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Quote of the Week
"For years, sulfuric acid went East.
Now, the whole logistics system is
turned on its head." Jerry d'Aquin, Con-Sul, Tulsa
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
E-COMMERCE: 6
Business is booming in Internet sales
of chemicals and lab supplies. DNA CHIPS: 7
New microarray synthesizer replaces
masks with mirrors. GREAT LAKES POLLUTION: 7
EPA seeks to limit discharges of bioaccumulative chemicals, use of mixing zones. GREENHOUSE GASES: 8
Varied industries pledge emission
reductions. PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD: 8
Presidential science adviser Neal
Lane honored by ACS Board, policymakers. VIAG-VEBA MERGER: 9
Union of German utility companies
creates specialty chemicals powerhouse. BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES: 11
SULFURIC ACID: 13
Changes in copper industry have upset the supply-and-demand balance of
world's largest volume chemical. WATER TREATMENT: 16
Akzo Nobel introduces a system to
treat groundwater, wastewater, and
process water. BUSINESS INSIGHTS: 18
Is the Federal Reserve Board tilting at
inflationary windmills--again? GOVERNMENT & POLICY
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES: 19
COVER STORY LAB SECURITY: 20
Human toll of security crackdown at
DOE's national weapons labs threatens research environment. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES: 28
NANOTUBE RINGS: 31
Carbon nanotubes spontaneously curl
up into rings, could be used as high-resolution magnetic sensors. PROTEIN TARGETS: 33
Technique to identify natural product
receptors and a key target are found
independently. PORPHYRIN TRIMER: 34
Molecule made from Zn(II), Ru(II),
and Sn(IV) porphyrins is assembled
by chemists in England. BOOKS
COLD WAR SCIENCE: 36
Post-WWII domestic anticommunism
and its effects on scientists and science policy are analyzed. ACS NEWS
FLUORINE FELLOWSHIPS: 39
Fluorine Chemistry Division is working to boost the number of fluorine
chemists.
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