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How to Advertise News Of The Week MTBE BAN ADVANCES Cover Story CHIRAL DRUGS Government INTERNET PHARMACY Science & Technology SOLID ACID CATALYSTS Education UP AND AWAY Table of Contents October 1, 2001 Volume 79, Number 40 CENEAR 79 40 p. 3 NEWS OF THE WEEK CLOSING IN ON A DISEASE THERAPY Protein interactions strategy for preventing protein misfolding is devised. FERTILIZER PLANT EXPLODES Blast leaves at least 29 people dead in Toulouse, France. RECLAIMING NUCLEAR FUEL New extraction method uses supercritical CO2, produces little waste. IMPROVING TRANSESTERIFICATION Green process provides quantitative 1:1 ester-alcohol reactions. FEDERAL R&D FUNDING Signs indicate a slight increase, but no agency yet has a firm budget. EARNINGS WARNINGS Chemical companies see little hope of turnaround in near future. MTBE BAN ADVANCES Senate committee approves a bill that phases out the fuel additive. OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY Agency will coordinate national strategy against terrorism. OCEAN CHEMISTRY Photochemical cycling affects uptake of iron by marine biota. COVER STORY CHIRAL DRUGS Growth and development of these pharmaceuticals continue unabated. BUSINESS BUSINESS CONCENTRATES TEIJIN AND TORAY Fiber makers struggle for profitability in high-cost Japan. HIGH-TECH HOPES Michigan looks to high technology led by life sciences for an economic boom. LAND OF OPPORTUNITY Local Chinese officials vie for foreign investors at annual trade fair. MODELING SOFTWARE Sweden's Comsol focuses on tools for rapid scale-up of engineering processes. BUSINESS INSIGHTS Should states aid business by funding research? GOVERNMENT & POLICY GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES INTERNET PHARMACY Government tries to find ways to police online prescription drug sales. SHIFTING PRIORITIES Reaction to terrorist attacks stalls legislation, confirmation of Bush's science adviser. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES SOLID ACID CATALYSTS Process developments mean improved alkylate production for cleaner burning gasoline. CHEMICAL TOXINS Scientists begin to delineate complex cellular responses to chemically induced stress. EDUCATION WHERE ARE THE WOMEN? C&EN survey shows only small gains for female faculty in top 50 chemistry departments. DIVERSITY Panel seeks reasons for poor representation of women, minorities on chemical faculties. UP AND AWAY NASA jet is a flying laboratory that produces reduced-gravity environment used to train science students. ACS NEWS BOARD, COUNCIL ACT IN CHICAGO Governance groups hear reports on society finances, other issues ACS HONORS ITS 50-YEAR MEMBERS The American Chemical Society and its local sections are honoring those who have been members for 50 years in 2001. THE DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'S PAGE LETTERS NEWSCRIPTS

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