August 30, 2004 Vol. 82, Iss. 35

Back Issues
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
Latest News RSS Feed What is this?
Join ACS

	Table of Contents August 30, 2004 Volume 82, Number 35 p. 1
	ADVANCED COMPOSITES By blending distinct components, researchers make materials for auto, aerospace, defense, and other industries.
	COVER: Jet fighter F-22 Raptor. Photo by Agence France Presse

	INTELLIGENCE REFORM Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) has proposed a thorough overhaul of the nation's intelligence community. DEFECT-FREE Novel crystal-growth strategy opens door to durable silicon carbide electronics. PLANT CLOSING China competition is final straw for Asahi Kasei fiber subsidiary Indaci in Indonesia. ACS MEETING Nearly 14,000 attendees registered for the society's fall national meeting in Philadelphia. RESEARCH PARTNER Discovery Partners will build a small-molecule library for NIH. NOVEL CONTRACEPTIVE Wyeth reveals the structure of a nonsteroidal contraceptive that is in clinical trials. GOLD REVEALED Researchers may have uncovered the secret to gold's high catalytic activity. PUSHING MICROREACTORS Clariant is developing modular gram-scale devices to deliver intermediates and pharmaceuticals.

	BUSINESS CONCENTRATES BARKING UP THE PACLITAXEL TREE Production of bulk cancer drug is outpacing demand. PARTNERSHIPS Companies return to the discovery-stage deals that prevailed before the genome boom.

	GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES DUPONT'S PFOA WOES Reports of contamination and possible health effects have company testing compound it believes is safe. TITLE IX GAO finds federal science agencies lax in enforcing anti-gender discrimination law.

	SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES MACARTHUR FELLOWS Three women chemists thrived during their five-year fellowships. TALE OF A TOXIN Chemists revise structure and synthesize elusive marine toxin. INSIGHTS When it comes to injury on the job, grad students' status is murky. DIGITAL BRIEFS

	HANDS-ON LEARNING An undergraduate summer research program welcomes deaf students.

	CHEMISTRY BIOGRAPHIES Accomplishments, failures, and personalities of Lord Kelvin and Robert Hooke come to life on the page.

	CHEMISTRY'S SILVER CIRCLE—VALUABLE VOLUNTEERS

	39TH MIDWEST REGIONAL MEETING DIVISIONS ISSUE CALLS FOR PAPERS

	Impressions Of Philadelphia

	LETTERS AWARDS PEOPLE NEWSCRIPTS