IRON BATTERIES:  4
New type of battery stores more energy than current alkaline models.

TAX CUT LEGISLATION:  5
R&D tax credit, Superfund provisions likely to return in compromise bill.

SPHERES AND TUBES: 5
Nanoscale structures self-assemble from calixarene building blocks.

BRAIN TUMOR CLUSTER: 5
Investigation associates ionizing radiation, n-hexane exposure with gliomas of BP Amoco workers.

SORTING BIOMOLECULES: 6
Fundamentally new technique continuously separates membrane proteins.

E-BIOMED: 6
Research libraries give support to NIH's free online publishing idea.

REFINING FUEL CELLS:  7
New electrode designs may enable cells to run directly on hydrocarbons.

BUSINESS CONCENTRATES  12

CHEMICAL EARNINGS:   15
Second-quarter earnings decline again, but by less than in previous quarters.

PHARMA EARNINGS:   19
Major mergers and acquisitions in second-quarter 1999 didn't dampen double-digit growth in first half.

DRUG COPROMOTION:   21
Popularity of joint marketing agreements is increasing among pharmaceutical companies.

ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH:   22
Company aims for growth by providing chemical R&D services to drug, biotech firms.

GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES  23

NEW ROLE FOR NSF:   24
Task force recommends seeking $1 billion more over five years for environmental research.

FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM:   26
Consumer groups, some members of Congress, and others push for a new, independent monitoring agency.

GOVERNMENT INSIGHTS:   30
Congress speaks with forked tongue about supporting scientific research while cutting funds for it.

SCIENCE CONCENTRATES  32

FROM LAB TO MARKET:   35
Academics who have taken their research along the winding road to market agree the trip is worth it.

CHEMISTRY FOR THE BLIND:   39
Tactile diagrams available through the Internet are making chemistry and other subjects more accessible.

2 LETTERS

3 EDITOR'S PAGE

44 ACS COMMENT

46 PEOPLE

47 MEETINGS

72 NEWSCRIPTS

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