NEWS OF THE WEEK
			SWAPPING BUSINESSES Both BASF and Honeywell reap benefits from exchange of nylon units.
			U.S. R&D SPENDING Amount expended grew by just 2.4% in real terms between 2001 and 2002.
			CHANGING PROPERTIES Monolayer switches from hydrophobic to hydrophilic on command.
			ALTERING NATURE'S ORDER Bacteria both produce a nonnatural amino acid and incorporate it into proteins.
			UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS Number of jobless college grads, professionals has doubled over past two years.
			SCIENCE & NATIONAL SECURITY Pressure builds for self-censorship of sensitive topics by research publishers.
			SECURITY SCIENCE CZAR President Bush names engineer and former General Dynamics executive Charles McQueary to new post.
			ROLE OF O2 VACANCIES Study reveals detailed motions in surface diffusion.
			GETTING DOW BACK ON TRACK CEO William Stavropoulos lays out cost-cutting actions the company will take.

COVER STORY
			SOAPS AND DETERGENTS New cleaning formulas and other products owe their effectiveness to R&D collaborations between home care companies and chemical makers; consolidated surfactants businesses struggle.

BUSINESS
			BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
			ANTITRUST POLICING Europeans take the lead in rooting out international price-fixing cartels.
			CHINA'S ENERGY CRUNCH Country hopes coal liquefaction will reduce pollution and foreign energy dependency.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
			GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
			CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOK Weighty domestic and foreign issues likely will have Congress giving short shrift to science and technology matters.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
			SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
			ALTERNATIVE ENERGY Fuel-cell prototypes for a host of applications are generally robust, but it will be a while before products are widely marketed.
			UNDERWATER TREASURE Recently discovered marine bacteria may lead to new classes of antibiotic and anticancer drugs.
			NEW PRODUCTS New And Notable In The Chemical Industry

ACS COMMENT
			FOOD FOR THOUGHT

ACS NEWS
			FACES OF THE FUTURE Project SEED announces 30 new scholarships for freshmen in chemistry

ACS NATIONAL AWARDS
			2003 WINNERS Greenblatt, Grubbs, Hancock, Lahm, Harrison, Shapiro, McCann, Wing, Houk, Jacobs, Jacox, Jones, Lerman, and Ley.

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