NEWS OF THE WEEK
			NATURAL GAS SUPPLY Industry cheers two reports that urge measures to reduce U.S. natural gas prices.
			SMALLPOX DRUGS Screensaver search turns up candidates to treat potential bioweapon.
			AGBIOTECH DRIVER Crop seeds and genetic traits generate Monsanto profits.
			NIH ROAD MAP Five-year plan stresses interdisciplinary work and aims to transform agency research.
			3M REFOCUSES R&D Firm shifts its research workforce toward product development.
			SPLASH OF THE TITAN Moon of Saturn likely is dotted with pools of liquid hydrocarbons.
			HEALTHY BUSINESS New DSM division includes vitamins business from Roche.
			CHIRAL SURFACES Biomineralization method imprints features of biomolecules on inorganic structures.
			"GENIUS GRANTS" Chemists Amy C. Rosenzweig and Xiaowei Zhuang are named MacArthur Fellows.

COVER STORY
			BUILDING A BETTER PROTEIN To engineer specialized proteins, chemists combine computation and directed evolution.

BUSINESS
			BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
			INNOVATIVE Dow shifts its marketing focus to leverage company know-how in product development.
			C&EN TALKS WITH Chemist-cum-manager Werner Mueller made his way back to the lab by founding his own small process R&D firm.
			INSIGHTS European industry lags behind its competitors in turning R&D into profitable innovation.
			WACKER DRIVE German chemical firm brings new technologies to American automakers.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
			GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
			ELECTRICITY INDEPENDENCE Combined heat and power systems may offer alternative to power grid problems.
			RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS NSF's Biocomplexity in the Environment initiative emphasizes holistic science.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
			SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
			ESTROGEN RISKS DNA-damaging metabolites help explain hormone replacement therapy's link to breast cancer.
			CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY Educators are urged to teach along the interface of the two fields.
			DIGITAL BRIEFS New Software And Website For The Chemical Enterprise
			MEETINGS BRIEFS

BOOKS
			Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
			THE LAST SORCERERS: The Path From Alchemy to the Periodic Table

ACS NEWS
			BOARD, COUNCIL ACT IN NEW YORK ACS Board of Directors takes the lead in conducting Society business at recent meeting.
			PROJECT SEED BLOOMS Program for economically disadvantaged students celebrates its 35th anniversary.

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