NEWS OF THE WEEK
			EXPLODING DENDRIMERS Single signal triggers dendrimers to release their drug payloads all at once.
			CHEMICALS POLICY European Commission softens draft regulations in response to pressure.
			EPA CHIEF NOMINEE Senate Democrats are blocking final vote on Michael Leavitt's confirmation.
			PROTEIN DETECTION Innovative DNA-based assay promises ultrasensitivity.
			CURRENCY POLICY Weakened U.S. dollar may benefit the chemical industry.
			BIOTECH THAW Product prospects mean more biotech companies are going public.
			ZEOLITE SYNTHESIS Recyclable structure-directing agents allow greener, more economical process.
			CUSTOM CRYSTALS Biomineralization method imprints features of biomolecules on inorganic structures.
			BIODEFENSE DEFECTION Researchers depart Johns Hopkins civilian biodefense center.

COVER STORY
			SAFEGUARDING SECURITY Maureen McCarthy, acting director of the Department of Homeland Security's Office of R&D, has a diverse portfolio.

BUSINESS
			BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
			DUPONT'S CENTRAL R&D Experimental Station celebrates its 100th anniversary and refocuses for the future.
			SOCMA'S ANNUAL MEETING New president plans to take a more proactive stance in legislative and regulatory efforts.
			SABIC IN EUROPE Integration of petrochemicals arm of DSM is progressing according to plan

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
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SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
			SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
			ANALYZE THIS SPECIAL REPORT Proteins and proteomics dominate the meeting of mass spec community.
			GREEN FOCUS ACS presidential event highlights green chemistry and engineering's role in finding solutions to world problems.
			HELICAL ASYMMETRY Interactions between chiral molecules of similar helicity are favored over those between molecules of opposite helicity.
			LIFE SCIENCES New institute at the University of Michigan fosters interdisciplinary collaboration.
			JACS AT 125 Irving Langmuir and Katharine Blodgett brought new depth to molecule-thick films with papers published in 1918 and 1935, respectively.

EDUCATION
			GRAD SCHOOL & BEYOND Special four-part supplement discusses whether a top 10 pedigree is needed for a faculty job, effects of new immigration rules on foreign grad students, programs to prepare future faculty, and postdocs in industry.

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