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Volume 95, Issue 15
COVER: Robert B. Woodward, Nov. 6, 1965. HUP Woodward, Robert Burns (8),olvwork727971. Credit: Harvard University Archives
Volume 95, Issue 15
Famed chemist would have been 100 this year
COVER: Robert B. Woodward, Nov. 6, 1965. HUP Woodward, Robert Burns (8),olvwork727971. Credit: Harvard University Archives
Credit: Harvard University Archives
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April 10, 2017 Issue
Volume 95, Issue 15
April 10, 2017 Issue, Vol. 95 | Iss. 15
Famed chemist would have been 100 this year
(pp. 28-34)
Features
Science & Technology
Previous treatments addressed only disease symptoms (pp. 18-20)
Science & Technology
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning explains the chemistry behind the tradition (p.27)
News of the Week
ACS national meeting in San Francisco breaks attendance record
Society selects its candidates for 2018 President-Elect
(p.5)Chemists get better acquainted with palladium catalysts
Study provides new insight on oxidation states and hidden intermediates in key synthetic organic reactions
(p.7)Start-up showcases organic chemistry education app
Alchemie Solutions trots out new product on heels of $700,000 NSF grant
(p.7)A protein’s ‘dance steps’ affect its biological function, study shows
Terahertz microscopy technique homes in on tough-to-measure protein dynamics
(p.8)Making immune cells more tolerant
New biomaterials target cells involved in autoimmune diseases
(p.8)An optical analog of MRI
New method theoretically will image materials using a tilted laser pulse
(p.9)Predictive approach to better batteries
Modeling technique optimizes desired physical properties of redox flow battery electrolytes
(p.9)Butamax to establish U.S. isobutyl alcohol plant
The company hopes to entice ethanol makers to switch to the higher-molecular-weight alcohol
(p.12)FDA approves first deuterated drug
Small molecule is more effective against Huntington’s disease symptom
(p.12)Two big agchem mergers near completion
Divestments and an asset swap help DuPont, ChemChina clear regulatory hurdles
(p.13)Chemistry and computer coding brought together in NSF-funded institute
Acceleration of software advances for chemists sought
(p.17)India to study bacteria’s impact on mosquito-spread disease viruses
Research aimed at controlling spread of dengue and chikungunya
(p.17)Departments
Business
At big IHS Markit chemical conference in Houston, companies heard that their profits should remain strong despite building in the U.S.
(pp. 23-24)
Bavarian chemical maker calls time on risky capital projects, will spend more on product development
(pp. 25-26)Concentrates
(pp. 14-15)
(pp. 14-15)- Japanese firms reach out
- Quaker will buy rival Houghton
- BASF, Landa join for new pigments
- New Mountain buys stake in Gelest
- Asahi Kasei to boost battery separators
- PPG prods AkzoNobel
- England to get acetylated wood
- Evolva, Cargill advance stevia route …
- … As Evonik teams up for isomalt
- Sucampo buys start-up Vtesse
- Ampac beefs up analytical services
- Troubled biotechs will cut jobs
- Business Roundup
Science & Technology
Researchers catalog more than 200 human-influenced minerals
(pp. 21-22)
Previous treatments addressed only disease symptoms
(pp. 18-20)
Famed chemist would have been 100 this year
(pp. 28-34)
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning explains the chemistry behind the tradition
(p.27)
El profesor de Química y bloguero de Compound Interest Andy Brunning explica la Química que hay detrás de esta tradición
(p.27)