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Quote of the Week
"Apparently, cells are willing to
fold proteins for us, if we can
just figure out how to ask!" Ronald T. Raines, professor of
chemistry and biochemistry,
University of Wisconsin,
Madison
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
NANOTWEEZERS: 7
Carbon nanotubes attached to micropipette grasp nanoscale objects. EXXON PATENT VOIDED: 8
Judge declares company's metallocene catalyst patent invalid. GETTING PHTHALATES OUT: 8
Mattel is looking for biopolymers to
replace PVC in soft rubber toys. GIVAUDAN ON ITS OWN: 8
Roche is spinning off $4 billion flavors
and fragrances unit. SCIENCE AID TO RUSSIA: 9
Report finds former chemical and
biological weapons researchers shortchanged in aid programs. ACS PLANS NEW JOURNAL: 9
Interdisciplinary Nano Letters to be
launched in January 2001. ACS BOARD MEETING: 10
ACS Scholars Program extended,
ACS 2000 budget approved. BUSINESS
COVER STORY WORLD CHEMICAL OUTLOOK: 13
U.S. industry begins to recover, and
Canada, Latin America, Europe, and
Asia-Pacific continue to grow. GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES: 30
BIOTECH FOODS: 31
FDA hearings reveal internal dissent
over how to regulate and label genetically modified products. PESTICIDE TESTING: 34
EPA struggles with allowing pesticide
testing on humans to determine exposure limits. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES: 35
COMPLEX PROTEINS: 36
Strategies are devised to produce
active proteins with multiple disulfide
bonds in expression systems. DENDRITIC ROD GLOWS: 38
Macromolecular rod harvests light
over a range of wavelengths, converts
it to blue light with high efficiency.
EDUCATION
SCIENCE AND TRADITION: 41
Conference of American Indians in
science and engineering showcases job
opportunities, stresses tribal values. CHEMISTRY ON THE ROAD: 43
Virginia Tech's mobile laboratory to
aid teaching in public schools. BOOKS
"CARL SAGAN: A LIFE": 44
Biography weaves professional and
personal aspects of compelling modern scientist into a cohesive narrative. ACS NEWS
MILLENNIUM BUG: 46
ACS computer systems are prepared
for the rollover to 2000. CAS GROUNDBREAKING: 46
Chemical Abstracts Service breaks
ground for data center. THE DEPARTMENTS
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