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Volume 95, Issue 47
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Volume 95, Issue 47
With sometimes offbeat technology, innovators seek to extract certain chemicals from municipal waste
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November 27, 2017 Issue
Volume 95, Issue 47
November 27, 2017 Issue, Vol. 95 | Iss. 47
With sometimes offbeat technology, innovators seek to extract certain chemicals from municipal waste
(pp. 30-34)
Features
Business
Academics, biotech start-ups, and big pharma companies are designing small molecules that target RNA (pp. 16-18)
Science & Technology
Characterizing artifacts’ odors provides insight on history and conservation (pp. 19-21)
News of the Week
Brexit reality hits U.K. chemical companies
Chemical makers and drug firms warn of damage as departure from Europe draws closer
(p.4)Metal-binding polymer continues to surprise
New details on the chemistry of poly(amidoxime) sorbents could help optimize the extraction of valuable metals from seawater
(p.6)New possible target for rapid antidepressants found
Navitor molecule boosts mTORC1 activity, reduces depression symptoms in rats
(p.6)Catalyst activates tertiary C–H bonds
Dirhodium agent functionalizes specific bonds without need for nearby directing groups
(p.7)Pressure pumps up protein reaction yields
A common reaction for adding polyethylene glycol to proteins becomes way more efficient under high pressure
(p.7)Amyris will sell farnesene plant to DSM
Cash infusion will accelerate biobased chemical firm’s plans for new specialties facility
(p.11)Deerfield and Hopkins in research venture
Deal is second academic partnership for investment firm
(p.11)North Carolina to yank Chemours’s water pollution permit for fluorochemical production
Move follows unreported spill of GenX into Cape Fear River, state says
(p.15)Patent office boosts fees for filings and challenges
Those contesting the validity of an existing patent will see biggest increase
(p.15)Research misconduct is common among Middle East scientists, survey says
Almost 75% report knowing about misconduct by their colleagues
(p.15)Departments
Business
Advocacy groups’ ratings prompt more companies to disclose and reduce chemicals of concern
(pp. 22-24)
Academics, biotech start-ups, and big pharma companies are designing small molecules that target RNA
(pp. 16-18)
With sometimes offbeat technology, innovators seek to extract certain chemicals from municipal waste
(pp. 30-34)
Government & Policy
Top Communist Party ruling committee includes numerous scientists
(p.25)
Science & Technology
Theodore Gray talks about his series of chemistry books and their companion apps
(pp. 26-27)
Characterizing artifacts’ odors provides insight on history and conservation
(pp. 19-21)
Easily tailored through chemistry, the vintage material plays a crucial role in applications old and new
(pp. 28-29)
Symbiotic bacteria with stripped-down genomes break up plant cell walls for their hosts
(p.9)
Peptide inhibitors stop tau aggregation by capping fibril ends
(p.9)
Single-molecule, single-particle imaging study quantifies catalytic enhancement
(p.9)
La molécula de Navitor aumenta la actividad de mTORC1 reduciendo los síntomas de la depresión en ratas
(p.6)Newscripts
What to get the chemistry lover in your life
(p.40)