Volume 77, Number 9
CENEAR 77 9 p.
ISSN 0009-2347
U.S. CHEMICAL TRADE: 9
Surplus shrank to $13.4 billion in
1998, its lowest level in 10 years.
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS: 10
U.S. aid programs to pull researchers
away from weapons projects may not
be working as intended, GAO says.
GERTRUDE ELION: 10
Nobel Prize-winning drug discovery
chemist dies at 81.
CHEMICAL PLANT EXPLODES: 11
Blast and fire at Pennsylvania hydroxylamine facility kills five people,
injures 13.
CONVERTING BUTENE: 11
Buffered ionic-liquid system gives
good yields of linear olefins, shows
industrial promise.
MESOPOROUS SULFIDES: 12
Self-assembling, metal-based materials have potentially useful electronic
and optical properties.
MORE JOBS, BETTER PAY: 14
Overall increases in full-time jobs
and salaries continued for 1998 class
of chemists, chemical engineers.
COVER STORY
RHODIA'S RENAISSANCE: 21
Chairman and CEO Jean-Pierre Tirouflet seeks improved company performance and stock price.
CYCLODEXTRINS: 25
Versatile molecules have many potential applications, but so far sales
are low.
INDUSTRY PROGNOSIS: 27
Despite short-term clouds, outlook for
the global chemical industry is bright,
new study projects.
BUSINESS INSIGHTS: 30
Recent chemical industry spin-offs
leave C&EN correspondent scratching his head.
RISK MANAGEMENT: 35
Texas meeting on risk management
plans brings out the public's grievances against chemical makers.
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES: 40
MICROBIAL GENOMICS: 42
Genetic sequences of microorganisms provide new targets for drugs
and vaccines.
PROTEIN WEAPONRY: 46
Structure of 
-hemolysin yields clues
on the assembly of toxic pore-forming proteins that puncture cells.
"THE TOUCHSTONE
OF LIFE": 50
Application of information theory to
organisms is the focus of challenging
but rewarding book.
FINAL PROGRAM: 65 Listing of papers to be given in Anaheim and description of exhibitors.
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