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July 28, 2003

SEXUAL CHEMISTRY

Researchers explore role of arginase in female sexuality.

MILLENNIUM LOSSES

Company CEO resigns as board suspends dividends.

SWEET PROTEINS

New chemical method distinguishes sugar-modified proteins.

NIH OUTSOURCING

For the first time, science jobs may face competitive review.

COMBINATORIAL COUP

Symyx will help ExxonMobil find new petrochemicals catalysts.

GAS ADDITIVE GETS SUBTRACTED

Declining use of MTBE wallops Texas chemical producers.

CALIFORNIA GASOLINE

Court rules that EPA must reconsider forcing the state to use ethanol once MTBE is banned.

BIOLOGICAL MACHINES

Computational method sheds light on ribosome motion.

TEACHING CHEMISTRY

Ciba Specialty Chemicals hosts annual High School Chemistry Institute.

July 21, 2003

POLARITY RULES

Molecular rulers reveal surprises at water-oil interfaces.

EUROPEAN CHEMICALS

Praised by environmentalists, EU chemicals policy is spurned by global chemical industry.

NO CLEAR SKIES

Legislators rain on President Bush's plan to curb air pollution.

HERCULES PURSUED

ISP wants to gain control of Hercules' board.

NANOSCALE SENSOR

Device measures femtometer-sized movements near quantum zero-point fluctuations.

FAST WATER

Femtosecond studies cast light on ion solvation and proton transfer.

1985 ACS PRESIDENT ELLIS FIELDS DIES

Fields leaves a legacy of service to chemistry, including enhancing both education for grades K–12 and the public's image of science.

CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD

Team from China wins four gold medals in Athens, Greece.

July 14, 2003

JANUS STRUCTURES

Two-faced liquid crystals bear chemically different halves.

DRUG BUSINESS

Schering-Plough reorganizes amid rumors of acquisition.

PORT SECURITY

Coast Guard regulations will compel chemical companies to increase security.

FALSE INFORMATION

Bush Administration concedes that charges Iraq bought uranium were based on faulty intelligence.

U.K. BIOTECH MERGER

British Biotech deal with Vernalis marks further consolidation in the U.K.

AGENT ORANGE

In Vietnam, levels of dioxin from herbicides sprayed during war remain high.

H-BONDED CATALYSIS

Highly enantioselective reaction proceeds by hydrogen bonding.

CHEMOTAXIS

Chemical stimuli cause bacteria to cluster.

MOLECULAR MOTOR

Structure uses novel means to drive rings around a macrocycle.

July 7, 2003

CHEMICALS IN EUROPE

German chancellor pans EU plan to test and regulate chemicals.

ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS

Air Products purchases Ashland's electronic chemicals business.

NANOTUBE CURRENTS

Shining light on a carbon nanotube generates electrical current.

CATALYTIC N₂ REDUCTION

Single-site Mo complex provides first clear model for N₂ conversion to NH₃.

NATURAL GAS CRISIS

Suppliers and users seek an end to shortages and skyrocketing prices.

DIOXIN EXPOSURE

Report urges cooperative effort to lower levels of dioxins in food.

TERROR RESPONSE

Emergency personnel are underfunded, study says, but R&D funds may increase.

EATING VINYL CHLORIDE

Newly isolated microbe reduces pollutant to ethene and chloride.