4 Letters
Concentrates
13 Business
18 Government
29 Science/Technology
The Departments
27 New Products
91 ACS Comment
125 Awards
140 Newscripts
News of the Week
President Bush offers array of sweeping but costly
programs to deal with acid rain, smog, emissions. 5
House panel investigating ethics in the science research
community grills MIT's president on school's
industrialliaison program. 6
Scientists at Virginia Polytechnic Institute develop new
catalyst useful in commercially important
hydroformylation reactions. 7
U.S.-China science, business relations chill following
Chinese crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations. 8
Facts & Figures
A banner year was chalked up by the chemical industry in
1988, both in U.S. and worldwide. Output advanced smartly,
profitability was much improved, and other business trends
generally were favorable. C&EN's annual statistical
package details recent progress. 36
Business
Portugal's opening of its chemical industry to foreign
investment and plans for single European Community
market in 1992 were focus of CEFIC meeting in Lisbon. 15
Government
Occidental Chemical agrees to store and destroy wastes
from Love Canal; Coalition for National Science Funding
issues report calling for sustained funding of basic
science research. 20
Science/Technology
Superconductor research leads to development of new devices;
more research into fluid catalytic cracking, fluidization
urged; improving the reliability of forecasting recommended
as way to better global warming predictions. 30
ACS News
Committee on Professional Training reports on 1988 bachelor's,
masters, and Ph.D. graduates of ACS-approved schools;
University of California, Berkeley, was top producer
of Ph.D.chemists. 93
Preliminary Program
198th ACS national meeting in Miami Beach: list of symposia,
advance registration form. 101
Meeting
Advance information on the International Chemical Congress
of Pacific Basin Societies in Honolulu, Dec. 17-22. 120
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