Table of Contents - April 29, 2002

NEWS OF THE WEEK
			FIRST-QUARTER EARNINGS Glimmers of a recovery are seen in improving profit margins.
			CELERA GETS A NEW CHIEF Insider Kathy Ordoñez is selected as president of genomics firm.
			ANNISTON MESS PROBED Senate panel takes look at EPA's PCB cleanup decisions.
			FLASH IGNITES NANOTUBES Single-walled carbon nanotubes burn when exposed to light.
			DREYFUS FOUNDATION Executive Director Robert Lichter is leaving at end of summer.
			DISARMAMENT CHIEF OUSTED Bustani no longer heads chemical weapons treaty agency.
			BIG COMPUTERS ANNOUNCED Scientists will have access to new supercomputers in U.S. and Japan.
			EARTH DAY TURNS 32 Bush Administration, and its critics, were all for the environment.
			GERMAN CHEMICALS Chemical industry employees agree to 3.6% raise.

COVER STORY

COMPUTATIONAL DRUG SCREENING
Computers are getting fast enough, and models accurate enough, that ADME/Tox screening can produce major savings during drug development.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS CONCENTRATES

LONZA'S VISION
New CEO Markus Gemuend has a passion for the life sciences and people.

COSMETICS NATURAL TREND
Trade show highlights plant-based and "age-defying" product ingredients.

ROBERT WOOD
C&EN talks with Dow's thermosets president.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY

GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES

THE WAR ON TERRORISM
AAAS Colloquium on Science & Technology Policy focuses on R&D's role in post-9/11 world.

ENVIRONMENTAL FELLOWSHIPS
Scientific societies seek to restore funding for EPA's Science To Achieve Results program.

CIVILIAN RADAR POTENTIAL
The Army tests whether small radars detect chemical, biological attacks.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES

EVALUATING THE YARDSTICK
Assays used in environmental regulation may need revision.

PRION DIAGNOSTICS
Scientists report progress toward detecting prion diseases in live animals.

FORENSIC SCIENCE
Analytical chemistry helps investigate crime scenes and train detector dogs.

ELUSIVE CARBOCATION
Researchers isolate nonplanar, irregularly shaped cyclopentadienyl cation.

INSIGHTS
Web access to scientific research is shifting archivist role from librarians to publishers.

MEETINGS BRIEFS

BOOKS

LORDS OF THE HARVEST: BIOTECH, BIG MONEY, AND THE FUTURE

EMPLOYMENT

NEW PHYSICISTS FARE WELL IN JOBS, DOLLARS

THE DEPARTMENTS

EDITOR'S PAGE

LETTERS

PEOPLE

MEETINGS

NEWSCRIPTS