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VOLUME 90, NUMBER 5 JANUARY 30, 2012
BUSINESS
COVER STORY
28 CONCENTRATES 30 PROTECTING PRODUCTS
SHIFTING SCENES
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While custom chemical firms seek a more stable recovery, new competition may arise from emerging markets.
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UNFULFILLED VENTURE
ADM backs away from biopolymer firm Metabolix, which is now looking for a new partner.
GOVERNMENT & POLICY
34 CONCENTRATES 36 KEEPING TABS ON GREENHOUSE GASES
EPA launches public Web-based tool to analyze greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. facilities.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “If you don’t think, and you don’t try, and you don’t test, then everyone just keeps doing the same incremental stuff.”
The move to more sustainable materials has invigorated the search for more effective biocides.
NEWS OF THE WEEK OBAMA HOLDS FAST TO HIS AGENDA
State of the Union address reprises familiar theme of 8 government action to boost the economy.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
40 CONCENTRATES 42 ARSENIC SAGA CONTINUES
Scientists report data that they say refute the sensational claim made one year ago of arsenic-based life. 49 GREEN JOURNAL
ROCHE GOES AFTER ILLUMINA
EDITORIAL POLICIES
ACS journal leads the way in requiring authors to consider the environmental impacts of their research.
Hostile bid of $5.7 billion for provider of genesequencing technology sparks little interest.
ACS NATIONAL AWARDS
50 2012 WINNERS
CLOSE-UP OF ANTICANCER TARGET
Allen, Grassian, Kelly, Kruper, Montes-González, Thomas, and Yang.
Structures of human cytochrome P450 bound to prostate cancer drugs may yield better treatments. ULTRATHIN CARBON MEMBRANES
Materials with unique selectivity hold promise for filtration, purification, and desalination.
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AMGEN, CELGENE ON THE PROWL
Firms begin 2012 with buys to boost their cancer drug pipelines, although perhaps at high cost.
243RD ACS NATIONAL MEETING PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
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List of technical symposia and general meeting information for San Diego, March 25–29.
MORE INFO ON UCLA LAB ACCIDENT
Latest report details more of the evidence gathered by state investigators. SOURCING U.S. ENERGY GROWTH
Study foresees significant boost in production of fossil fuel and renewable energy by 2035. BIOFUELS AMBITIONS
Dutch chemical firm DSM and U.S. corn ethanol producer Poet join forces for cellulosic ethanol. EDUCATING CHEMISTS
Workshop explores ways to improve chemistry graduate education in the U.S.
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COVER: A production worker readies a stainless steel paddle dryer for use in Cambrex’ Charles City, Iowa, manufacturing facility. Cambrex
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