May 24, 2004 Vol. 82, Iss. 21

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	Table of Contents May 24, 2004 Volume 82, Number 21 p. 3
	ANTIVIRAL DRUGS Despite biological and economic challenges, a number of strategies are in the pipeline to fight viral respiratory infections.
	COVER: Tamiflu, one of few respiratory antivirals, contains oseltamivir (pink), which specifically inhibits influenza virus's neuraminidase enzyme (blue). Gilead Image

	CHEMICAL WEAPON Artillery shell explosion in Iraq might have contained sarin, raising many questions. HERBICIDE TOLERANCE New gene-engineered crops may be competition for Monsanto's Roundup Ready brand. OBITUARY Arnold O. Beckman, legendary chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, has died at 104. BIOPHARMA BUY UCB acquisition of Celltech will create Europe's second largest biopharma company. STEM CELLS NIH director defends Bush Administration policy. JAPANESE EARNINGS Large Japanese chemical companies see strong improvement in profits at close of fiscal 2003. FEDERAL ADVISERS Government should strengthen process for selecting science advisers, report says. MASS SPEC ASSAY Strategy for rapid screening of chemical libraries yields inhibitor of anthrax toxin. THIN TV Philips shows off its prototype organic light-emitting diode television.

	BUSINESS CONCENTRATES A WISER HERCULES In the wake of an ill-fated acquisition, specialty chemicals firm develops a new mind-set. CROSSOVER BASF works with French institute to bridge the gap between academic and industrial research. SHELL IN SOUTHERN CHINA Shell and Chinese oil corporation's huge petrochemical complex in Daya Bay is on schedule to open in 2006 and may include a refinery.

	GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES JEREMY BERG New leader of National Institute of General Medical Sciences sees the power of chemistry working with biology. GOVERNMENT LIABILITY Court rules in favor of World War II contractor in a dispute over Superfund cleanup costs.

	SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES CERAMICS AT ALFRED UNIVERSITY Alfred is a locus for world-class glass and ceramics research and art. OUTSMARTING HIV New research examines how some drugs evade the virus's resistance mechanisms. DIGITAL BRIEFS New Software And Websites For The Chemical Enterprise.

	BIOGRAPHIES Fritz Haber, Primo Levi, and Dmitrii Mendeleev are portrayed from different angles in recent or newly translated books.

	CHEMISTS AND SPACE Trisectional event wows crowds with chemistry and astronomy activities COMMENT ACS EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND TRANSPARENCY

	Challenging Chemistry

	LETTERS AWARDS NEWSCRIPTS