TOTALFINA GETS ELF:   8
Merger creates world's fourth-largest oil company--with big chemicals component.

ACS & CONGRESS:   8
The society contacts members by e-mail to press Congress for more R&D funding.

PERSISTENT POLLUTANTS:   9
International negotiators agree to limit seven pesticides, but wrangle over phaseout of DDT.

ENZYME ELUCIDATED:   9
Structure, mechanism of action determined for protective epoxide hydrolase derived from mouse cells.

VITAMIN CARTEL:   10
Three Japanese drug firms to pay $137 million in fines for price fixing.

GAS SEPARATIONS:   11
Nanoporous carbon membrane passes oxygen 30 times faster than nitrogen.

ASSESSING CHEMISTRY:   11
NRC launches two-year study of the opportunities and challenges facing the central science.

BUSINESS CONCENTRATES:  13

COVER STORY

CATALYSTS:   17
With little increase projected in market size, manufacturers struggle to find ways to grow.

JSR CORP.:   29
Japanese rubber producer success- fully adds electronic chemicals to its portfolio.

GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES:  33

HAROLD VARMUS:   35
NIH director discusses successes and challenges for the agency.

GOVERNMENT INSIGHTS:   41
Proposed worldwide phaseout of DDT presents a dilemma.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES:  44

TREATING ADDICTION:   47
Medicines to treat PCP, cocaine, and alcohol abuse are moving into the drug development pipeline.

BUCKYWHEELS:   54
Fullerenes encapsulate a trimetallic nitride cluster.

CHEMISTRY AND FOOD:   58
Advances in nutrients, flavors, and packaging harnessed to improve diet.

IUPAC:   61
Venerable union begins a radical transformation.

HANDS-ON SCIENCE:   73
Interdisciplinary program takes students on location to Mexico.

JOB TRANSITIONS:   74
Pointers for moving from academe to industry.

CHEMLUMINARY AWARDS:   77
Local sections and divisions are honored at national meeting.

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