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VOLUME 92, NUMBER 44 NOVEMBER 3, 2014
COVER STORY
JOB MARKET STARTS LOOKING UP With the Great Recession’s shadow still lingering, chemists should anticipate slow growth in 2015. PAGE 10
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “You can’t get fresh air in space.”
NEWS OF THE WEEK 5
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MORE WEAPONS TO FIGHT EBOLA
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Federal agencies in the U.S. have intensified efforts to halt the epidemic in West Africa. 6
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REVERSING HEPARIN
INDUSTRY’S STRONG THIRD QUARTER
Good news is tempered by continuing market volatility and the demands of activist investors. 7
GOVERNMENT & POLICY 33 35
A METAL-FREE CATALYSIS FIRST
Harnessing frustrated Lewis pairs, chemists can now hydrogenate carbonyls to make alcohols. 8
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SASOL IS A GO IN LOUISIANA
South African firm green-lights new ethylene facility, though costs have skyrocketed.
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CONCENTRATES SPEEDING UP SCREENING
Pharma firms look to academia for risky but promising new drug targets.
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CONCENTRATES FROM THE SCENES CLEARING THE AIR
Researchers set their sights on low-cost methods to produce precious clean air without precious metals.
BUSINESS 22 24
DIVERSITY IN MATERIALS SCIENCE
LAB DEATH LEGAL BILLS
The University of California has paid $4.5 million to defend itself and professor Patrick Harran. 9
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Science community seeks a path toward more inclusiveness.
NEW LOOK AT METASTASIS
Two independently fabricated DNA probes can read the mechanical force of moving cancer cells. 9
CONCENTRATES EPA WARMS UP TO TOXICITY SCREENS
Regulators may soon accept highthroughput methods as tests for endocrine disruption.
MORE CHEMICAL ASSESSMENTS
An additional 23 chemicals or groups of compounds will be reviewed by EPA for possible regulation. 8
EUROPE’S INDUSTRY IMAGE IMPROVES
After emphasizing its role in cutting CO2 emissions, chemical industry sees rise in public approval.
Agent binds to many types of the anticoagulant— useful postsurgery and for cases of overdose.
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CHEMISTRY REAWAKENS IN WEST VIRGINIA
The nonprofit MATRIC repurposes old Union Carbide facilities to fuel an R&D revival in the Mountain State.
Some oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill is likely on the seafloor, researchers say.
JEFFREY G. WEISSMAN, MANAGER OF CATALYST DEVELOPMENT, PRECISION COMBUSTION
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HYDROCARBONS IN THE DEEP
THE DEPARTMENTS 4 48
LETTERS ACS CAREER TIPS
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