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Volume 94, Issue 18
COVER: Emerging photovoltaic technologies (organic photovoltaic shown) yield lightweight, flexible sheets of solar cells.
Volume 94, Issue 18
Perovskite and other emerging photovoltaic technologies grab headlines. But will they ever come to market?
COVER: Emerging photovoltaic technologies (organic photovoltaic shown) yield lightweight, flexible sheets of solar cells.
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May 2, 2016 Issue
Volume 94, Issue 18
May 2, 2016 Issue, Vol. 94 | Iss. 18
Perovskite and other emerging photovoltaic technologies grab headlines. But will they ever come to market?
(pp. 30-35)
Features
Science & Technology
Better understanding of the catalyst precursor’s properties could make palladium catalysis more predictable and reproducible (pp. 20-21)
Government & Policy
Push for technology transfer may have larger effect than funding boost (pp. 22-23)
News of the Week
How the first nucleotides might have formed on Earth
Model compounds spontaneously form nucleotides under prebiotic conditions
(p.7)Plant protein acts like a prion
Discovery contributes to idea that prions are more than just bad actors
(p.8)Robust route for carbonyl-olefin metathesis
Iron catalyst spurs synthesis of five-membered rings
(p.8)Decoy tricks sperm, prevents fertilization in mice
Peptide outside of egg cells could lead to new contraceptive strategy
(p.9)Researchers use artificial evolution to combat insect pesticide resistance
Method produces modified Bt toxins that potently target new receptor on insect gut cells
(p.9)Chemistry Nobel Laureate Walter Kohn dies at age 93
Physicist shared 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of density functional theory
(p.10)Turning on bioorthogonal reactions catalytically
Catalysts could help researchers control when and where tetrazine ligations occur in cells or organisms
(p.10)Big pharma pursues next generation of antibodies
AbbVie and other big firms pay small ones to access new technologies
(p.14)Drugmakers pursue next generation of antibodies
Big companies pay small firms to get at new technologies
(p.14)Sanofi makes a bid for Medivation
CEO hoping to revitalize Sanofi's oncology business
(p.14)Chemical earnings beat expectations
Consumer demand made up for lower prices in the first quarter
(p.15)PPG will remove lead from paint
Paint giant will remove the heavy metal from all of its coatings
(p.15)Congress passes bill to deter theft of trade secrets
Measure lets companies seek compensation in federal courts
(p.18)U.S. senators push for ban on caffeine powder
FDA efforts to regulate pure substance fail to protect consumers, lawmakers say
(p.18)Departments
Business
Zeolite maker grows by focusing on Chinese market for specialty catalysts
(p.27)
BIO conference attendees sought expertise, partners to help compete with fossil feedstocks
(p.26)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)
(pp. 16-17)- Global players trade chemical businesses
- Umicore invests in battery materials
- Solar airplane resumes world tour
- Mexican explosion toll reaches 32
- Catalyst targets fine chemicals
- Shin-Etsu names new president
- Elanco licenses canine pain drug
- FDA warns another Indian firm on data
- BASF opens crop lab in Germany
- Aptuit acquires Swiss services firm
- Twist to supply DNA to Microsoft
- Allied Minds funds drug development
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Government & Policy
Push for technology transfer may have larger effect than funding boost
(pp. 22-23)
Science & Technology
Chief executive of MEL Science discusses company’s new subscription-based chemistry set
(pp. 24-25)
Better understanding of the catalyst precursor’s properties could make palladium catalysis more predictable and reproducible
(pp. 20-21)
A chemistry stalwart says the field must remain the creative and useful science, and not become the narrow science
(pp. 28-29)
Perovskite and other emerging photovoltaic technologies grab headlines. But will they ever come to market?
(pp. 30-35)
Los compuestos de este modelo de estudio forman nucleótidos de manera espontánea en condiciones prebióticas
(p.7)