PERFECT ORBITALS: 8
Familiar-looking orbital images are observed experimentally, confirming theory.

FEDERAL R&D: 8
White House chief of staff chides Republican Congress for failure to support science and technology.

DRUG DISCOVERY: 9
Two compounds interrupt key biochemical pathway in malaria parasites.

PROTEIN DYNAMICS:  10
Algorithm maps energy changes that occur upon ligand binding.

CHEMICAL COMMODITIES:  10
Manufacturing alliances allow increased capacity with less market disruption.

CHINA PETROCHEMICALS:  11
Sinopec grooms for first foreign public offering.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING:  11
NIH revises (again) controversial plan to post papers on the web; ACS explores chemistry preprint server.

BUSINESS CONCENTRATES:  14

AGROCHEMICALS:   17
Poor market conditions, advances in biotechnology mean slow growth for agrochemical manufacturers.

BUSINESS INSIGHTS:   21
Merging '90s style is about achieving critical mass in a market.

GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES:  24

R&D FUNDING:   25
House's fiscal 2000 budget would trim most science agencies' funds, but the Senate is more generous.

COVER STORY

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES:  27

TETRAHEDRAL CARBON:   28
ACS symposium commemorates van't Hoff's proposal for the coordination geometry of carbon.

KNITTING CHEMISTRY:   33
Modified fabrics can promote healing of chronic wounds, kill microbes on contact.

HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS:   37
Ring-opening synthesis leads to macromolecules that could become strong competitors for dendrimers.

DRUGS IN SPORTS:   42
Steroid precursors and peptide hormones have led to an epidemic-sized problem with no clear solution.

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6 LETTERS

62 MEETINGS

79 AWARDS

80 NEWSCRIPTS

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