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How to Advertise News Of The Week CHINA INVESTMENT SMALL, SMALLER, SMALLEST Cover Story SALARY SURVEY Business CHEMICAL EARNINGS Government STEM CELL DECISION Science & Technology UPAC CONGRESS Table of Contents August 20, 2001 Volume 79, Number 34 CENEAR 79 34 p. 3 NEWS OF THE WEEK VIABLE PRION TREATMENTS Two well-known drugs appear to clear prions from infected people. BAYER AT BAY Falling share price is just one of company's mounting problems. CHINA INVESTMENT Bayer announces $450 million polycarbonate unit in Shanghai. CALIFORNIA SUES EPA State wants court to rule that it doesn't have to put ethanol in gasoline. FUEL-CELL R&D Ten-year, $500 million program to develop solid oxide fuel cells is announced. DUPONT BENLATE WOES PERSIST Florida jury convicts firm of hiding evidence; orders $78 million payment. SMALL, SMALLER, SMALLEST Technique creates sculptures the size of blood cells. SEPARATING GASES Finely tuned molecular sieve distinguishes between nitrogen and methane. COVER STORY SALARY SURVEY Percentage of chemists working full time is at highest level since1990, and salary increases exceed rate of inflation. But as the economy declines, what lies ahead? BUSINESS BUSINESS CONCENTRATES CHEMICAL EARNINGS Continued decline in industry results is fueled by lackluster economic growth and high production costs. DRUG EARNINGS Pharmaceutical industry earnings climb despite a sinking economy. MAXYGEN TRIES CHEMICALS Biotech company plans to make its early money in the chemical business. GOVERNMENT & POLICY GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES UP & RUNNING EPA's high-production-volume chemicals program is under way, to the displeasure of animal welfare groups. STEM CELL DECISION Researchers are divided over President Bush's announcement to fund limited amounts of controversial research. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES IUPAC CONGRESS International meeting promotes fertilization among chemistry's subdisciplines. IUPAC GENERAL ASSEMBLY New project-driven system will be used to achieve union's goals in nomenclature, terminology, and education. IRON-SULFUR CLUSTERS Biotin synthase reveals that this class of cofactors can act as both catalyst and substrate in enzyme-directed reactions. BOOKS "ENRICHING THE EARTH" Early 20th-century industrial processes of Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch continue to help feed the world. ACS COMMENT JOBSPECTRUM.ORG--YOUR NEW CAREER HUB ACS NEWS OFFICIAL REPORTS FROM JUNE BOARD MEETING THE DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'S PAGE LETTERS AWARDS PEOPLE NEWSCRIPTS

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