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October 27, 2003

AKZO EMBRACES PHARMA

Akzo commits to a deal with Pfizer while shedding 20% of its chemicals business.

POLICY TALKS

European officials seek better U.S. understanding of proposed EU chemicals policy.

DISABLING HIV

AIDS drug candidate inhibits late-stage viral maturation.

ACS JOURNAL CHANGES

New editor William L. Jorgensen plans to split Journal of Chemical Information & Computer Sciences.

JOB CUTS AT MERCK

Dissatisfied with earnings, pharmaceutical giant will lay off 4,400.

LAX SECURITY

Legislators are concerned by security lapses at Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

NATIONAL MEDALS

President Bush names laureates for US. science and technology awards.

PHOTOCATALYST

Carbon-doped TiO₂ efficiently destroys organic pollutants.

MEMBRANE MODELS

New technique sheds light on lipid bilayers.

October 20, 2003

ZERO EXPANSION

Electrically conducting YbGaGe maintains its size when heated.

GE TO BUY AMERSHAM

Amersham's imaging agents draw GE to $9.5 billion deal.

FIGHTING FAKE DRUGS

FDA meeting addresses how to counter growing threat.

TAILOR-MADE ORGANIC CRYSTALS

Strategy yields molecular crystals with perfectly predictable architecture.

PATENT CEASE-FIRE

Monsanto and Bayer settle some disputes on crop technologies.

PRION PROTEIN METAMORPHOSIS

RNA may catalyze normal proteins' change to infectious form.

TISSUE ENGINEERING

Polymer support helps embryonic stem cells grow into viable tissues.

PROTEIN ASSEMBLY ACTIVE IN AEROGEL

Cytochrome c composite material could serve as NO sensor.

IBM'S CHEMICAL USE ON TRIAL

Workers with cancer sue IBM and its chemical suppliers over exposures.

October 13, 2003

CHEMISTRY LAUREATES

Nobel Prize goes to researchers who determined how ions and water molecules move in and out of cells.

PRIZED MRI

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to two developers of clinical MRI.

NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK

Annual event celebrating chemistry will focus on Earth's atmosphere.

PHYSICS TRIO

Three scientists share Physics Nobel for work in superconductivity and superfluidics.

KWOLEK'S FAME

Kevlar's inventor, Stephanie Kwolek, joins National Women's Hall of Fame.

RHODIA CHIEF LEAVES

Stock analysts approve of CEO Jean-Pierre Tirouflet's departure.

NALCO'S NEW HEAD

Hercules' savior, William H. Joyce, is leaving to head Nalco.

BIOTECH SCRUTINY

Review of experiments should consider terrorism potential, NRC panel says.

MORE JOB CUTS

Eastman and Great Lakes Chemical trim jobs to cut costs.

PATENT LIMITS

PTO restricts number of claims in drug and biotechnology patent applications.

FUTILE ARMS SEARCH

No weapons of mass destruction turn up in Iraq.

October 6, 2003

NATURAL GAS SUPPLY

Industry cheers two reports that urge measures to reduce U.S. natural gas prices.

SMALLPOX DRUGS

Screensaver search turns up candidates to treat potential bioweapon.

AGBIOTECH DRIVER

Crop seeds and genetic traits generate Monsanto profits.

NIH ROAD MAP

Five-year plan stresses interdisciplinary work and aims to transform agency research.

3M REFOCUSES R&D

Firm shifts its research workforce toward product development.

SPLASH OF THE TITAN

Moon of Saturn likely is dotted with pools of liquid hydrocarbons.

HEALTHY BUSINESS

New DSM division includes vitamins business from Roche.

CHIRAL SURFACES

Biomineralization method imprints features of biomolecules on inorganic structures.

"GENIUS GRANTS"

Chemists Amy C. Rosenzweig and Xiaowei Zhuang are named MacArthur Fellows.