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How to Advertise     News Of The Week Littlest Nanotube Business Skin Lotions & Potions Borealis Expands Environment Houston's Air Quality Cover Story Quantum Computers Table of Contents November 6, 2000 Volume 78, Number 45 CENEAR 78 45 p. 3 NEWS OF THE WEEK Dow Gets a New Chief Company veteran Michael Parker says it's time to focus on growth. Morton Settles Environmental violations lead to $38 million settlement. Littlest Nanotube Two groups report preparation of 4--thick carbon tubule. Third-Quarter Earnings Rising raw materials costs take their toll on chemical companies despite rising prices and increased sales. Methanol - Olefins Methylbenzene formation in porous catalyst provides the reactive link. Poultry Antibiotics Ban FDA seeks ban on two fluoroquinolones to reduce infection risk in humans. BUSINESS Business Concentrates Skin Lotions & Potions Formulators are cooking up ingredients to combat the effects of aging. Battles over Paclitaxel Unraveling the convoluted legal battles surrounding the generic version of an anticancer drug. Borealis Expands Company uses its Borstar technology for polyolefin production, begins international growth. Business Insights C&EN's nascent curmudgeon vents on issues affecting his chemical world. ENVIRONMENT Government Concentrates Climate Change Some oil firms are cutting emissions and investing in renewable energy. Houston's Air Quality Study seeks to untangle complex atmospheric chemistry arising mostly from Houston Ship Channel activities. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY Science/Technology Concentrates COVER STORY Quantum Computers Researchers call on chemists to help them tame the slippery quantum world. Natural Products High quality of Brazil's research is highlighted at a conference there. BOOKS "The Diagnosis" Compelling novel captures our technological age and the spiritual poverty that can result from it. "Properties of Light" Based loosely on the life of a theoretical physicist, science-in-fiction novel has a gothic bent. THE DEPARTMENTS Editor's Page Letters New Products Meetings People   Newscripts

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