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"A LIFE OF MAGIC CHEMISTRY"

Table of Contents
March 19, 2001
Volume 79, Number 12
CENEAR 79 12 p. 3

NEWS OF THE WEEK
		BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES U.S. commits to reaching agreement on combating global climate change.
		BUSH CHANGES COURSE ON CO₂ President now says capping emissions is wrong.
		CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS' IMPACT Search for funds to pay energy bills may siphon money from science institutes.
		PARTNERING MILLENNIUM Company will work with Abbott Labs on metabolic disease treatments.
		HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE Data recorded on modified glass don't suffer from data-distorting shrinkage.
		MASS SPEC MEETS NANOTECH New method provides nanoscale spatial resolution.
		BIOCATALYSIS BANDWAGON Search for new production routes drives chemical makers to link up with biotech firms.
		RENSSELAER'S WINDFALL RPI gets $360 million from anonymous donor to spend as it wishes.
		CHEMICAL FIRM AS INCUBATOR Searching for novel ideas, H.B. Fuller will nurture start-up firms.

BUSINESS
		BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
		METHYL METHACRYLATE Producers consider new approaches for expanding capacity of low-growth commodity chemical.
		ACORDIS' FIBER STRATEGY Producer shelves plan to go public, choosing instead to form more powerful stand-alone operations.
		COVER STORY PETROCHEMICALS Oil and natural gas prices have dealt a hard blow to markets for primary building blocks ethylene and propylene.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
		GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
		U.S. PHARMACOPEIA World's only nongovernmental pharmacopeia sets standards for drugs that are legally enforceable by FDA.
		TOXICOGENOMICS Subdiscipline could lead to cheaper, faster testing of chemicals for toxicity.
		GOVERNMENT INSIGHTS U.S. students are lagging other nations in science and math, yet new bill provides no specific funding for these areas.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
		SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
		WINE AND CHEESE Genetics reveals true origins of California's wine grapes; science takes guesswork out of cheese making.
		CARBOHYDRATE VACCINES Novel synthetic strategy for making multivalent carbohydrate antigens could lead to better vaccines.
		EDUCATION CONCENTRATES

BOOKS
		"A LIFE OF MAGIC CHEMISTRY" George Olah's autobiography portrays the remarkable life of an exuberant chemist who has changed the face of physical organic chemistry.

AWARDS
		TOBIN MARKS WINS GIBBS MEDAL

MEETINGS
		34TH ACS MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGIONAL MEETING

	EDITOR'S PAGE
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