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VOLUME 92, NUMBER 51 DECEMBER 22, 2014
COVER STORY
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “The wind is back in our sails.” T. KEVIN SWIFT, CHIEF
Research Year in Review
Chemistry News in Review
C&EN’s take on 2014’s most notable science and technology advances.
Our top news stories of the year, from across the chemistry enterprise.
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Quotes & Photos
C&EN Revisits the Year 2004
A selection of intriguing images and quotes, both fun and provocative.
A look back at three of the most notable research advances of 2004.
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C&EN will not publish an issue on Dec. 29, 2014. Our next issue will be Jan. 5, 2015. C&EN staff members wish all of our readers a happy holiday season.
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CONCENTRATES
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 12
CONCENTRATES
DUPONT GETS THE BLAME
Chemical safety board says firm’s negligence was behind fatal Texas accident. 8
CONCENTRATES ▶
GOVERNMENT & POLICY
IRONCLAD COUPLING
Iron-catalyzed reaction couples heteroatomcontaining alkenes sans messy side products. 7
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GREENER ROUTE TO ADIPIC ACID
Alternative eliminates nitrous oxide by-product, but the question of practicality looms. 7
BUSINESS
DUPLICATIVE RESEARCH SETTLEMENT
University of California pays to settle federal case that a researcher allegedly received two grants for the same work.
INDIA BREAKS BAYER’S IP
High court okays compulsory licensing of anticancer drug Nexavar; a skirmish may ensue.
The year ahead for industry in the U.S. is looking mighty good; not so in Europe.
ECONOMIST, AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL
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BRIGHTER CHEMICAL OUTLOOK
WHERE’S THE ZINC? ▶
Researchers find the source of bursts of zinc cations that occur during mammalian fertilization.
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COVER: Shutterstock/Will Ludwig/C&EN CENEAR 92 (51) 1–48 • ISSN 0 00 9-2347
