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OLIGOTHIOPHENES: 13
Solid-phase synthesis produces materials for electronics, photonics applications. SCIENTISTS HONORED: 14
Winners of 1998 National Medals of
Science and of Technology. PROZAC PROTECTION: 14
Lilly signs $90 million deal to license
Sepracor's active isomer. EPOTHILONE SYNTHESES: 15
Catalytic antibody creates intermediates for drug candidates. WARM, WARMER, WARMEST: 15
Global temperatures may have
reached 1,200-year high this year. DRUG DEAL STRUCK: 16
Astra and Zeneca to merge as equals
into giant drug firm. AAAS ELECTIONS: 16
Chemist Mary Good chosen to head
scientific society in 2000. ACS BOARD MEETING: 16
PQ Corp.'s Hank Whalen elected
board chair, '99 budget approved. CHEMISTS TO CUBA: 17
Delegation of U.S. chemists attends
Cuban Chemical Congress. BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES: 19
COVER STORY DUPONT'S CHAD HOLLIDAY: 21
New CEO bucks chemical industry
trend by aggressively growing both
chemical and life sciences businesses. UNIQEMA: 25
ICI combines five groups to form
single specialty chemicals operation.
GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES: 29
EXPERT WITNESS: 31
Role of scientific experts in courts is
still being refined. YUCCA MOUNTAIN: 33
Latest geological report rekindles
debate on nuclear waste repository. LAB WASTES: 35
New California law relaxes rules on
benchtop treatment, short-term
storage. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES: 36
INTERNET SITES: 37
Some science-based web sites are
labors of love. CALIXARENES: 38
Molecular baskets are being redesigned to be receptors for specific tasks. RESEARCH FUNDING: 41
Novartis to provide UC Berkeley
with $25 million over five years. SPECIAL REPORT
WORLD CHEMICAL OUTLOOK: 43
Some growth projected for 1999, as
the industry starts to recover from
the Asian financial crisis. BOOKS
"MADE TO MEASURE": 62
Designing materials with new structures, properties challenges chemists. THE DEPARTMENTS
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