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VOLUME 91, NUMBER 34 AUGUST 26, 2013
GOVERNMENT & POLICY
COVER STORY 20 21
SHRINKING ANALYTICS
CONCENTRATES UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LAB SAFETY
UC system develops new training and policies that exceed court-ordered requirements.
Instrument makers pack more punch into smaller components for gas chromatographs, mass spectrometers, and other tools. PAGE 11
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 24 27
CONCENTRATES REASSESSING HALOCARBONS
Release of better data on global-warming potentials could help reduce climate effects. 28
GALILEO’S OTHER GREAT DEBATE
The scientist and an opponent competed to explain why ice floats, and scholars now say Galileo was right—but not completely.
BOOKS 30
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Just wrapping people up in a lab coat and gloves doesn’t automatically make them safe.”
NEWS OF THE WEEK 5
WHERE TO FIND U.S. SCIENTISTS
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Census data analysis by NSF shows where most of the country’s researchers live and work. 6
DUPONT SETTLES PRICE-FIXING SUIT
World’s largest maker of TiO2 pigment agrees to a $72 million payout.
DEBBIE M. DECKER, CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT SAFETY MANAGER, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS PAGE 21
Scientist whose team built and operated a chemistry instrument on Mars rover Curiosity recounts the challenges and rewards.
PROTEIN-MOVING COMPANY
Designer molecules take proteins to specific spots in cells, affecting cell signaling. 6
“RED ROVER”
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BESTING NATURE ON HYDROGEN
New hydrogenase mimics could improve H2 production for fuel cells and more. 7
NEW ACS JOURNAL EDITOR
Jillian Buriak will take the helm of Chemistry of Materials in January 2014. 8
LYME DISEASE ESTIMATES SKYROCKET
Some 300,000 cases occur each year, according to new data analysis by government researchers. 8
SASOL’S IRANIAN EXIT
South African firm dumps an Iranian joint venture.
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THE DEPARTMENTS 2 3 32 33
LETTERS EDITOR’S PAGE ACS COMMENT ACS NEWS
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CLEANER VIEW OF CATALYSIS
Copper-nitrosyl complexes are key reaction intermediates in a catalyst system that scrubs NOx from diesel exhaust. 9
LIFE SCIENCES DEAL NUMBERS DROP
But higher values may signal more intense competition.
BUSINESS 16 18
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CONCENTRATES WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
C&EN’s annual survey shows that more women hold board and executive positions this year, but gender equality in top spots remains elusive.
COVER: Microelectromechanicalsystems-based gas chromatograph. Analytical Pixels Technology
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