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February 8, 2016 Cover
Volume 94, Issue 6
Volume 94, Issue 6
Convenient foods and supplements purport to boost energy and help competitors train harder. But do they work?
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February 8, 2016 Issue
Volume 94, Issue 6
February 8, 2016 Issue, Vol. 94 | Iss. 6
Convenient foods and supplements purport to boost energy and help competitors train harder. But do they work?
(pp. 10-15)
Features
Science & Technology
The enormous electrochemical energy-storage devices could address the intermittency of wind- and solar-generated power that’s increasingly being adopted worldwide (pp. 26-28)
Career & Employment
Those who have had difficulties starting a family share their stories and advice for how to find support at home and at work (pp. 33-35)
News of the Week
Designer Protein Is A Promising Antiflu Agent
Drug Development: Protein both prevents mice from getting flu and works better than approved drug Tamiflu when administered to rodents after infection has set in
(p.5)ChemChina Swoops In To Buy Syngenta For $43 Billion
Large Chinese chemical producer promises to expand, not cut costs, at world’s largest agricultural chemicals firm
(p.6)New Fusion Facility In Germany Makes Hydrogen Plasma For The First Time
Clean Energy: Wendelstein 7-X fusion facility in Germany is up and running
(p.6)Chemical Engineer Running For President Of Peru Could Be Disqualified
Campaign candidate Acuña faces allegations of academic plagiarism
(p.7)Commodity Glut, Strong Dollar Pressure Chemical Company Earnings
Fourth Quarter: Plans go forward at Dow, DuPont for merger as Dow CEO Liveris plans exit in 2017
(p.7)Fluorescence Method Maps Reactivity Hot Spots On A Catalyst’s Surface
Imaging: Technique could help improve catalyst performance and make reactions such as water splitting viable
(p.8)Research Teams Use DNA To Make 3-D Nanoparticle Structures With High Precision
Nanotechnology: One group assembles nanoparticle lattices that can be reshaped on demand, and the other builds structures that mimic the geometry of diamond
(p.9)Westlake Makes Hostile $2.9 Billion Bid For PVC Rival Axiall
Merger: Deal gets push from activist investor Brigade urging good faith discussions
(p.9)Departments
Business
Large Chinese chemical producer promises to expand, not cut costs, at world’s largest agricultural chemicals firm
Convenient foods and supplements purport to boost energy and help competitors train harder. But do they work?
(pp. 10-15)
Cost-focused firm has big backers and technical partners
(p.20)
Expectations are high in the country’s pharmaceutical industry that access to a huge market will become easier
(pp. 18-19)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)
(pp. 16-17)- Eastman Eyes Petrochemical Sale
- More PFOA Lawsuits Scheduled For 2017
- Teijin Promotes Volcano-Proof Fibers
- Ajinomoto Plans Tryptophan In U.S.
- Solazyme Trims Staff And Operating Costs
- Albemarle To Build Chilean Lithium Plant
- Agilent Sues Twist Over Synthetic DNA
- European Firms Sign Asia R&D Agreements
- Lonza Will Enter Drug Product Field
- Lanxess Touts Icaridin As Zika Preventer …
- … As Sanofi Launches Zika Vaccine Program
- GSK And J&J Back Medicxi Fund
- Takeda And Mersana Boost Partnership
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
U.S. Chemical Safety Board faults company, regulators in fatal incident
(p.22)
Science & Technology
The enormous electrochemical energy-storage devices could address the intermittency of wind- and solar-generated power that’s increasingly being adopted worldwide
(pp. 26-28)
Concrete that repairs itself could save maintenance costs, increase safety, and help the environment
(pp. 29-30)
Desarrollo de fármacos: La proteína sirve tanto para la prevención contra el virus de la gripe en ratones como para su tratamiento, mejor que el medicamento aprobado (Tamiflu) cuando se administra a roedores después de la infección.
(p.5)Concentrates(pp. 23-24)
(pp. 23-24)- Smartphone Biosensors Go Straight To DVD
- Probing Diversity-Generating Metabolic Pathways
- Plague-Carrying Fleas In Madagascar Developing Resistance To Several Insecticides
- MOF Membranes Stand Up To Water
- Luminescent Gold Nanoparticles Track Kidney Disease
- Water Helps Form Ammonium Bisulfate Salt In Air
- Methanol Reactions May Form Interstellar Hydrocarbons
- Nanocatalysts Reveal Structure Sensitivity
Career & Employment
Those who have had difficulties starting a family share their stories and advice for how to find support at home and at work
(pp. 33-35)Newscripts
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