July 12, 2004 Vol. 82, Iss. 28

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	Table of Contents July 12, 2004 Volume 82, Number 28 p. 1
	GREEN CHEMISTRY HONORS Presidential honors recognize innovative chemical products and processes that prevent pollution.
	COVER: Photodisc

	MAKING DENDRIMERS New synthetic route gives yields higher than those achieved with any other reactions. BORDEN SALE KKR is selling Borden Chemical to private equity firm Apollo. LABOR STATISTICS Recovery in jobs is still far from complete. HOLLOW POLYMERS Nanotubes prepared from copolymers can be loaded with water-soluble compounds. SPENDING BILLS Congress has all but given up on passing most of the 13 appropriations bills for fiscal 2005. SPIDER VENOM Toxins' membrane interactions block opening and closing of ion-channel proteins. CHEMICAL PLAN Europe wants a sustainable growth plan for its chemical industry. SMOKING GUN Chemical compound in smoke from burning plant material promotes seed germination. CHASING DICTYOSTATIN Two independent groups report first total syntheses of promising anticancer agent.

	BUSINESS CONCENTRATES CHEMSPEC REVIEW Annual exhibition receives a boost from renewed interest in nonpharma specialty chemicals. SECOND-QUARTER STOCKS Chemical stocks outperformed major market indexes as fortunes of the manufacturing sector improved. TECH TRANSFER Degussa's new Nanotronics center emphasizes collaboration with universities and industry.

	GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES MERCURY EMISSIONS EPA's regulation has been stalled for a decade, but its alternative proposals have many critics.

	SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES PROTEOMICS Technique may permit more widespread use of mass spec for protein sequencing. DRUG DISCOVERY DNA display technique offers a new approach to synthesizing organic compound libraries. DESIGNING ENZYMES Using computational design and directed evolution, researchers created an enzyme from a receptor protein.

	"KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE" Author touts evolutionary processes in industrial and economic success.

	COUNCIL TO FACE THREE PETITIONS Petitions could expand membership requirements to include precollege chemistry teachers, change division annual report deadlines, and affect society elections JUNE BOARD MEETING OFFICIAL REPORTS

	When Is Enough, Enough?

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