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April 2, 2001
Volume 79, Number 14
CENEAR 79 14 p. 3

NEWS OF THE WEEK
WORKPLACE SAFETY
PBS show indicts chemical industry's past practices, elicits strong reactions.
J&J GETS ALZA
Health care giant acquires drug developer for $10.5 billion.
THIN FOR LIFE
Lacking one gene, mice can eat more and not gain weight.
ACID RAIN PERSISTS
Despite controls, Northeast ecosystems suffer.
GLOBAL WARMING
U.S. will not implement Kyoto pact.
GAUGING ATTRACTIONS
Forces associated with single chemical bonds are measured.
REPELLING INVADERS
Tobacco plant's chemical defenses vary with time of day.
BUILDING SMALL
New technique fabricates ceramic nanolines on a semiconductor surface.
BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
ENTREPRENEURS
Pennsylvania's Ben Franklin Partners provide funding and other help for new businesses.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Internet-enabled technology-transfer firms offer tools to help companies assess their potential.
HIGH-POTENCY DRUG MANUFACTURING
Contract pharmaceutical firms find niche in handling toxic active ingredients.
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Productivity has risen, but so have labor costs.
INSIGHTS
Dow Chemical and BASF dispute whether strawboard is ecoefficient.
GOVERNMENT & POLICY
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
NEUTRON SCATTERING
New management of Los Alamos Neutron Science Center focuses on outreach to scientific users.
ENVIRONMENT
U.S. considers amending federal environmental statutes to conform to international treaties.
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
PITTCON 2001
Proteomics, the hot topic at this year's conference and exposition, has sparked new initiatives, alliances, acquisitions, and products.
PROBING PROTEOMES
Mass spectrometry, other techniques provide ways to analyze global protein expression
LET'S GET SMALL
Lab-on-a-chip devices attract growing interest for a wide range of applications
PLANT POLYMERS
Scientific controversy over lignin biosynthesis continues to brew.
BIOFUEL RECOVERY
Ionic liquids provide a medium for a green process to recover butanol from biomass.
COVER STORY
2001 PRIESTLEY MEDALIST
Fred Basolo is honored for his contributions to inorganic chemistry and chemical education.
BOOKS
"NINTH DAY OF CREATION"
Announcement of cure for AIDS triggers a global crisis in this science-in-fiction account.
AWARDS
RON BRESLOW FETED WITH MUSICAL TRIBUTE
MEETINGS
ACS FALL 2001 REGIONAL MEETINGS
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Biotech trend toward small-molecule therapeutics requires more organic chemists.
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