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DIVERSITY IN PERIL: 11
Enrollment of blacks and Hispanics in
graduate science programs tumbles. MENTORING: 12
Chemists win six of 10 presidential
awards for 1998. FOREIGN POLICY: 12
State Department needs to beef up
its scientific and technical expertise. SCREENING CATALYSTS: 13
Dye-based system shows which metal complexes are most active. POLYPROPYLENE: 13
Some can't wait to get into the films
business, some can't wait to get out. U.S. PATENTS: 14
U.S. has technology edge over other
countries. ACS SERVICE AWARDS: 14
Sens. Frist and Lieberman honored. BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES: 17
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS: 21
Universities welcome industry support of research, but not its expectation of rights to intellectual property. INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES: 27
Radioisotope producer looks to fill
niche in U.S. market. STRATEGIC PLANNING: 30
Companies adopt military strategies
to boost their competitiveness. GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES:
33
"GOING GLOBAL": 35
Report says U.S. must improve technological innovation to compete
globally. AIR TOXICS: 39
Draft of EPA report targets 33
hazardous pollutants. GOVERNMENT INSIGHTS: 41
Environmental regulations can create
new opportunities for criminals. PERSPECTIVE
WOMEN CHEMISTS: 43
Challenges remain depressingly familiar for women as they move into
the new millennium. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
CONCENTRATES: 56
CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY: 57
Is it stress, imagination, or a real disease? Medical proof is elusive. NANOMANIA: 70
Materials structures with at least one
dimension smaller than 100 nm capture chemists' fancy. NEURODEGENERATION: 78
Oxidative stress, role of NO are
common characteristics of disease
processes. NUCLEIC ACID POLYMERS: 80
Designed biopolymers copied and
amplified like DNA, but have chemical functionality of proteins. SPECIAL REPORT
COVER STORY CHIRAL DRUGS: 83
Markets for single-isomer drugs are
booming; chemists are looking at
new ways to produce them. THE DEPARTMENTS
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