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ALL-PURPOSE INSTRUMENT: 9
STM used to follow construction of
Fe(CO)2 molecule by molecule. CONGRESS WRAPS IT UP: 10
In final hours, fiscal 2000 budget is
set, R&D tax credit extended. DOW GOES ELECTRONIC: 10
Company will purchase raw materials,
as well as office supplies, online. PATENT LAW: 11
Congress clears modified reform bill
after four years of effort. WORKPLACE SAFETY: 11
Proposed ergonomics standard would
protect 27 million workers at annual
cost of $4.2 billion, OSHA says. PATENT DISPUTE ENDS: 12
Genentech pays UC $200 million to
settle human growth hormone patent-infringement case. A MOON FARAWAY: 12
Galileo's near-IR imaging spectrometer reveals new details of Jupiter's Io. BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES: 13
COVER STORY CK WITCO: 15
Vincent Calarco faces major challenges as he melds two specialties firms
into one. EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT: 18
Central and Eastern European nations
have made progress in reducing pollution, but problems remain. E-COMMERCE: 19
Internet-based suppliers of chemicals
continue to expand their services. ASIA-PACIFIC
JAPANESE MANAGEMENT: 21
Mitsui's new vice chairman, Goro
Watanabe, finds change slow-going
in Japan. GOVERNMENT & POLICY
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES: 23
WORLD TRADE TALKS: 24
Activists plan to converge on the
WTO meeting this week, but the real
news is behind the scenes. MISCONDUCT DEFINED: 28
Office of Science & Technology Policy tries out new definition of research
misconduct in Washington. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES: 29
SCIENCE IN A VACUUM: 30
Researchers loosely linked by the use
of vacuum techniques talk shop at
annual meeting. CLAY WARRIORS: 37
Science is brought to bear on first
Chinese emperor's terra-cotta army,
now on view in the U.S. SCIENCE INSIGHTS: 38
How does one choose 1999's top five
achievements in chemistry? SPECIAL REPORT
NUTRACEUTICALS: 42
With both pharmaceutical and food
properties, products touted as disease
preventing are under scrutiny. ACS NEWS
CHEMICAL LANDMARK: 49
Polypropylene, catalytic process for
HDPE commemorated at Phillips
Petroleum. THE DEPARTMENTS
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