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July 29, 2002
Volume 80, Number 30
CENEAR 80 30 p. 1

NEWS OF THE WEEK
SECOND-QUARTER EARNINGS
Mixed bag of results for chemical firms, but some did see increased profitability.
CHEMICAL PLANT SECURITY
Senate committee approves bill that mandates vulnerability assessments, remedies.
ANEMIA DRUG PROBLEMS
Johnson & Johnson product faces FDA scrutiny, reports of adverse side effects, and new competition.
MOLECULAR IMPRINTING
Dendrimers built around template molecule offer shape selectivity.
NEEDED: NEW DIRECTOR
Pacific Northwest Lab's Lura Powell announces her resignation.
CALIFORNIA TARGETS CO2
New law requires reduced gas emissions from autos.
BACTERIA KILLER
Macrocycle-based compounds kill bacterial cells, apparently by forming channels.
SINGLE-BUBBLE SONOCHEMISTRY
First direct measurement of chemical reactions is reported, but "bubble fusion" seems unlikely.
DUPONT BUYS CHEMFIRST
Company fills gaps in its electronic chemicals strategy for $408 million.

COVER STORY
DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER
Interdisciplinary research guides this midwestern facility in addressing agricultural problems in industrialized and developing countries.

BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
GLOBAL TOP 50
U.S. companies take top positions in 2001, a year marked by glum sales and profit figures throughout the chemical industry.
TAIWAN POLLUTION REGULATIONS
Government restricts use of some plastic products in effort to clean up environment.
WOMEN IN CHEMISTRY
Cherie Kagan uses chemistry to design systems for electronic devices.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
MERCURY DEBATE
Questions mount about what to do with the growing U.S. surplus of an industrially important metal.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
PHOTO EXHIBITION
Scientific images are shown alongside famous European artwork at Oxford.
ADVANCED REACTOR DESIGN
Refined rotor-stator system could boost chemistry process intensification efforts.
INSIGHTS
DNA, even when used to synthesize infectious poliovirus, is no more alive than other molecules.

ACS COMMENT
TIME FOR FISCAL RESTRAINT

ACS NEWS
OFFICIAL REPORTS FROM THE JUNE BOARD MEETING
FINAL GROUP OF 2002 PRF GRANTS

THE DEPARTMENTS

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LETTERS

AWARDS

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