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Volume 94, Issue 1
Volume 94, Issue 1
Reaching out to other chemists and to the public will strengthen our profession
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January 4, 2016 Issue
Volume 94, Issue 1
January 4, 2016 Issue, Vol. 94 | Iss. 1
Reaching out to other chemists and to the public will strengthen our profession
(pp. 2-4)
Features
Business
The $130 billion merger is too big to ignore (pp. 14-15)
Science & Technology
Pacifichem News: A taste of the happenings and the research presented during last month’s meeting in Hawaii (pp. 25-27)
News of the Week
Congress Moves On Chemical Safety Reform
Legislation: Negotiations expected to culminate early in 2016
(p.6)DuPont Shutting Central Research
Corporate R&D: Firm’s restructuring of storied labs comes before its merger with Dow
(p.7)ACS Considers Adding Safety Criteria To Fellows Nominations
Lab Safety: Move comes after AAAS elects Patrick Harran as one of its fellows
(p.8)Chemists Win Presidential Science Awards
Accolades: Obama picks honorees for National Medals of Science and Technology & Innovation
(p.8)Well-Known Malaria Drug Artemisinin Works By Attacking Multiple Parasite Proteins
Biochemistry: New research shows that the antimalarial also needs the red blood cell compound heme for activation
(p.9)Departments
Business
The $130 billion merger is too big to ignore
(pp. 14-15)
A new environmental law offers hope, but deep challenges remain
(pp. 11-13)ACS News
Reaching out to other chemists and to the public will strengthen our profession
(pp. 2-4)Awards
(pp. 29-43)
(pp. 29-43)- 2016 ACS National Award Winners
- ACS Award In Colloid & Surface Chemistry: Nicholas L. Abbott
- Nobel Laureate Signature Award For Graduate Education In Chemistry: Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt and Matthew J. Polinski
- Kathryn C. Hach Award For Entrepreneurial Success: Scott D. Allen, Geoffrey W. Coates, and Anthony R. Eisenhut
- James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award For Interpreting Chemistry For The Public: Peter Atkins
- Elias J. Corey Award For Outstanding Original Contribution In Organic Synthesis By A Young Investigator: Phil Baran
- Ipatieff Prize: Aditya Bhan
- Gabor A. Somorjai Award For Creative Research In Catalysis: Donna G. Blackmond
- Ernest Guenther Award In The Chemistry Of Natural Products: Eric Block
- George A. Olah Award In Hydrocarbon Or Petroleum Chemistry: Mieczyslaw M. (Mietek) Boduszynski
- ACS Award In The Chemistry Of Materials: Jean-Luc E. Bredas
- Frederic Stanley Kipping Award In Silicon Chemistry: Michael Brook
- ACS Award For Team Innovation: Matthew F. Brown, Paul S. Changelian, Mark E. Flanagan, Michael J. Munchhof, and Chakrapani Subramanyam
- Earle B. Barnes Award For Leadership In Chemical Research Management: Henry Bryndza
- ACS Award In Theoretical Chemistry: Roberto Car
- ACS Award In Polymer Chemistry: Edmund M. (Ted) Carnahan
- Award For Volunteer Service To The American Chemical Society: H. N. Cheng
- ACS Award For Encouraging Disadvantaged Students Into Careers In The Chemical Sciences: Luis A. Colón
- ACS Award In Separations Science & Technology: Steven M. Cramer
- Alfred Burger Award In Medicinal Chemistry: Richard D. DiMarchi
- ACS Award For Creative Invention: Antonio Facchetti
- ACS Award For Encouraging Women Into Careers In The Chemical Sciences: Carol A. Fierke
- Herbert C. Brown Award For Creative Research In Synthetic Methods: Alois Fürstner
- F. Albert Cotton Award In Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry: François P. Gabbaï
- ACS Award In Industrial Chemistry: Ted C. Germroth
- ACS Award In Organometallic Chemistry: Karen Goldberg
- ACS Award For Research At An Undergraduate Institution: Thomas E. Goodwin
- E. Bright Wilson Award In Spectroscopy: Robert G. Griffin
- Frank H. Field And Joe L. Franklin Award For Outstanding Achievement In Mass Spectrometry: Albert John Roeland Heck
- ACS Award For Computers In Chemical & Pharmaceutical Research: Warren Hehre
- ACS Award In Analytical Chemistry: William Heineman
- ACS Award For Achievement In Research For The Teaching And Learning Of Chemistry: Avi Hofstein
- Glenn T. Seaborg Award For Nuclear Chemistry: E. Philip Horwitz
- ACS Award For Affordable Green Chemistry: Martin Johnson, Joseph Martinelli, and Shannon Stahl
- ACS Award In Inorganic Chemistry: Mercouri Kanatzidis
- Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal: Annie Kersting
- Josef Michl ACS Award In Photochemistry: Frederick Lewis
- ACS Award For Creative Advances In Environmental Science & Technology: Bruce E. Logan
- ACS Award In Chromatography: Harold M. McNair
- ACS Award For Creative Work In Synthetic Organic Chemistry: Scott J. Miller
- National Fresenius Award: Douglas A. Mitchell
- George C. Pimentel Award In Chemical Education: Richard Moog
- Ronald Breslow Award For Achievement In Biomimetic Chemistry: Thomas W. Muir
- ACS Award In Pure Chemistry: Jonathan S. Owen
- ACS Award For Distinguished Service In The Advancement Of Inorganic Chemistry: Vincent L. Pecoraro
- Ralph F. Hirschmann Award In Peptide Chemistry: Ronald T. Raines
- Peter Debye Award In Physical Chemistry: Mark A. Ratner
- ACS Award In Applied Polymer Science: Thomas P. Russell
- James Flack Norris Award In Physical Organic Chemistry: J. C. (Tito) Scaiano
- Irving Langmuir Award In Chemical Physics: George C. Schatz
- Harry Gray Award For Creative Work In Inorganic Chemistry By A Young Investigator: Eric J. Schelter
- Joel Henry Hildebrand Award In The Theoretical And Experimental Chemistry Of Liquids: Kenneth S. Schweizer
- George & Christine Sosnovsky Award For Cancer Research: Juswinder Singh
- Alfred Bader Award In Bioinorganic Or Bioorganic Chemistry: Edward I. Solomon
- ACS Award For Creative Work In Fluorine Chemistry: Steven H. Strauss
- E. V. Murphree Award In Industrial & Engineering Chemistry: Michael Thackeray
- Ahmed Zewail Award In Ultrafast Science & Technology: Andrei Tokmakoff
- James Bryant Conant Award In High School Chemistry Teaching: Julia Winter
Government & Policy
Investment in doctoral students has local impact, study shows
(p.20)
Law was intended to promote safer alternatives to toxic substances
(pp. 17-19)
Science & Technology
Pacifichem News: A taste of the happenings and the research presented during last month’s meeting in Hawaii
(pp. 25-27)
Carbohydrate chemists agree on system to represent oligosaccharide structures
(p.28)
Shanghai conference highlights the benefits of the chemical separations technology for the growing Asian marketplace
(pp. 23-24)
Bioquímica: Una nueva investigación muestra que el fármaco antimalárico necesita el grupo hemo, que se encuentra en los glóbulos rojos, para su activación
(p.9)