that ‘pandemic of falsified and substandard medicines is pervasive and underestimated’
(p.7)Hydrogel Could Green Up Fracking
Sustainability: Expandable hydraulic fluid could cut water and chemical additives used in fracking, but journal editors debate its “greenness”
(p.7)Elusive Silicon Oxides Unveiled
Main-Group Elements: Chemists prepare the first examples of simple monomeric silicon oxides
(p.8)New Family Of Cyclic Peptides Identified
Chemical Biology: Never-before-seen cross-link places streptide in new family
(p.8)Firms Beat Dollar, Price Pressures
Chemical Earnings: First quarter surpasses expectations as companies report strong demand
(p.9)President’s Pick To Lead Chemical Safety Board Pledges To Examine Struggling Agency
Vanessa Allen Sutherland breezes through nomination hearing in Congress
(p.9)Departments
Business
Contract producers gauge the pipeline to size their plants and fill out their services
(pp. 16-19)
The same big companies in C&EN’s ranking continued to dominate the analytical and lab instruments market in 2014
(pp. 10-13)
Firm spends heavily to become go-to polyethylene packaging partner
(p.20)Concentrates
(pp. 14-15)
(pp. 14-15)- Auto Carbon Fiber Advances
- Asian Firms Target U.S. Ethylene
- DuPont To Acquire Microbe Developer
- Air Products Plans Huge Air Facility
- Milliken Business Opens R&D Facility
- Yara Writes Off Libyan Investment
- Newcomer Monolith Enters Carbon Black
- Consumer Firms Drop Unloved Chemicals
- Tate & Lyle Cuts Back On Sweeteners
- WuXi Invests In Genomics Data Firm
- Roche And Curadev Sign IDO1/TDO Pact
- Daiichi Sankyo Bows Out Of India
- Stand Up To Cancer Forms Dream Teams
- Business Roundup
ACS News
For ACS Scholar Christina Fields-Zinna, Chemistry Paved The Way To A Satisfying Career In Toxicology
Forensics specialist leverages her analytical chemistry training in her work for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
(p.37)
Three stellar ACS members show deep dedication to students
(pp. 35-36)
Government & Policy
Energy adjustments by world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter propels international negotiations
(pp. 22-23)
Chemist leads federal nanotechnology R&D efforts
(p.24)
Science & Technology
Cured-in-place pipe beneath roadways leaches chemicals into waterways
(pp. 28-29)
ACS Meeting News: Thanks to new genetic discoveries and animal models, researchers are finally making headway toward therapies
(pp. 30-31)
A look at recent patenting activity in medical applications of quantum dots, brought to you by C&EN and CAS
(p.32)Concentrates(pp. 25-26)
(pp. 25-26)- A Supramolecular Approach to Thwarting Counterfeiters
- Blocking Calcium-Sensing Receptors Could Treat Asthma
- Silicon-Based Ink Looks Good On Paper
- Californium Shows Covalent Characteristics
- Styrene Produced In One Step
- Cocrystallization Improves Explosives
- Study Reports New Tracers Of Photosynthetic Oxygen And Methane
- Pinpointing Atoms In Gold Nanoclusters