NEWS OF THE WEEK
			A FIT SOLUTION Analogs of vitamin D are tailored so they bind with mutant receptors.
			BRANCHING OUT Attempting to turn genes into products, Hyseq and Incyte acquire smaller firms.
			STATES TAKE THE LEAD More than half have acted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
			CHEMICAL REGULATIONS European, U.S. trade groups say EU plan would disrupt markets, violate trade rules.
			AVECIA DEBT RATING FDA delay in approving major customer's new drug is likely to hurt performance in 2003.
			EVALUATING TEACHERS National Research Council tackles best ways to measure effectiveness of undergraduate instruction.
			ONE-POT SYNTHESIS Five-component domino process produces hexa-substituted benzene.
			POLYMER WIRES Cyclodextrin insulators enhance luminescence of potential LED materials.

COVER STORY
			WATER TREATMENT Chemical producers expand, consolidate, and unveil new technology as they tap into increasing world concern over clean water supplies.

BUSINESS
			BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
			EARNINGS RISE Compared with 2001's hard-hit third quarter, chemical industry earnings are up 43%.
			PHARMACEUTICAL EARNINGS Increasing competition from generics erodes numbers in the drug sector.
			BIOPHARM EARNINGS Profits for leading companies continue to slide amid record revenues.
			SMALL BUSINESS Knowledge of its products has kept family-owned GFS Chemicals healthy in lab and specialty chemicals marketplace.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
			GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
			TOXICOGENOMICS POTENTIAL National Research Council committee discusses the regulation of chemicals using emerging genetic and computation technologies.
			NONLETHAL WEAPONS Report highly recommends nonlethal weapons research and spurs debate of legal issues.
			INSIGHTS With Republican control over Congress, Bush Administration will move forward on a number of GOP initiatives.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
			SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
			THREE NOBEL WINNERS A further look at the bioanalytical research of John Fenn, Koichi Tanaka, and Kurt Wüthrich, who received the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
			NEW PRODUCTS New And Notable In The Chemical Industry

ACS COMMENT
			CHEMISTRY AND MOTORCYCLES They have more in common than you might think

ACS NEWS
			RELEASE THE GREASE: MOLE DAY FESTIVITIES Students at Brandywine Springs Elementary take part in chemistry demonstrations

AWARDS
			DOE NAMES 2002 LAWRENCE AWARDEES

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