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TERMINATOR SEEDS: 17
Monsanto won't develop sterile second-generation seed technology. ICI SELLS ACRYLICS: 17
Transformation to specialty chemicals
firm nearly complete. ENZYME MIMIC: 18
Small synthetic complex mirrors action of superoxide dismutase. FOREIGN POLICY & SCIENCE: 18
NRC tells State Department how to
beef up its technical expertise. JAPAN'S NUCLEAR ACCIDENT: 19
As effect of human errors multiplied,
everything that could go wrong did. DOE 2000 BUDGET: 20
Congress gives department less than
it wanted for science, security. MENTORING: 20
Of 10 1999 presidential award winners, four have ties to chemistry. BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES:23
Y2K READINESS: 27
Small chemical firms' tactics range
from methodical preparation to "fix it
if it breaks." SCI MEDALIST WILSON: 31
Rohm and Haas' recently retired
chairman and CEO is honored. SGI: 40
Reorganized maker of high-end
computers entices researchers. DOW'S RUBBER PLANS: 47
Firm ponders a strategy for its variously acquired assets. GOVERNMENT & POLICY
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES:51
SPACE RESEARCH: 53
Chemically based research aboard
shuttles is praised by some, dismissed by others. NIH PEER REVIEW: 72
Proposed overhaul raises concerns
about future of chemistry in agency's
research. CHEMICAL HINDSIGHTS: 78
CIA report about missile threats is
unusually perceptive. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES:81
RIBOSOME STRUCTURE: 83
X-ray crystal structures begin to
reveal details of how cells make
proteins. APPLIED CATALYSIS: 88
British institute pioneers unusual
approach to industry-university
collaboration. POLYURETHANES: 92
Synthesis from single building block
accomplished. FLUORESCENCE: 95
Six proteins cloned from coral emit
range of colors and may be used in
molecule labeling. CAREERS
CHANGING TRACKS: 99
Technicians find rewards in new
outlets for their skills. SPECIAL REPORT
COVER STORY CHIRAL DRUGS: 101
Issues ranging from drug delivery
systems to defense against generics
swirl around the topic of chirality. THE DEPARTMENTS
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