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February 29, 2016 Cover
Volume 94, Issue 9
Volume 94, Issue 9
Flying robots are doing experiments too hazardous, too expensive, or simply impossible for humans
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February 29, 2016 Issue
Volume 94, Issue 9
February 29, 2016 Issue, Vol. 94 | Iss. 9
Flying robots are doing experiments too hazardous, too expensive, or simply impossible for humans
(pp. 32-33)
Features
Science & Technology
Researchers design cell-like compartments to figure out how Earth’s first cells might have developed (pp. 20-22)
Business
Pesticides: Chemistry plays a prominent role in strategies to control the mosquito-borne disease (pp. 29-30)
News of the Week
Southern California methane leak was largest in U.S. history
Scientists have begun quantifying the effects of the Aliso Canyon disaster
(p.7)Common anti-inflammatory drugs could be an antidote for scorpion venom
Common medicines indomethacin and celecoxib tame deadly immune reaction in mice exposed to scorpion poison
(p.8)Sunlight helps power high-energy hydrocarbon mill
Process produces liquid fuel from photons, water, and carbon dioxide
(p.8)Cryo-electron tomography provides first view of a cell’s nucleus in its natural, undisturbed environment
Technique shows that protein filaments make the nucleus the stiffest organelle around
(p.9)Insect sugar could treat fatty liver disease
Trehalose coaxes mouse liver cells to clear out excess fat
(p.9)Insects and plants inspire water harvesting surface
Asymmetric bumps and a slippery coating gather and shed droplets of moisture in record time
(p.10)Princeton gift funds all third-year grad students
Endowed gift from cancer drug inventor Edward Taylor means students don’t have to rely on grant funds
(p.10)Another DMD pipeline setback
FDA has rejected PTC’s nonsense mutation treatment ataluren
(p.14)Codexis sues EnzymesWorks and founder over trade secret theft
Biocatalysts maker says competitor is poaching customers
by selling copycat products at reduced prices
(p.14)Delaware wins DowDuPont ag unit
After lobbying by three states, spin-off will be headquartered in Wilmington
(p.15)Funding is brisk for agriculture technology
Investors flock to start-ups developing plant health and yield-boosting technologies
(p.15)Big oil sponsorship of American Geophysical Union questioned
Scientists call for American Geophysical Union to reject ExxonMobil support
(p.18)EPA to crack down on chemical plants and refineries
Chemical releases are focus of enforcement effort
(p.18)Senate reignites GMO labeling debate
Committee to vote on draft bill to block state food labeling laws
(p.18)Departments
Business
Cost-cutting: Leaders expect the combination to save $1.3 billion
Pesticides: Chemistry plays a prominent role in strategies to control the mosquito-borne disease
(pp. 29-30)
Makers of polyether ether ketone and other aromatic polyketones see a promising future for their high-end polymers
(pp. 23-24)
Drugs firms are accused of using a regulatory detail to block low-priced competition
(pp. 27-28)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)
(pp. 16-17)- Illumina sues Oxford Nano
- BASF to slash plant biotech R&D
- NW Innovation Works puts plant on hold
- P&G to debut biobased version of Tide
- Chemours faces credit pressures
- Two firms sued over PFOA contamination
- Chemical makers advance lithography
- Levulinic acid start-ups combine
- ICIG will acquire Novartis drug plant
- Two companies join to boost brown fat
- Immunotherapy firm Forty Seven launches
- Cerbios opens Swiss R&D center
- Roundup
ACS News
More than 17,000 attendees are expected to attend annual conference and expo on lab science
(pp. 41-42)
Government & Policy
University systems struggle in conflict-torn country
(pp. 25-26)
Science & Technology
A look at recent patenting activity in the fight against mosquitoes, brought to you by C&EN and CAS
(p.31)
Researchers design cell-like compartments to figure out how Earth’s first cells might have developed
(pp. 20-22)
Flying robots are doing experiments too hazardous, too expensive, or simply impossible for humans
(pp. 32-33)
Scientists begin quantifying the effects of the Aliso Canyon disaster
La comunidad científica ha empezado a cuantificar los efectos del desastre medioambiental del cañón de Aliso.
(p.7)Concentrates(pp. 11-12)
(pp. 11-12)Newscripts
Editor's Page
Letters
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