December 20, 2004 Vol. 82, Iss. 51

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	Table of Contents December 20, 2004 Volume 82, Number 51 p. 3
	C&EN will not publish an issue on Dec. 27, 2004. Our next issue will be Jan. 3, 2005. C&EN staff members wish all of our readers a joyous holiday season
	CHEMISTRY HIGHLIGHTS 2004 Key advances were made this year in areas ranging from biochemistry, drug research, and analysis to nanotech and inorganic chemistry. 2004 INDUSTRY REVIEW The upturn is no longer elusive, and although challenges remain, prosperity is finally returning to the chemical industry.

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	ORBITAL IMAGING Using ultrafast lasers, researchers can make 3-D images of molecular orbitals. BUSH APPOINTEES Administration hires include chemical engineer Samuel Bodman to head Energy Department. DMS BUYS NEORESINS Acquisition of Avecia's coating resins business is an almost $680 million transaction. PHOSPHATE DONOR Scientists find a second cellular molecule that donates phosphate groups to proteins. SUSPECT NANOMATERIALS Purchasers of nanomaterials may be getting contaminated product, at best. UKRAINIAN MYSTERY Was presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko poisoned with a dioxin-like compound? ACS PUBLICATIONS ACS sues Google for trademark infringement and gives nonsubscribers access to more online ACS journal content. GATES FIGHTS MALARIA The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding research to develop an antimalarial. SPHERES WITH PORES Supercritical fluid emulsion technique yields hollow spheres of mesoporous silica.

	BUSINESS CONCENTRATES PHARMA CONTRACT MANUFACTURING At CPhI 2004 in Brussels, fine and custom chemical manufacturers say the market is not fully revived. MEDICHEM'S PROGENY Former employees of contract research firm have yielded numerous companies and ventures.

	GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES CO2 SEQUESTRATION Carbon dioxide storage and clean-coal research define government's approach to greenhouse gas reduction. CHEMICAL LASER WEAPON Revolutionary approach faces significant technical hurdles.

	SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES STABILITY THEORY Studies of conjugated polyynes yield unexpected results. GENOME FINGERPRINT SCANNING New bioinformatics tool finds region of genome most likely to have encoded unknown proteins. MULTIDISCIPLINARITY New buildings physically connect chemistry and other science departments as a way of fostering interaction.

	"CHASING THE MOLECULE" Development of new substances synthesized in the mid-1900s is related in full social, cultural, and institutional context. The Poetry Of Science

	COMMENT - 2004 IN PERSPECTIVE

	ACS, AIChE Group Travels To Cuba Reichmanis Speaks On Innovation ACS/BIO Summit On Industrial Biotech Consultants Ready For 10th Anniversary

	Wrapping Up 2004

	LETTERS AWARDS PEOPLE NEWSCRIPTS