NEWS OF THE WEEK
			AIDS RESISTANCE FACTOR Immune cells secrete small proteins that may keep HIV virus in check.
			CHEMICAL PLANT SECURITY EPA's Whitman says that White House backs mandatory legislative controls.
			SINGLE NEURON DELINEATED Color-shifting protein promises to improve cellular imaging.
			IN SEARCH OF NEW PRODUCTS Lilly and Roche each reach biotech drug development deals.
			BELL LABS FIRES PHYSICIST Independent investigatory committee finds that Schön fabricated data.
			GLOOMY EARNINGS OUTLOOK High energy costs, plant woes plague chemical companies.
			STEM CELLS NOT AVAILABLE Administration rules hamper research, senators are told.
			NOVEL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Microfluidic device has hundreds of individually controllable flow chambers.
			ICI SELLS SYNETIX Johnson Matthey purchases catalyst unit for about $406 million.

COVER STORY
			NANOELECTRONICS Further miniaturizing today's already small electronic circuits will lead to faster, more sophisticated, and more portable devices.

BUSINESS
			BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
			FLUOROELASTOMERS Emissions regulations, demand for better performing engines give new life to old polymers.
			MERGER STRUGGLES Sumitomo/Mitsui planned union is still on course, but significant hurdles remain.
			WOMEN IN CHEMISTRY As an adjunct professor, Novartis' Wendy Cornell offers students an industrial perspective.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
			GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
			TRITIATED SOLVENTS Now-shuttered facility has developed an innovative method for small-scale waste treatment.
			INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION German research-funding organization formally opens its Washington, D.C., office.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
			SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
			CELL SIGNAL SLEUTHS Small molecules and chemical methods help piece together signal transduction pathways.
			NEW PRODUCTS

EDUCATION
			MIKE DOYLE C&EN talks with the guru of undergraduate chemical research.
			GRANTED Howard Hughes Medical Institute gives out first round of grants to improve predoctoral science education.
			ENGAGING STUDENTS Chemical education conference tackles issues of attracting and retaining undergrads.
			INSIGHTS Undergraduate biology education needs an infusion of chemistry, physics, math, and computer science.

ACS COMMENT
			IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE A TECHNICIAN IN ACS

AWARDS
			2002 CHEMLUMINARY AWARD CELEBRATION ACS recognizes hard work of local sections and divisions at a festive ceremony in Boston
			2002 FALL WCC DIVERSITY AWARDS
			AWARDS Smalley Chosen For Seaborg Medal Basolo Award Goes To Lippard Microchemistry Nominations Sought Morley Nominations Nominations For Hendricks Lectureship

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