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VOLUME 92, NUMBER 25 JUNE 23, 2014
COVER STORY
TRICLOSAN UNDER SCRUTINY Concerns about safety and efficacy continue to dog the widely used antibacterial compound. PAGE 10 QUOTE OF THE WEEK “I felt like I was being judged by my freaking yogurt.”
NEWS OF THE WEEK 5
Structures show how huge multienzyme complexes in bacteria produce natural products. 6
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Study of key protein leads to a possible treatment of the disease with a monoclonal antibody. 7
GOVERNMENT & POLICY 22 23
SORBITOL IN VIETNAM
Novasep and a local partner will team up to make the pharmaceutical and food ingredient. 8
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Costly federal research project suffers design, execution flaws and needs revision, panel finds.
CHOBANI’S CULTURE WAR
Antiscience rhetoric on a yogurt lid riles scientists, who fight back on social media.
IDENTIFYING MICROBES
CHILD HEALTH STUDY ON HOLD
PACKAGING A PUNGENT HERBICIDE
Dow Chemical’s barrier film can corral the odor of blockbuster herbicide 2,4-D.
New mass spectrometry technique can accurately and quickly identify specific bacteria and fungi. 9
CONCENTRATES TRIBOLOGY OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Friction scientists turn their attention from pistons and steel to people and products.
CHEMISTRY OLYMPIANS CHOSEN
Four U.S. high school students will represent their country at international competition in Vietnam. 9
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 28 30
BIOBASED JET FUELS SCORE IN RIO
Brazil’s GOL Airlines has set the stage for bio jet fuel plants taking off in Los Angeles and London.
CONCENTRATES PESTICIDE PRIORITIES
EPA’s Jim Jones describes efforts to protect honeybees and regulate endocrine distruptors.
STATE OF SCIENCE IN CHINA
The country is making significant strides, but it still faces hurdles, does not match U.S. quality. 7
A. N. SREERAM
C&EN talks with Dow Chemical’s head of R&D about profitable, high-impact research.
MITSUBISHI PLANS U.S. FACILITY
INSIGHT INTO COPD
CHINA IMPROVES POLLUTION REPORTING
Annual study reveals a trend toward greater availability of quality environmental information.
Japanese acrylics plant will use Dow Chemical’s ethylene feedstock and energy, both courtesy of shale gas.
GWEN PEARSON, NETWORK MANAGER, ORGANIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATIONS PAGE 34
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POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES REVEALED
THE DEPARTMENTS 2 3 35
LETTERS EDITOR’S PAGE ACS COMMENT
BUSINESS 14 16
CONCENTRATES LIFE-CYCLE PHARMA RISING
Recent deals suggest a shift toward single contract firms taking a drug from development to finished dose.
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