January 17, 2005 Vol. 83, Iss. 3

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	Table of Contents January 17, 2005 Volume 83, Number 3 p. 3
	CUSTOM CHEMICALS Recent painful adjustments have changed the way custom synthesis providers view the marketplace. COVER: Hovione photo

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	TRANSPORT TRAGEDY Train wreck and chlorine spill in South Carolina revive questions about rail and tank car safety. PROTEIN DYNAMICS Technique determines a protein's structure and its range of motion simultaneously. PERCHLORATE New study could settle debate on a safe limit of the pollutant in drinking water. UNION MERGER The two largest labor unions for workers in the chemical industry agree to merge. HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF President Bush has nominated federal judge Michael Chertoff to head DHS. STUFFED FULLERENES Researchers insert hydrogen into a buckyball and close it back up. SORTING EVIDENCE Microfluidic device rapidly separates sperm cells from epithelial cells. INVESTIGATING VIOXX A reaction unique to Vioxx might explain the drug's toxicity in the body.

	BUSINESS CONCENTRATES ALTANA CHEMIE German company wants to be a leading specialty player in growing niche markets. FOURTH-QUARTER STOCKS Chemical stocks performed well in 2004, but biotech and drug sectors lagged behind overall market.

	GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES METHYL BROMIDE Use of ozone-depleting fumigant is rising despite agreement to phase it out. INSIGHTS To prevent funding cuts, researchers need to understand how to sell science to Congress.

	SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES ART RESTORATION NASA’s atomic oxygen treatment breathes life back into damaged artwork. NEW PRODUCTS New And Notable In The Chemical Industry.

	"NEUROSCIENCE AND THE LAW" Developments in brain science could hold eerie outcomes for society, but benefits are likely to be greater. GUNPOWDER: Alchemy, Bombards & Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World

	PHARMA PERKS Top drug companies retain strong benefits despite rising health care costs.

	ACS NATIONAL AWARDS 2005 WINNERS Evans, Fox, Hayes, Moretto, Moriarty, Omura, Ravishankara, Rozen, and Tam.

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