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Quote of the Week
"What I'm proudest of is what we
didn't do." Enrique Jarero, DuPont Ibérica
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
2000 PRIESTLEY MEDAL: 5
ACS's highest honor will be conferred
on nuclear chemist Darleane Hoffman. OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD: 6
Canadian study links women's exposure to organic solvents with birth
defects. TENURE GENDER BIAS: 6
MIT is addressing discriminatory
practices documented by tenured
women in its School of Science. RITALIN: 7
Powerful new short synthesis of
drug's most active form reported at
the ACS national meeting. 'POISON PILL' CHALLENGE: 7
Giant pension fund wants Lubrizol's
antitakeover defense voted out, management shakeup. FOLDING SYSTEM: 8
Folded in solution, amphiphilic polymer unfolds irreversibly when heated. ACS NATIONAL MEETING: 9
Anaheim gathering celebrates the
heroes and aesthetics of chemistry. REMEMBERING SEABORG: 9
Colleagues gather to share their
memories of a giant in his field. BUSINESS CONCENTRATES: 11
INTERNATIONAL
SOUTH KOREA: 13
An amazing economic turnaround
provides opportunities for chemicals. DUPONT IN SPAIN: 16
Environmentally protective complex
on the northern coast is a model for
community relations as well. GOVERNMENT & POLICY
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES: 20
U.S. INNOVATION: 21
Study says U.S. will fall behind other
nations in innovation if the status quo
is maintained in research. PESTICIDES AND FROGS: 22
Testing in Sierra Nevadas and Maryland implicates agricultural chemicals
as cause of amphibian decline. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES: 24
CATALYSIS RESEARCH: 25
Scientists from DOE labs discuss
current work and future of catalysis
research. SCIENCE INSIGHTS: 28
Nature has an advantage over combinatorial chemists when it comes to
compound diversity. WHAT'S THAT STUFF? 29
It's spring, and even a chemist's fancy
turns to baseball. SPECIAL REPORT
COVER STORY 50 YEARS OF PITTCON: 30
Analytical chemistry and applied
spectroscopy conference and exposition looked as much to the future as
to its past. THE DEPARTMENTS
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64 PEOPLE
65 AWARDS
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