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March 31, 2003

FREEZE-FRAME

Cold X-ray crystallography may have trapped reaction transition state.

ACS MEETING

Chemists in New Orleans deliver record number of papers, fete society achievements, and decide governance matters.

PRIESTLEY MEDAL

Harvard's E. J. Corey is honored with top ACS award for service to chemistry.

WINNING VOLUNTEER

ACS names Valerie J. Kuck first recipient of new award for service to the society.

LACKLUSTER EARNINGS

Chemical companies, facing rapid rise in feedstock costs, predict dismal first quarter.

U.K. BIOTECH

Industry consolidates as some stars fade.

IONIC LIQUIDS

BASF process demonstrates that versatile solvents can be used on a commercial scale.

CONGRESS AND ENERGY

Debate is expected over legislation in the House and Senate.

SECURITY COSTS

Supplemental budget request for Iraq war includes $4 billion for homeland security.

ATTRACTING SPERM

Odor receptors may guide sperm cells to eggs.

March 24, 2003

INDUSTRY VULNERABILITY

Report says chemical facilities are terrorist targets that have not been secured.

MICROBIAL THREATS

U.S. is unprepared for emerging infectious diseases, says an Institute of Medicine report.

SNPE REFUTES CHARGES

French chemical manufacturer denies selling rocket fuel to Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq.

MERGER DEAL

FTC approves merger of Pfizer and Pharmacia.

CHEMISTRY MENTORS

Presidential awardees are recognized for reaching out to underrepresented groups.

TOXICITY TESTING

Industry sues to force EPA to consider human experiments data.

ARSENIC AND OLD PLAYSETS

Watchdog group pushes for more than a phaseout of chromated copper arsenate lumber treatment.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Photonic ink may herald the development of new kinds of digital displays.

NEW JOURNAL

Gordon Amidon will edit ACS's Molecular Pharmaceutics.

March 17, 2003

CHEMICAL SECURITY

Industry trade groups assist members to identify and secure vulnerable facilities.

ALIGNED NANOWIRES

Researchers devise method for producing ultrahigh-density arrays and circuits.

"PHARM" RULES

USDA proposes strict requirements for nonfood biotech crops.

CATALYSIS CONTROVERSY

Promiscuity at active site raises questions about metals.

ENVIRONMENT & JUSTICE

Attorney General Ashcroft outlines environmental law enforcement priorities.

ANTITRUST SETTLEMENT

Bristol-Myers Squibb strikes agreements with Federal Trade Commission concerning three drugs.

ALLERGIC REACTIONS

Monoclonal antibody is among new compounds to counter peanut, other food allergies.

AIDING AFRICA

Ag-biotech giants will share technology with African farmers.

EU POLICY DISPUTE

Chemical industry and labor leaders protest potential overregulation.

March 10, 2003

FEEDSTOCK PRICE HIKE

Chemical industry is shaken by recent run-up in costs.

NERVE GAS SENSOR

Novel system uses reactivity with indicator molecules.

CHICKEN DETECTORS

Fowl are used by U.S. troops as sentinels for chemical weapons.

RISK INDICATORS

EPA drafts new guidelines on chemical carcinogens.

INDUSTRY AND TERRORISM

House committee joins Senate in seeking EPA study data.

FAST SEPARATIONS

Microsecond separations could reveal rapid biomolecular events.

NEW DREYFUS EXEC

Foundation names Mark J. Cardillo as executive director.

ON STRIKE

Yale graduate students--including chemists—join picket lines.

CHANGES AFOOT AT DEGUSSA

Shake-up includes new supervisory board chairman.

March 3, 2003

INFORMEX

Companies at trade show note industry downturn; some believe biotech will be crucial.

DYNAMIC ASSEMBLY

Porphyrin supramolecular ring is model for light-harvesting array.

CLARIANT

With a 2002 net loss, firm will consolidate and sell units.

PLASTIC TOYS

U.S. votes to allow PVC and phthalate in toys, but the EU proposes a ban.

INVESTIGATION

NIST will examine the Rhode Island nightclub fire.

AIDS VACCINE

Clinical trial shows AIDSVAX is no better than a placebo.

PROTEIN BINDING

Antibody can take on two conformations and bind two unrelated antigens.

TRANSFORMING PLASTIC

Method yields coating with highly water-repellent surface

EPA APPROVAL

Monsanto's genetically engineered corn protects against rootworms.