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VOLUME 91, NUMBER 32 AUGUST 12, 2013
GOVERNMENT & POLICY
COVER STORY 21 22
CONCENTRATES PROBING PROBIOTICS
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Demand for products grows, but data about contents and efficacy lag behind. 24
BUMPY CHEMICAL CONTROL BILL
Four provisions in much-watched Senate legislation are singled out for changes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 26 28
CONCENTRATES CHEMISTRY OF EATING DISORDERS
Experts agree the illnesses are influenced by genes, but the search for molecular mechanisms is slow going.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “When I came up you were hoping to discover something. Nowadays you’ve got to predict what you are going to discover, which is a pretty high hurdle.”
NEWS OF THE WEEK 5
EDUCATION 32
Complex biomolecule has been a difficult target, but new work could change that. 6
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Newest University of California campus grows with committed students, faculty, and mission.
ACS NEWS 34
INDUSTRY INTERNSHIPS FOR TEACHERS
High school teachers work at chemical firms during the summer to relay the experience to their students.
CAFFEINE ON THE INFANT BRAIN
Brain growth in mouse pups is slowed by mother’s caffeine intake, but what about effects in people? 7
UC MERCED, ONE DECADE IN
WEAKENING TUBERCULOSIS’S ENERGY
Investigational drug targets ATP synthesis, which powers the microbe.
UNEVEN EUROPEAN EARNINGS
Growth seen for agricultural chemicals, but firms have nothing to cheer for in other industry sectors.
ROBERT F. CURL JR., 1996 NOBEL LAUREATE AND KENNETH S. PITZER-SCHLUMBERGER PROFESSOR OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR EMERITUS, RICE UNIVERSITY PAGE 41
RNA DRUGS IMPROVE AIM
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NEW PHOTONICS JOURNAL COMING
American Chemical Society will launch ACS Photonics in January 2014. 8
EPA IN THE CROSSHAIRS
Republicans in the House take shots at the agency just before Congress’ August recess. 8
DEAD BATTERY PLANT
BASF fuel-cell facility in New Jersey will be shuttered despite a decent industry outlook.
BUSINESS 16 18
EMPLOYMENT
CONCENTRATES PHARMA’S EXECUTIVE SHUFFLE
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In an attempt to improve upon first-half results, drug firms change executives, R&D managers. 20
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THE DEPARTMENTS
MITIGATING WOOD EMISSIONS
Resin makers compete to reduce formaldehyde emissions from wood composite products.
PRIZED SECRET OF SUCCESS
Nobel Laureates meet young scientists in Lindau, Germany, and discuss what it takes to be the best. 3 4 35
EDITOR’S PAGE LETTERS MEETINGS
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AWARDS CLASSIFIEDS NEWSCRIPTS
COVER: Young energy cane plants grow in a test field in California’s Imperial Valley. Canergy CEN EAR 91 (32) 1–48 • ISSN 0 00 9- 2347
