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Volume 93, Issue 19
Volume 93, Issue 19
A new crop of technology start-ups is attracting attention from investors and big business
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May 11, 2015 Issue
Volume 93, Issue 19
May 11, 2015 Issue, Vol. 93 | Iss. 19
A new crop of technology start-ups is attracting attention from investors and big business
(pp. 8-12)
Features
Government & Policy
Down The Drain: Costly battle brews over which products are flushable—and which are not (pp. 24-25)
Science & Technology
Heating, cooling, power generation technology makes a comeback thanks to materials science discoveries (pp. 29-31)
News of the Week
New Reagent Brings Fresh Approach To Fluorination
Synthesis: Fluorinated diazomethane serves up key difluoromethyl intermediates for drugs and agrochemicals
(p.3)Renmatix And Cargill Snap Up Biobased Assets
Sweet Deals: Purchases of Mascoma facility and OPX Biotechnologies’ engineered microbes accelerate buyers’ plans to make chemicals, fuels from sugar
(p.4)Texas Moves To Tighten State’s Ammonium Nitrate Storage Requirements
Regulation: Legislation aims to prevent accidents at fertilizer facilities
(p.4)Dow Will Eliminate Up To 1,750 Jobs
Business: Action anticipates spin-off of chlorine business to Olin
(p.5)MOFs Made From Flexible Polymers Buck Conventional Wisdom
Hybrid Materials: Surprising 3-D porous crystals made from floppy polymers and metal ions
(p.5)Food & Drug Administration Seeks Safety Data On Skin Sanitizers
Disinfectants: Agency to evaluate health care workers’ frequent use of antiseptics
(p.6)Fructose May Motivate People To Seek Out Food
Neuroscience: Compared with glucose, fructose activates brain regions that enhance the psychological reward of eating
(p.6)BASF To Sell Fine Chemicals Businesses To Siegfried
Pharmaceuticals: World’s largest chemical firm to shed custom synthesis unit and part of API business
(p.7)Inhibitors Make Rare Landing On Longstanding Anticancer Target Ras
Drug Discovery: Despite decades of effort, no Ras inhibitors have passed clinical trials, but cyclic peptides provide new options
(p.7)Departments
Business
At information technology conference, companies emphasize tools tailored to the researchers who use them
(pp. 20-21)
The economics of the chemical industry haven’t changed much in the past year, but its structure has
(pp. 16-18)
A new crop of technology start-ups is attracting attention from investors and big business
(pp. 8-12)Concentrates
(pp. 14-15)
(pp. 14-15)- Cancer Drug Spending Tops $100 Billion
- IRS May Prohibit MLPs For Chemicals
- Abengoa, Fulcrum Plan Waste Plant
- BASF Names New Regional Heads
- Will Monsanto Buy Syngenta?
- Panera Is Latest To Cull Ingredients
- Firms Join Venture Fund
- Goodyear Will Use PPG Silica
- Lilly To Open Cambridge Hub
- Merck Teams With PeptiDream
- Academics Launch Flow-Chemistry Firm
- Alexion Will Pay $8.4 Billion To Buy Synageva
- Bayer Licenses Drug From Isis Pharma
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
Down The Drain: Costly battle brews over which products are flushable—and which are not
(pp. 24-25)Education
Extended internships give Singapore students a head start in chemistry-related fields
(pp. 36-37)
Science & Technology
Indian scientists isolate genetic information needed for the large mammals to produce biologics
(pp. 32-33)
Heating, cooling, power generation technology makes a comeback thanks to materials science discoveries
(pp. 29-31)
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning explores the origins of hay fever and how we squelch it
(p.35)Concentrates(pp. 26-27)
(pp. 26-27)- NMR Method Detects Glycosylations On Intact Proteins
- Metabolomics Reveals Vicious Cancer-Biofilm Cycle
- AFM Coupled With Mass Spec Plots Properties Of Materials With A Single Platform
- Getting The Measles Is A Double Whammy
- Molecular Shuttles Get Organized
- Toward A Better Photosynthesis Mimic
- Fungus And Flowers Bring Spring Showers
- Creating Precise Porous Carbon Fibers
Career & Employment
Through internships, companies offer chemistry and chemical engineering students work experience that can lead to postgraduation jobs
(pp. 41-43)