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Volume 94, Issue 17
Volume 94, Issue 17
C&EN’s leaderboard for analytical and life sciences equipment makers illuminates corporate strategies, changing fortunes
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April 25, 2016 Issue
Volume 94, Issue 17
April 25, 2016 Issue, Vol. 94 | Iss. 17
C&EN’s leaderboard for analytical and life sciences equipment makers illuminates corporate strategies, changing fortunes
(pp. 32-35)
Features
Government & Policy
Murray brings experience in industry, academia, and government to her new role. (pp. 20-22)
Science & Technology
Chemists’ understanding of unquenched acid-base pair reactivity expands to include metal oxide surfaces (pp. 26-27)
News of the Week
Improved route to single-base genome editing
Modified CRISPR-Cas9 technique corrects disease point mutations by efficiently changing single bases in DNA
(p.5)Analysis of 40 years’ worth of patents reveals pharma reaction trends
Analysis of 200,000 patents issued from 1976 to 2015 unravels how medicinal chemists conduct research and how drug discovery has changed
(p.7)Spark from pressure gauge caused University of Hawaii explosion, fire department says
Postdoc Thea Ekins-Coward, who lost an arm in the incident, was using a gauge not specified for work with flammable gases
(p.7)Biomaterials coax immune cells to help heal damaged tissue
Findings in mice could lead to therapies that regenerate tissue after injuries
(p.8)New study questions ghrelin-appetite link
Hunger hormone may actually promote fat storage
(p.8)Light sparks conversion of dinitrogen to ammonia
Hybrid nanotech-biological technique could lead to an environmentally friendly route to nitrogen fixation
(p.9)Speedy printing of smart surfaces
A roll-to-roll printer stamps nanoscale features onto sheets of materials
(p.9)Contract drugmakers invest in dosage form
Moves by Recipharm, others highlight merging of chemical and finished drug manufacturing
(p.12)Illumina ups investments as its stock drops on lower sales
Next-generation sequencing leader invests to advance technology use, despite seeing its own sales growth slow
(p.12)OxyChem expansion will support new coolants
Investment is latest to help make refrigerants with low global warming potential
(p.13)Wacker opens polysilicon plant
Competition in a difficult market faces $2.5 billion Tennessee facility
(p.13)EU bans endocrine disrupting herbicides
Pesticides pose risks to aquatic life, groundwater, committee says
(p.18)Students create superheroes to support nanoscience
National competition inspires nano-themed comics
(p.18)Departments
Business
With new process, Linde seeks to employ the greenhouse gas in large-scale chemical production
(p.30)
IBM, Cray, and Dell showcase genomics products at Boston informatics conference
(pp. 28-29)
C&EN’s leaderboard for analytical and life sciences equipment makers illuminates corporate strategies, changing fortunes
(pp. 32-35)Concentrates
(pp. 14-15)
(pp. 14-15)- Deadly accidents strike Mexico, Saudi Arabia
- Tacoma methanol plant is canceled
- Investor-owned companies combine
- Bayer looks outside for innovation
- Arsenal continues investment in foam
- Valent boosts R&D
- Dow invests in wastewater firm
- Biotech firms join for drug linker
- Microbiome firms raise big money
- Sanofi to expand plant in Belgium
- Pharma R&D links industry, academia
- AstraZeneca pushes into genomics
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
Murray brings experience in industry, academia, and government to her new role.
(pp. 20-22)
Science & Technology
Chemists’ understanding of unquenched acid-base pair reactivity expands to include metal oxide surfaces
(pp. 26-27)
Una técnica modificada de CRISPR-Cas9 corrige mutaciones genéticas al cambiar bases individuales del ADN de forma eficiente
(p.5)Career & Employment
Chemical professionals share their strategies for climbing the career ladder
(pp. 24-25)