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How to Advertise News Of The Week LATEST IN MICROARRAYS ROSETTE NANOTUBES Cover Story PETROCHEMICALS Government PROTECTING THE MAIL Science MARK WRIGHTON Table of Contents March 18, 2002 Volume 80, Number 11 CENEAR 80 11 p. 3 NEWS OF THE WEEK LATEST IN MICROARRAYS Two-part immobilization system pins down membrane proteins. ASSESSING THREATS Justice Department is sued for failing to evaluate chemical facilities' vulnerability. WORST-CASE SCENARIO Attack on chemical facility could result in an estimated 2.4 million casualties. ROSETTE NANOTUBES Heat promotes self-assembly of synthetic bicyclic molecules in water. HERCULES SHIFTS FOCUS Emphasis is on restructuring, debt paydown. PESTICIDE TURF BATTLE Syngenta sues EPA to protect its active-isomer version of metolachlor. ENERGY POLICY Senate rejects higher fuel economy standards. COMBINATORIAL LIBRARIES Single procedure identifies compounds, determines their purity and concentration. INVESTING IN INDIA Both Reliance and Rohm and Haas announce plans for new plants. COVER STORY PETROCHEMICALS High feedstock costs and slumping demand battered industry in 2001, forcing U.S. segment to evaluate its future; producers are holding out hope for economic recovery. BUSINESS BUSINESS CONCENTRATES CHEMICAL INDUSTRY BOOSTS PRODUCTIVITY Staff reductions and cuts in weekly workhours resulted in increase for 2001. CENTRAL PLANNING FOR SINOPEC Petrochemical firm aims to improve efficiency by eliminating rivalries among its subsidiaries. INDIAN NEWCOMER Dishman builds on its record as an economical contract manufacturer. GOVERNMENT & POLICY GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES PROTECTING THE MAIL Irradiation used to kill anthrax spores raises safety questions. INSIGHTS Companies' use of NAFTA Chapter 11 provision to challenge government regulations needs to be addressed. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES MARK WRIGHTON Top-notch chemist is excelling at his job as chancellor of Washington University. PROTEOMICS Deciphering the human proteome may prove a far messier proposition than decoding the human genome. LAB SAFETY Professor's termination over safety issues raises controversy about university standards, tenure. CARBORANES FOR NUCLEAR MEDICINE Synthesis of technetium and rhenium compounds broadens scope of radiopharmaceuticals. ACS COMMENT PREPARING FOR IMPACT BOOKS BEYOND THE DOUBLE HELIX EMPLOYMENT ACS SURVEY RESULTS Salaries of 2001 chemistry graduates have increased slightly despite the slowdown in the economy. THE DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'S PAGE LETTERS DIGITAL BRIEFS AWARDS PEOPLE NEWSCRIPTS

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