October 1993

if (n == null) The Scientist - Sex Discrimination Controversies Continue To Plague Health Agency The Scientist 7[20]:1, Oct. 18, 1993 News Sex Discrimination Controversies Continue To Plague Health Agency By Franklin Hoke "The [NIH] administration has been very responsive," Kleinman says, citing Lance A. Liotta, the deputy director for intramural research, as particularly so. "But I would say that when you get down to the scientific directors

Bakelite In The Limelight Teaching Technology Space University High-Tech Farming Recognizing Cognitive Neuroscience The Wonders of Glycerine Though possibly an event of dubious distinction to environmentalists and others, the American Chemical Society will commemorate the invention of "bakelite," the world's first plastic, with ACS's first National Historic Chemical Landmark designation on November 9. Bakelite was the invention of Leo H. Baekeland, a Belgian-born chemist who

1 R.F. Siliciano, T. Lawson, C. Knall, 205 R.W. Karr, P. Berman, T. Gregory, E.L. Reinberz, "Analysis of host virus interactions in AIDS with anti-gp120 T-cell clones: Effect of HIV sequence variation and a mechanism for CD4+ cell depletion," Cell, 54:561-75, 1988. 2 R.L. Willey, D.H. Smith, L.A. Lasky, T.S. Theodore, 201 P.L. Earl, B. Moss,D.J. Capon, M.A. Martin, "In vitro mutagenesis identifies a region within the envelope gene of the human immunodeficiency virus that is critical for infecti

At NASA At NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration administrator Daniel Goldin has appointed Pennylvania State University astrophysicist France Cordova to become the agency's chief scientist, effective sometime this month. According to NASA, Cordova will be the administrator's senior scientific adviser and will serve as the principal liaison between the agency and the national and international science community and the general public. Cordova, 46, who has been the head of Penn Sta