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How to Advertise News Of The Week KYOTO PACT TALKS CONTINUE Cover Story GLOBAL TOP 50 Business CARPET FIBERS Science & Technology NOYORI'S OPUS Education VIRTUAL LEARNING Table of Contents July 23, 2001 Volume 79, Number 30 CENEAR 79 30 p. 1 NEWS OF THE WEEK GREEN CHEMISTRY New iron catalysts use H2O2 to epoxidize or dihydroxylate alkenes. PETROCHEMICALS BP sends natural gas holdings to E.ON in exchange for Veba Oil. KYOTO PACT TALKS CONTINUE Agenda items are overshadowed by U.S. rejection of treaty. DISASTER STRIKES ATOFINA Three workers die after explosion releases methyl mercaptan; thousands evacuated. ENERGY R&D PAYS OFF Report shows that federal investments do yield results. CONFLICT OF INTEREST EPA process for vetting science board members is called inadequate. WORLD INSIDE YOUR HEAD Interactive exhibit takes visitors inside the brain. POLYMER STRETCH Polymers extend themselves to facilitate molecular interactions. CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD China, Korea, and Russia give top performances. COVER STORY GLOBAL TOP 50 BASF leads ranking of worldwide chemical producers for fifth consecutive year, but mergers also made their mark in 2000. BUSINESS BUSINESS CONCENTRATES CARPET FIBERS Economic slowdown, competition from carpet mills spell trouble for nylon makers. ETHANOL BOOM California ban of MTBE energizes producers of corn-based fuel additive. GOVERNMENT & POLICY GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES OTA COMEBACK Legislation to revive the congressional Office of Technology Assessment has been introduced. SUPERFUND Coffers are running dry, but expenses show no sign of abating. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES NOYORI'S OPUS Profile of an extraordinary chemist and his asymmetric catalysis by metal complexes. INFINITE ANTIBODIES Researchers engineer antibody-ligand pair to possess "infinite" affinity via covalent binding. CRAM'S RULE Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist Donald Cram is remembered by his colleagues. EDUCATION EDUCATION CONCENTRATES VIRTUAL LEARNING Inspired by a computer game, Nobel Foundation's Internet-based biochemistry lab makes its debut. BOOKS MODERN CHEMISTRY Two collections of essays attempt to showcase chemistry and its applications through high-caliber authors. THE DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'S PAGE LETTERS PEOPLE NEWSCRIPTS

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