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January 26, 2004

SIALYLTRANSFERASE UNBOUND

Long-sought structure of membrane-bound enzyme reveals how it works.

CUSTOM CHEMICALS

Excess capacity, dearth of new drugs chill the industry's outlook at Informex.

NATURAL GAS PRICES

Federal regulators look into price spikes but so far see no market manipulation.

FILLING NANOTUBES

Using supercritical CO2, researchers insert functionalized fullerenes into carbon nanotubes.

WOLF PRIZE

Harry B. Gray is recognized for pioneering work on protein structure and electron-transfer processes.

AIR LIQUIDE EXPANDS

Industrial gases giant invites antitrust scrutiny with its latest acquisition.

LONZA DOWNTURN

Chief Executive Markus Gemuend resigns in wake of plummeting earnings and sales.

BIOTECH SAFETY

Commercialization should hinge on ability to confine modified organisms, studies say.

HOMELAND SECURITY

Department spells out the division of responsibilities among national labs.

January 19, 2004

JOBS SHOCK

Data show chemical employment is down amid overall job doldrums.

NEW CROMPTON CEO

Robert Wood takes over for industry veteran Vincent Calarco.

WORKPLACE CANCER STUDY

Rohm and Haas experts find its facility "a safe place to work."

SPACE PLAN

President Bush's vision for the future of human space travel features life sciences research.

HOLEY POLYMERS

Microporous solids could be suitable for separations or as reactive membranes.

IRAQI WEAPONS ANALYSIS

Carnegie study asserts the White House distorted threat posed by Iraq.

NEW STATE OF MATTER

Physicists discover a frictionless supersolid that has superfluid properties.

ACS SPECIAL ELECTION

Kent Voorhees joins Allen Bard and Kathleen Taylor as candidates for director-at-large.

FIGHTING PLAQUE

Circular depsipeptide from a soil fungus inhibits atherosclerotic plaque in mice.

January 12, 2004

TWO NEW ELEMENTS

In Russia, an international research team has synthesized elements 113 and 115.

FEDERAL BUDGET

Limited growth and a few cuts characterize the Administration's R&D spending proposals.

MULTIPOLLUTANT STRATEGIES

Regulating clusters of pollutants could be more protective and cost-effective, study says.

EUROPEAN EARNINGS

Chemical industry has been hit hard by exchange rates.

MAKING AMMONIA

Ligands play key roles in soluble zirconium process for nitrogen fixation.

POROUS CRYSTALS

Chemists design material with record-breaking surface area and many potential applications.

INCYTE CLOSURE

California human genome facility is no longer a viable business.

RICIN SCARE

Analyses of powder found in Sen. Bill Frist's mail room indicate lethal plant protein.

FRENCH TAKEOVER BATTLE

To thwart Sanofi, Aventis pitches shareholders on new products and earnings.

January 5, 2004

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

A synthetic small molecule can turn differentiated cells back into progenitor cells.

HEART-SMART PFIZER

Acquisition of Esperion strengthens company's status as the leading purveyor of heart disease therapies.

CUTTING MERCURY

Some chlor-alkali producers must cut mercury emissions under new EPA regulation.

MAD COW QUANDARY

Scientists say government has no real data on prevalence of mad cow disease in the U.S.

TEST MARKET

Outlook is positive for manufacturers of diagnostic tests for mad cow disease.

SEEING INFRARED

Space-based NASA observatory reveals out-of-this-world organic chemistry.

NEW SOURCE REVIEWED

Federal court blocks a rule that would ease pollution control requirements.

LADDERANES

Solid-state synthesis yields gram amounts of ladder-shaped hydrocarbons.

PHARMACOPEIA SPLIT

Firm will continue as software vendor Accelrys after spinning off drug discovery subsidiary.

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Took Only A Spark

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October 27, 2008

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August 18, 2008

Converging Pathways

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