NEWS OF THE WEEK
			SERINE SOUP Amino acid may have played central role in prebiotic chemistry.
			CLARIANT CALL Company moves to refocus as a specialty chemicals producer.
			DRUG DRIVERS West Coast consortium aims to move new drugs from the lab to industry.
			BIOTECH DEAL Genzyme's purchase of SangStat boosts immune therapy pipeline.
			ENERGY NONSTARTER Senators pass 2002 energy bill rather than dealing with current issues.
			RISK PLANS Public may get improved access to facility accident plans under proposed EPA rule.
			METHANE CONVERSION One-step process produces acetic acid, but the yield is low.

COVER STORY
			BATTLE SCIENCE Ordinary soldiers could acquire some of the abilities of fictional superheroes, thanks to advanced materials specially designed for military applications.

BUSINESS
			BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
			SUPER NOVA? The growing Canadian petrochemicals firm has a bright outlook.
			MAKING FULLERENES Frontier Carbon plans to be the world's first company to produce buckyballs in multiton quantities.
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GOVERNMENT & POLICY
			GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
			NIH TIGHTENS ITS BELT Agency's days of double-digit budget growth are over; large part of increase is seen in biodefense.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
			SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
			CHEMISTRY AND ART Striking images enliven a hallway at the University of Wisconsin.
			ELECTROCHEMICAL DNA DETECTOR Reagentless and reusable analysis technique provides basis for portable analyzer.
			NEW PRODUCTS NEW AND NOTABLE IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

EDUCATION
			CALIFORNIA CRISIS New funding cuts bode ill for state's universities.

BOOKS
			"A SHORTCUT THROUGH TIME" How quantum computers may one day revolutionize computation.

ACS COMMENT
			SCHEDULING SYMPOSIA NEEDS NEW APPROACH

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