Notes the direction manufacturing industries are moving in the change-over to use of the metric system. Chances for a metric bill's becoming public law seem mixed. (EB)

Discusses data on chemical research and development (R&D). Areas addressed include sources of R&D funds, R&D spending by the federal government and by industry, and sources of academic R&D funds. provides charts and tables and data on scientists/engineers, budgets, comparisons between applied/basic R&D, abstracts in chemical…

Summarizes research funding issues and concerns discussed at a symposium on government and industry support for university research. Describes efforts by the Council for Chemical Research, a combined university-industry organization, to generate funds and to improve communication between academic and university scientists. (DC)

Describes recent increased interest in the licensing of technology from universities to industry. Licensing has been traditionally discouraged in universities due to tenure policy and other faculty inducements which foster the earliest possible disclosure of new developments in a manner that often makes subsequent patents and licensing impossible.…

Reports on a survey of chemical industry representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administration of the Toxic Substances Control Act. (SL)

An industry, previously dealing only with products, is successful in marketing services such as its programed self-instruction kits and safety management consulting services. (CP)

Lists major employers of chemists and/or chemical engineers in the United States, subdivided into manufacturers of chemicals, drugs, personal-care products, coatings, petroleum, rubber, paper and forest products, metals and minerals, food, and others. (CS)

Reports on the amounts and trends in spending on research and development in chemistry in the United States. Profiles industrial, federal, and academic sectors, both in applied and basic research. (JM)

Summarizes a National Research Council report indicating that the Department of Energy (DOE) underfunds basic, exploratory scientific research. Presents a matrix to provide DOE with perspectives for assessing the potential impact of chemistry-focused, basic, long-range, and pioneering research on various energy technology areas. (Author/SK)

Focuses on the problems facing the chemical industry during the decade ahead. Government regulations, political activity by the industry, environmental concerns of the public, research and development, and competition are the major concerns discussed. (SA)

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) has launched a study exploring the role the United States government should play in industrial science and technology policy. Highlights various aspects of the study and provides a list of fundamental questions the AEI science policy agenda has raised. (JN)

The Philadelphia Section surveys chemical professionals released by Sun Oil and Borden Chemical. (Author/DF)

The role of industry in support of science is emphasized on the basis that it pays most of the wages, salaries, and dividends from which the tax dollars are drawn. (DF)

Data on the performance of chemical companies are presented in this section of the annual report on the chemical industry, including: productivity, unit labor costs, chemical company performance, wholesale prices, shipments and inventories, and industrial production. (PR)