COVER: LNG terminal at Elba Island, Ga. Photo courtesy of El Paso Corp./Ken Childers

SOLUTIA
Despite bankruptcy, firm is determined to hold onto its pharmaceutical services business.

RAIL RULINGS
Judge upholds ban on hazardous rail shipments through Washington, D.C., but decision might not hold on appeal.

INSIDE DROPLETS
New microfluidics device can create double emulsions in a single step.

TERROR TREATY
United Nations approves counterterrorism treaty for nuclear materials.

PRION DISEASES
Researchers claim they have found proof that prions cause brain diseases.

SUSPENDED ANIMATION
Hydrogen sulfide gas can put mice in a reversible state where cellular activity slows to a near standstill.

PATENT DISPUTE
Supreme Court will decide when drug firms can use each other's tools despite patents.

MIDEAST CHEMICALS
Ethylene cracker projects move forward in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

GOING PUBLIC
Huntsman's initial public offering of stock was a success--now the firm is paying off its debts.

BIRTHDAY BASH
Chemist and entrepreneur A. V. Rama Rao celebrates with a three-day chemistry symposium.

CYTEC COATINGS
Ben Van Assche is the force behind firm's enlarged surface specialties unit.