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Quote of the Week
"Hercules should again be a darling
on Wall Street. Right? Don't we
wish." R. Keith Elliott, chairman and CEO,
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
AMYLOID DISEASES: 7
Study proposes that most natural proteins can be forced to form fibril
clumps. CHEMICAL TESTING: 8
Some 190 companies have agreed to
run basic toxicity tests on 1,450 high-production-volume compounds. CURRENT-CARRYING DNA: 8
Measurements along DNA "ropes"
show molecules may act like
semiconductors. OUSTING MTBE: 9
Polluted groundwater leads California
to ban gasoline additive. BUDGET BLUEPRINT: 9
Congress leaves very little room for
increased R&D funding in 2000. SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING: 10
New grant program funds academic-based digital dissemination of research results. SCIENCE FOR ALL: 10
In a high-tech world, all undergrads
need an understanding of science,
says NRC report. BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES: 11
HERCULES: 13
Chairman and CEO R. Keith Elliott's
firm has doubled in size through 1998
acquisitions. ASTAXANTHIN MARKET: 15
Hoffmann-La Roche is the main producer of this fish food additive, but
others want in. JURGEN HAMBRECHT: 17
C&EN talks with BASF's former Asia-Pacific director, now head of its chemicals operations. BUSINESS INSIGHTS: 18
The Dow hits 10000, the Dow closes
above 10000, the market keeps growing . . . and growing . . . and growing. GOVERNMENT & POLICY
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES: 19
FOOD SAFETY: 20
USDA's pesticide data compilation
program delivers information to EPA
and FDA. MINORITY TRANSITIONS: 22
NIH program helps minorities
progress in undergraduate and
graduate science programs. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES: 23
COVER STORY VIRTUAL EXPLOSIONS: 24
Utah research center is getting a
bang out of harnessing supercomputers to simulate explosions. 25 YEARS OF COPE AWARDS:
33
Past ACS Cope medalists highlight
diversity of organic chemistry. 100 YEARS OF PHYSICS: 38
American Physical Society celebrates
centennial at annual meeting in Atlanta. ACS NEWS
NATIONAL MEETING: 42
Scenes and celebrations from the
ACS national meeting in Anaheim. THE DEPARTMENTS
4 LETTERS
5 EDITOR'S PAGE
45 PEOPLE
46
MEETINGS
53 AWARDS
64 NEWSCRIPTS
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