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TROUBLES AT BROOKHAVEN: 11 DOE decides on permanent shut down for research reactor.
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CHIRAL TRIUMPHS: 57 Conference on pharmaceutical ingre dients features chiral auxiliaries, sol vent-tolerant enzymes.
CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD: 13
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LAB MANAGEMENT: 68 Analytical lab managers celebrate 20-year-old association. GroEL's FRIENDS: 70 Group of natural protein substrates of bacterial chaperone is identified.
BAYER BUYS INTO POLYOLS: 14 German company will pay $2.45 bil lion for Lyondell's operations.
MORE ON IMPOTENCE: 76 Arginase enzyme inhibitors could be new drugs to control NO production.
MICROPOROUS MATERIAL: 14 Metal-organic frameworks are stable despite their large pore size.
WHAT'S THAT STUFF?: Asphalt: A sticky subject.
PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENTS: 35 "Cinderellas" of the drug industry get new focus. 5 ~7
EVERNINOMICIN: 67 Total synthesis achieved of complex oligosaccharide natural product.
Members and chairman have deep disagreements on board's management.
BUSINESS COVER STORY ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS: 21 As semiconductor producers squeeze their costs, they also cut chemical suppliers' sales.
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GOVERNMENT & POLICY PROJECT XL: 47 EPA program to reinvent environmen tal regulation draws mixed reviews.
ACS ELECTION: 13 Attila Ε. Pavlath is selected as presi dent-elect; four board members also chosen.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK CARBON-BASED DEVICES: 11 Organic molecule acts as reversible switch, while nanotube kink controls current flow.
TRADE PACT: 12 U.S. chemical exporters will be among beneficiaries of U.S.-China deal.
ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS
Volume 77, Number 47 CENEAR 77 (47) 1-104 ISSN 0009-2347
FIBER INTERMEDIATES: 42 Spanish oil company Cepsa will build a purified terephthalic acid plant in Canada.
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Exhibition in New York focuses on shared chemistry of living things. ACS NEWS CHEMICAL LANDMARK: 89 Separation of rare-earth elements by Charles James is honored.
THE DEPARTMENTS 5 EDITOR'S PAGE 8 LETTERS CONCENTRATES 17 Business 45 Government 55 Science/Technology
COVER: Photo courtesy of Air Products MARVELOUS MOLECULES
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