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How to Advertise     News of the Week Organic Injection Laser Business Producing Proteins Government How Polluted Are We? Science/Technology Proteomics Education Undergrad Gathering Special Report Chemical Heritage Foundation Table of Contents July 31, 2000 Volume 78, Number 31 CENEAR 78 31 p. 3 NEWS OF THE WEEK Organic Injection Laser Novel design leads to tetracene- based electrically driven laser. Rhodia Buys ChiRex French firm expands contract business with $545 million purchase. Second-Quarter Results Twelve of 15 chemical companies reporting had earnings increases. Refiners Clear the Air BP, Koch Petroleum agree to spend millions to cut emissions. Indirect Costs Hold Steady Universities' share of research funds reined in after former excesses. Potent Global-Warming Agent Recently identified SF5CF3 has the largest heat-trapping capacity of any gas ever found in the atmosphere. BUSINESS Business Concentrates Producing Proteins Increasingly, drug and biotech firms turn to contract manufacturers for protein-based drugs and other products. New York's Genomics Bid State wants a larger piece of "the new economy" created by the life sciences industry. Economic Benefits of Biotech Report points out industry's impact on employment, income, and revenues. GOVERNMENT & POLICY Government Concentrates How Polluted Are We? Assessing people's actual exposure to environmental pollutants is the goal of EPA multipathway study. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY Science/Technology Concentrates COVER STORY Proteomics Study of the protein universe of cells is poised to pick up where genomics--and the completed DNA sequence--leaves off. Science Insights Connectedness of knowledge is profoundly relevant to the teaching and learning of science. EDUCATION Education Concentrates Undergrad Gathering ACS-sponsored Pan-American chemistry conference in Puerto Rico draws students from 16 countries. SPECIAL REPORT Chemical Heritage Foundation Under Arnold Thackray's leadership, CHF has been transmuted into a major center for the history of chemistry.   ACS COMMENT ACS Committee on Analytical Reagents: A Fountain of Youth ACS NEWS Council Face Three Petitions Changes, Additions For Analytical Reagents Specifications THE DEPARTMENTS Editor's Page Letters Awards Meetings People   Newscripts

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