NEWS OF THE WEEK
			ACC TURMOIL Chemical industry trade group promises to cut costs and increase efficiency even as it loses members.
			QUANTUM DOTS Low-energy ion beams form nanometer-sized metallic structures in an insulator.
			GREEN ADVOCACY Presidential awardees brief Congress on the merits of green chemistry.
			SUPERSIZE DNA Stanford researchers create alternative genetic system based on expanded DNA bases.
			REGULATORY LOOPHOLE States and cities sue EPA over modified new source review rule.
			LEAVITT CONFIRMED Utah governor cleared by Senate to take helm of EPA.
			UPBEAT CPhI Fine chemicals firms reveal new plans at pharmaceutical ingredients conference.
			PERCHLORATE DEBATE Agencies argue over what level of pollutant should trigger cleanup.

COVER STORY
			PAINTS & COATINGS New material advances provide bright spots--such as dazzling, sparkly paints--during what is shaping up as a lackluster year. Cover: Courtesy of Shepherd Color

BUSINESS
			BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
			WHAT'S NEW IN KALAMAZOO? Displaced chemists from closure of Pfizer's Michigan labs form several new companies.
			INSIGHTS Entrepreneurship offers U.S. chemists a ray of light in an otherwise dark economic forecast.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
			GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
			GLOBAL WORKFORCE National Academies workshop focuses on how to prepare students for an international workplace.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
			SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
			CHEMISTRY NOBEL PRIZE Chemistry nobelists answered basic questions about how ions and water cross cell membranes.
			NOBEL HISTORY One hundred years ago, Svante A. Arrhenius was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for his theory of electrolytic dissociation.
			MEDICINE NOBEL CONTROVERSY Scientist spurned by Nobel committee has both supporters and detractors.
			WHAT'S THAT STUFF? Capsaicin is responsible for the mouth-burning fire of chili peppers.

ACS COMMENT
			A ONE-TENT APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

ACS NEWS
			OFFICIAL REPORTS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY MEETING
			Elsevier, ACS To Link Services
			2004 ACS ProSpectives Conferences Schedule

AWARDS
			Cotton Medal Goes To Eschenmoser

ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
			CALIFORNIA FIRES Universities and companies are affected by widespread burning.
			CRITTER CHEMISTRY Australian orchid seduces pollinator wasps by producing the same pheromone.
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