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April 28, 2003

NEW SOURCE REVIEW

Panel says Congress needs to revamp program's provisions in the Clean Air Act.

CORPORATE FIXER

Shareholders hope Fred Hassan can rescue an ailing Schering-Plough.

ALL-METAL ANTIAROMATICITY

Al₄^4– is the first reported all-metal system with 4n electrons.

WEAPONS CONFERENCE

Organizations for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons meets this week in The Hague.

FINE ART

Campus exhibits materials science graphics.

AICHE FACES INSOLVENCY

Chemical engineering organization deals with difficult economic times.

DRUG DELIVERY

Researchers unravel where micelles unload their cargo in cells.

NOVEL DISPLAYS

Supramolecular chemistry is at the heart of a new manufacturing process for liquid-crystal displays.

CHEMICALS SWAP

Crompton will sell its organosilicones business to GE for GE's specialty chemicals business and cash.

April 21, 2003

CHEMICAL SCRUTINY

EPA intensifies investigation of perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts.

FIBER SALE

DuPont Textiles & Interiors goes on the block.

ENERGY BILL

Republicans drive energy bill through House.

VIRAL CULPRIT

Researchers announce positive identification of organism behind SARS outbreak.

FIGHTING SARS

Common sense—and a few common disinfectants—are used to combat new disease.

HUMAN GENOME

National Human Genome Research Institute announces completion of its premier project and grand challenges for the future.

NANOWIRE SHEATHS

Research team packs C₆₀ molecules inside insulating boron nitride nanotubes.

VISA PROBLEMS

President's science adviser says delays are the result of rigorous review.

BIOCHEMISTRY CHANGE

Vanderbilt's Richard Armstrong will replace Gordon Hammes as editor of ACS journal.

April 14, 2003

CHEMICAL PLANT SECURITY

Administration bill to improve plant security is said to be nearly identical to a voluntary industry program.

DISAPPOINTING EARNINGS FORECAST

More industry players weigh in with lowered first-quarter expectations.

LIMITING DAMAGES

Supreme Court strikes down excessive punitive damage award.

CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN IRAQ

Tests are inconclusive about possible chemical weapons finds.

ICI'S FREE FALL

Chief executive is ousted as share prices sink.

CHEMISTRY'S VALUE

Study shows chemistry as enabling force behind innovation in numerous industries.

MOLECULE CAPTURES ION PAIR

Novel approach to anion recognition employs electrostatic and hydrogen-bonding interactions.

RAMAN TECHNIQUE

New procedure couples airborne chemistry to sensitive Raman method.

PUBLIC SERVICE

ACS honors Reps. Holt and Biggert for public policy contributions to chemistry and the sciences.

April 7, 2003

HAZARDS OF BISPHENOL A

Lab accident reveals bisphenol A causes chromosomal abnormalities in mouse eggs.

MERGER CALLED OFF

Sumitomo Chemical and Mitsui Chemicals abandon merger plans; stock prices drop for both companies.

SARS IMPACT

Outbreak of respiratory disease in Asia hampers chemical business in the region.

REVEALING TECHNIQUE

NMR spectra of disordered solids are obtained through 2-D correlation technique.

COMBINATORIAL DISCOVERY

High-throughput screening leads to new class of catalysts for olefin polymerization.

PRION PATHOLOGY

Binding of normal prion protein to infectious protein offers insights into blocking disease.

PREBIOTIC AMMONIA

Mild lab synthesis shows how NH₃ may have formed from N₂ on primordial Earth.

COMBATING TERRORISM

Bush Administration is drafting legislation on chemical plant security.