Table of Contents September 2001
VOL. 31, NO. 9		DEPARTMENTS
STARTING THE PROCESS Hindsight is an exact science How useful it would be if there were a book entitled Things That Don’t Work. Jeremy Potter DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY Kitchen in a can for people on the go Busy commuters, hikers, and soldiers, can take their hot meals and beverages with them using cans that heat themselves. Gina Gluch, Daniel Mandler SUCCEEDING IN THE MARKETPLACE Have I got an herb for you! Aphrodisiacs have been used worldwide since the dawn of human history. Researchers are just beginning to discover their chemical and physiological functions. Debra A. Schwartz The new breed of cars Electric and “hybrid” vehicles are slowly catching on. Are they really more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly than conventional autos? Charles W. Schmidt		Chemist at Large Leading the Way Training future chemical biologists Gregory A. Weiss Heart Cut Patent Watch Chemscripts Recovering value from byproducts using phase-transfer catalysis Peter Joyce Legal Insights Is it fair use? It depends. Eric S. Slater Touring the Net This is the house that Buck Rogers built Nancy K. McGuire Book Alert The gene: Science’s misused four-letter word Rebecca Pollard Postscript Revisiting the Mars sample return debate Nancy K. McGuire The Last Word Just for the gel of it Debra A. Schwartz This issue's cartoons
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