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Quote of the Week
"We are a technology company
with a lot of technical folks who
want to see decisions based
on facts, so Six Sigma is a
natural. People who have been
involved are really juiced." Don Linsenmann, DuPont page 11
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
BIOCHEMICAL GENOMICS: 5
New technique cuts time to identify
genes associated with specific biological activities. DRUG MEGADEAL: 6
AHP and Warner-Lambert agreed to
merge into new drug giant, but then
Pfizer went after Warner-Lambert. R&D TRENDS: 6
Survey finds industry is relying more
on collaborative research. CMA AND CONGRESS: 7
Trade association's first involvement
in appropriations process pays off. CHLORPYRIFOS CONCERN: 7
EPA assessment panned by widely
used insecticide's maker, environmental groups. NEW POLYOLEFINS GIANT: 8
Shell and BASF close to fusing three
businesses into one $6 billion venture. TOXICS INVENTORY: 8
EPA lowers threshold values for reporting persistent pollutants. BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES: 9
SIX SIGMA: 11
DuPont, Dow lead chemical industry
in adopting business improvement
method to cut costs, increase sales. Y2K PRECAUTIONS: 13
Major chemical producers plan to
shut down some plants, idle others. FOBCHEMICALS.COM: 15
Internet-based chemical provider negotiates low prices by combining customers' orders. GOVERNMENT & POLICY
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES: 16
FISCAL 2000 BUDGETS: 17
NIH and NSF fare best among research-supporting agencies. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES: 19
COVER STORY EARTHQUAKES: 21
Chemistry underlying earthquakes
may shed light on prediction techniques, more durable buildings. Earthquakes are chemistry writ large
Can earthquakes be predicted?
Measuring earthquake size
Two-faced fluids may put a damper on quake motions in buildings IMAGING IN 2020: 30
Molecular imaging expects boost
from chemistry research. DIGITAL PUBLISHING: 36
New ideas for communicating
research keep popping up. AWARDS
ACS NATIONAL AWARDS: 42
Nominations are invited for 51 awards
to be presented in 2001. THE DEPARTMENTS
2 LETTERS
3 EDITOR'S PAGE
40 MEETINGS
56 NEWSCRIPTS
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