NEWS OF THE WEEK:

PRION DETECTION:  8
New immunoassay may be developed for commercial testing.

CARBON NANOTUBES:  9
Single-walled variety can now be dissolved in organic solvents and chemically transformed.

CONOCO SALE:  9
DuPont reveals plan to exit the energy business.

PCB CLEANUP:  10
Housatonic River is part of GE plant site cleanup.

HURRICANE GEORGES:  10
Preparedness works as chemical companies weather storm's fury.

NO_X EMISSIONS:  11
EPA's attempt to reduce ground-level ozone may strike at chemical industry players.

BUSINESS CONCENTRATES:  13

PLASTICS DOWNTURN:  15
Asian crisis and overcapacity are pressuring commodity plastics prices, with no relief expected anytime soon.

NEW DRUG LEADS:  25
Dutch firm scours the world for researchers' collections of compounds.

BUSINESS INSIGHTS:  26
A more proactive chemical industry and effort to increase scientific literacy could help overcome negative public opinion.

FORMOSA PLASTICS:  27
Facilities at new complex in Taiwan will double firm's sales, reduce country's dependence on imports.

GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES:  30

NSF'S RITA COLWELL:  31
New director conveys upbeat, can-do attitude as she discusses some of the issues NSF is facing.

NATIONAL LABS:  37
Legislation to change labs' relationship with Department of Energy may be considered in next session of Congress.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES:  41

G-QUADRUPLEXES:  42
Folded DNA structures attract growing interest as targets for therapeutic agents for treatment of cancer.

POLYPROLIFERATION:  46
Polysaccharides, polycarbonates, and polyetheresters prepared by new approaches.

C&EN CELEBRATION:  48
Scenes from the 75th anniversary festivities held during the ACS national meeting in Boston.

PHOENIX AWARDS:  51
Nineteen local sections win awards for 1997 National Chemistry Week activities.

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