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February 2, 2004
Volume 82, Number 5
CENEAR 82 05 p. 3

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NEWS OF THE WEEK
AVENTIS TAKEOVER
France's Sanofi makes bid that infuriates German shareholders.
GROWING NANOFIBERS
Researchers track process in real time and with unprecedented spatial detail.
BIG FERTILIZER DEAL
IMC Global and Cargill join forces to create world's second largest fertilizer operation.
FOURTH-QUARTER EARNINGS
Little overall direction is evident, but six mid-to-large-size chemical companies report improvements.
CHEMICALS TRANSPORT
City council in Washington, D.C., considers restricting chemicals' movement through town.
MAD COW AGENDA
On Capitol Hill, a Senate hearing and a scientific forum spotlight government concern.
ELECTRONIC PAPER
Advances in organic thin-film transistors could lead to marketable products by 2006.
LANTIBIOTIC LANDMARK
Chemists isolate and purify key enzyme for production of lacticin 481.
NATURAL GAS PRICES
Chemical companies say environmental policies have spurred greater gas use.

COVER STORY
DIAMOND SYNTHESIS
Man-made gem is more than just another pretty face; its remarkable properties offer much for materials applications.
COVER: Gemesis photo

BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Capital spending will recover nicely in 2004, but R&D budgets will hardly budge.
CAMBREX RESTRUCTURED
Cambrex pushes beyond its traditional base in fine chemicals to focus on human life sciences.
INSIGHTS
Local school board proposes to ban petrochemical products.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
A FEDERAL CASE
Controversy surrounds White House plan for peer review of science used for federal regulation.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
DNA ALKYLATION
New approach could sidestep problems with current strategies.

227TH ACS NATIONAL MEETING
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Listing of technical symposia, presidential and social events, tours, and more for Anaheim, Calif., March 28–April 1; registration and housing information.

EMPLOYMENT
PACIFIC PARADISE
Good living conditions and a rise in hiring attract people to schools in the Northwest.

ACS NATIONAL AWARDS
2004 WINNERS
Bristol, Herrmann, Hong, Pirkle, Prakash, Ratner, Terabe, Turro, Watson, and Willson.

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