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VOLUME 92, NUMBER 6 FEBRUARY 10, 2014
COVER STORY
FOOD ADDITIVES Natural ingredients are replacing synthetic compounds to color, flavor, and preserve foods. PAGE 10
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “A man trying to lead and be assertive is a leader, while a woman trying to lead and be assertive is seen as bossy or, frankly, a bitch.”
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THERESA VAIL, CHEMISTRY UNDERGRAD AND CURRENT TITLEHOLDER, MISS KANSAS PAGE 30
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NIH, PHARMA FIRMS JOIN FORCES
Partnership aims to accelerate identification of drug targets for four diseases. Firm puts asbestos claims behind it after 13 years of court protection. SENATE PROBES CHEMICAL LEAK
Lawmakers consider national storage tank legislation to protect drinking water supplies.
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Led by chemical industry veteran Ian Shott, new national center aims to increase jobs and sales. 31
THERESA VAIL
2014 WINNERS
Denmark, Freed, Hernandez, Knochel, Macor, and Skrabalak.
LIBYA’S CHEMICAL ARSENAL IS GONE
CONCENTRATES FINE CHEMICALS FIRMS GATHER SPEED
Every battle over chemistry nomenclature is different, and each may be valuable for learning.
ACS NATIONAL AWARDS
PROTEIN EVOLUTION ENHANCED
Improvements enable phage-assisted continuous evolution to efficiently alter enzyme specificity.
CONCENTRATES TIFFS OVER TERMINOLOGY
C&EN talks with the chemistry major and National Guard sergeant who holds the Miss Kansas title.
SCOTLAND BETS ON BIOTECH
BUSINESS
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SHAKING DRUGS WITH SOUND WAVES
Resonant acoustic mixing shows promise as scalable way to cocrystallize compounds.
CONCENTRATES U.S. TO DESTROY SYRIA’S CHEMICAL ARMS
Warfare agents will be neutralized at sea, the first time such a mission has been undertaken.
W.R. GRACE RISES FROM BANKRUPTCY
International team destroys last of country’s cache. 16 18
GOVERNMENT & POLICY 23 24
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Suppliers touted new capacity and technologies at the Informex conference in Miami Beach. CLEANING WITH POLYMERS
Talk of polymeric ingredients set the American Cleaning Institute annual meeting abuzz.
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