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Table of Contents
June 5, 2000
Volume 78, Number 23
CENEAR 78 23 p. 3
| NEWS OF THE WEEK |
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"Free-Rotor" Nanocomposite
Magnetic nanoparticles rotate freely within nanocavities in a solid matrix. |
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Train Wreck
Hazardous chemicals spewing from derailed tank cars forced thousands out of their homes. |
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Japanese Plastic Prices
Antitrust agency raids offices of seven polypropylene producers. |
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India Seeks Investments
Incentives on tap for U.S. chemical, drug companies that set up manufacturing operations. |
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Chemical Preprint Sites
ChemWeb.com will launch a server in July; CAS already offers customers some preprint abstracts. |
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2000 Welch Award
Battersby, Scott honored for work in biosynthesis. |
| BUSINESS |
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Business Concentrates |
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Home-Grown Talent
State governments take the initiative in fostering high-tech business growth. |
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Dupont-MIT Alliance
Five-year, $35 million collaboration designed to help company create bio-based materials and technologies. |
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OxyChem
Specialties are not the way to grow for one chemical producer. |
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Dot-coms
Future of dot-com exchanges is shaky; none of the top 20 is a sure thing. |
| SPECIAL REPORT |
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Mature Career Chemists
Survey of ACS members age 50 to 69 provides insight on how chemists make the transition to retirement. |
| BOOKS |
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"Canaries on the Rim"
One man's story of how community awareness and necessity led him to become an environmental activist. |
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