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January 2, 2017 Cover
Volume 95, Issue 1
Volume 95, Issue 1
Reaching out to the public, policymakers, and the world one turn of the crank at a time
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January 2, 2017 Issue
Volume 95, Issue 1
January 2, 2017 Issue, Vol. 95 | Iss. 1
Reaching out to the public, policymakers, and the world one turn of the crank at a time
(pp. 33-35)
Features
Science & Technology
Raising the quality of finger prick blood testing will require innovation at every stage of the process (pp. 16-19)
Education
Parental leave is guaranteed by law; why don’t most know about it? (pp. 23-24)
News of the Week
Expanding CRISPR toolkit may render patent fight moot
Newly discovered CasX and CasY enzymes could be a safety net for UC Berkeley in an ongoing patent dispute
(p.3)Breathalyzer-like nanoarray sensor detects disease
Researchers use carbon nanotubes, gold nanoparticles, and artificial intelligence to identify ‘breath prints’ of 17 diseases
(p.5)The biggest self-assembled supramolecular cage ever
Researchers create one new giant cage complex, then predict and build an even bigger one
(p.5)How tomatoes make cholesterol
Researchers uncover the biosynthetic pathway plants use to build this important sterol
(p.6)Researchers take superresolution microscopy to the next level
New method, dubbed MINFLUX, achieves nanometer resolution and fast analysis by combining the best of earlier imaging techniques
(p.6)DuPont faces more legal liabilities for cleanups
PFOA contamination and the environmental legacy of Chambers Works plague the firm as it awaits a combination with Dow
(p.10)Linde, Praxair to form industrial gas goliath
The combined firm will have $30 billion in annual sales
(p.10)Gulf methanol plant gets $2 billion loan
Department of Energy to back world’s largest industrial carbon capture facility
(p.11)L’Oreal sued over hair protection knockoff
Start-up firm Olaplex charges theft of its chemistry intellectual property
(p.11)Congress surprises science community by passing research bill
New version of America Competes Act on Obama’s desk
(p.14)EPA issues long-delayed chemical plant safety rule
Risk management requirements revised
(p.14)Departments
Business
Finding high-end chemistry and services in vogue, major players are investing at home
(pp. 20-22)Concentrates
(pp. 12-13)
(pp. 12-13)- Merck wins patent case against Gilead
- Braskem on the hook for $1 billion
- Mosaic to acquire Brazilian fertilizers
- Chemtrade will buy rival Canexus
- ITC finds for BASF on battery materials
- Lygos gets funding for malonic acid
- Wacker steps up cysteine presence
- Asahi Glass to buy CMC Biologics
- FIS nabs nearby Zach System plant
- Novartis picks up NASH drug
- Celgene, Evotec sign discovery pact
- Bruker buys microspectroscopy firm
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Reaching out to the public, policymakers, and the world one turn of the crank at a time
(pp. 33-35)
Government & Policy
Industry gripes about delays, questions government orders for toxicity testing
(pp. 25-26)Education
Parental leave is guaranteed by law; why don’t most know about it?
(pp. 23-24)
Science & Technology
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning explains the biochemistry of stress and anxiety
Web Exclusive
El profesor de Química y bloguero de Compound Interest Andy Brunning explica la bioquímica del estrés y la ansiedad.
Web Exclusive
A million bubbles and hundreds of molecules give this sparkling wine its alluring je ne sais quoi
(pp. 28-29)
Raising the quality of finger prick blood testing will require innovation at every stage of the process
(pp. 16-19)
A little personification is sometimes all it takes to create a teachable moment
(pp. 30-31)
Los enzimas recientemente descubiertos CasX y CasY podrían actuar de red de seguridad para UC Berkeley en la disputa en curso por la patente
(p.3)Concentrates(pp. 8-9)
(pp. 8-9)- Method uncovers color hidden in ancient Greek marble
- Why warm water freezes faster than cold water
- Ionic conducting stretchy, transparent polymer heals mechanical damage autonomously
- Lanthanide extraction isolates valuable chitin derivative
- Diamonds expose deep-Earth chemistry
- Oxathiaborolium debuts as a chiral Lewis acid catalyst
Career & Employment
Polymer research took this packaging innovator from academia to industry
(p.27)