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How to Advertise     News Of The Week Atom-by-Atom Reaction Picture Of The Week Solar Coronal Cover Story Accepting Agbiotech Government Nuclear Power Science/Technology Extremely Cold Chemistry Targeting RNA Table of Contents October 2, 2000 Volume 78, Number 40 CENEAR 78 40 p. 3 NEWS OF THE WEEK Lab Testing Fraud Texas grand jury indicts 13 for lying about equipment calibration. Old Battery Gets New Twistt Nanoparticle-based electrodes for lithium-ion battery perform unexpectedly. Phillips Fined $2.5 Million OSHA attributes fatal March 2000 explosion to runaway reaction. Biotech Corn Seed Aventis pulls its StarLink seed from the market amid calls for stricter regulation. Atom-by-Atom Reaction STM tip is used to form biphenyl from iodobenzene molecules. Laporte Splits in Two Company keeps specialty organics, sells rest to KKR for $1 billion plus. NEWS FOCUS COVER STORY Accepting Agbiotech Public opinion holds the key for future success of industry. BUSINESS Business Concentrates Nylon Intermediates New production technologies have been developed, but setbacks have delayed commercialization. Lyondell in Europe Company breaks ground for one plant, plans for another next year in the Netherlands. Business Insights What is it about fine chemicals that makes it a good business for European but not U.S. firms? GOVERNMENT & POLICY Government Concentrates Nuclear Power Five years ago, the U.S. nuclear industry was dying; in 1999, reactors had their best year ever. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY Science/Technology Concentrates Extremely Cold Chemistry Exotic and unusual behavior of atoms and molecules is being explored by ultralow-temperature spectroscopy. Targeting RNA Search grows for small molecules that interact with RNA. ACS NEWS Scientific Freedom Aleksandr Nikitin is the latest success story of ACS subcommittee working for human rights. MEETINGS Pacifichem Final program for 2000 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies features over 8,000 technical papers in 10 topic areas. EMPLOYMENT Benefiting Employees Many chemical and pharmaceutical firms are among the best places to work. THE DEPARTMENTS Editor's Page Letters ACS Comment   Newscripts

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