Table of Contents - January 19, 2004

NEWS OF THE WEEK
			JOBS SHOCK Data show chemical employment is down amid overall job doldrums.
			NEW CROMPTON CEO Robert Wood takes over for industry veteran Vincent Calarco.
			WORKPLACE CANCER STUDY Rohm and Haas experts find its facility "a safe place to work."
			SPACE PLAN President Bush's vision for the future of human space travel features life sciences research.
			HOLEY POLYMERS Microporous solids could be suitable for separations or as reactive membranes.
			IRAQI WEAPONS ANALYSIS Carnegie study asserts the White House distorted threat posed by Iraq.
			NEW STATE OF MATTER Physicists discover a frictionless supersolid that has superfluid properties.
			ACS SPECIAL ELECTION Kent Voorhees joins Allen Bard and Kathleen Taylor as candidates for director-at-large.
			FIGHTING PLAQUE Circular depsipeptide from a soil fungus inhibits atherosclerotic plaque in mice.

COVER STORY

CUSTOM CHEMICALS
Companies grapple with how best to supply the pharma industry, as technology no longer provides an easy differentiator and Asian competition grows.

COVER: Tetrionics photo

BUSINESS

BUSINESS CONCENTRATES

FOURTH-QUARTER STOCKS
Chemical, drug, and biotech stocks show very good performances for the quarter and for the year.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY

GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES

ENERGY BILL REDUXE
Senate once again takes up energy legislation; bill's fate hangs on two votes needed to break filibuster.

INSIGHTS
Europe faces many issues as it attempts to fashion a continent-wide R&D infrastructure.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES

BIOACTIVE AGENTS
Peptide analogs with attached identity tags are pursued for diagnostic, therapeutic, and catalytic applications.

MERCURY TOXICOLOGY
Biotoxicity of Hg compound stems from its biomolecular mimicry.

WHAT'S THAT STUFF?
Techniques for making or faking snow provide year-round fun.

DIGITAL BRIEFS

BOOKS

"THE SUSTAINABLE COMPANY"
Practical advice and case studies on incorporating sustainability into business strategy.

ACS NATIONAL AWARDS

2004 WINNERS
Angell, Gates, Lieber, Pannell, Percec, Poulter, Roush, Salamone, Tang, Van Slyke, and Zasadzinski.

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