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July 18, 2005
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  Table of Contents
July 18, 2005
Volume 83, Number 29
p. 3
 
 
  Cover Story  
GLOBAL TOP 50
Top three firms maintain positions as rising oil prices and globalization affect the world's chemical industry.

COVER: LG Chem photo

   
  Latest News  
  ACETYLENE STORAGE
Metal-organic microporous material selectively adsorbs highly reactive gas at room temperature and pressure.

PETROCHEMICAL INVESTMENTS
Multinational consortia are building cracker and refinery facilities for Asia, Middle East markets.

CLEAN AIR DISPUTE
North Carolina and environmental organizations file suit over EPA's Clean Air Interstate Rule.

DISEASE BOUND
Affinity of ubiquitous protein p53 for a mutant protein might explain the neurological damage of Huntington's disease.

NEW DOW VICE PRESIDENT
William F. Banholzer moves from GE to become Dow's chief technology officer.

G8 SUMMIT
World leaders claim progress on climate change and nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE
Dutch firm VNU is buying IMS Health for $7 billion in stock and cash.

FINDING TRANSIENTS
Ultrafast diffraction is used to determine structures of transient species in reactions of haloalkanes.

DIELS-ALDER PYRIDINES
With the help of tungsten, researchers coax pyridines to undergo Diels-Alder reactions.

 
 
 

  Business  
  BUSINESS CONCENTRATES

2ND-QUARTER STOCKS
Chemical stock prices generally fell, while pharmaceutical and biotech share prices rose.

POLYPEPTIDE LABS
Pharmaceutical chemicals firm carves a niche in peptide production.

 
 
 

  Government & Policy  
  GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES

SMOOTH DELIVERY
Government hopes to ease nanomaterials' move to the market.

 
 
 

  Science & Technology  
  SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES

MASS STANDARD
Experts argue that the kilogram should be redefined.

VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR DICHROISM
VCD spectrometer, founded on a chemist's dream, aids determination of absolute configuration of chiral compounds.

WHAT'S THAT STUFF?
Today's golf balls may look like those from the 19th century, but they're made of dramatically different materials.

NEW PRODUCTS
New And Notable In The Chemical Industry.

 
 
 

  Meetings  
 

PACIFICHEM
Preliminary program and registration information for 2005 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies.

 
 
 

  Career & Employment  
 

MARINE SCIENCES
Careers in marine natural products research and chemical oceanography beckon to organic and analytical chemists.

 
 
 

  AWARDS  
 

Carbohydrate Chemistry Award Winners Announced

 
 
 

  ACS NEWS  
 

Light Agenda For ACS Council In Washington, D.C.

 
 
 

  DEPARTMENTS  
  LETTERS

NEWSCRIPTS

 
 
 


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COVER STORY
GLOBAL TOP 50

NEWS OF THE WEEK
ACETYLENE STORAGE

NEWS OF THE WEEK
FINDING TRANSIENTS

BUSINESS
POLYPEPTIDE LABS

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
MASS STANDARD

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
VCD

WHAT'S THAT STUFF?
GOLF BALLS

EMPLOYMENT
MARINE SCIENCES