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Computers in Chemistry
The knead for speed
Design of experiments shows how to avoid failures in machine-made bread.
Mark J. Anderson

The Chemist's Bookshelf
Contributing Chemists
Felicia Willis

Instruments & Applications
Smoking out the past
Anthropology uses GC-MS to determine the botanical origins of residue in ancient clay pipes from Chile.
Hampton H. Hairfield, Jr., and Elizabeth M. Hairfield

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Workplace Perspectives
Make your résumé a triple threat
When “battling” for a job, you need more than one basic weapon.
John K. Borchardt

Industry Facts & Figures
R&D budget: A chemist's view
Federal agencies that support the chemical sciences see boosts across the board.
David Filmore

Personal Business
Too much stock in one basket?
Also: Creative use of stock options
Milton Zall

Regulations and You
Supercritical fluid technology
Expanded applications are making SCFs the green solvent of the 21st century.
Bradley D. Fahlman

Chemistry Chronicles
Soda ash, Solvay style
Introduced in the 1860s, the Solvay process for making soda ash made Leblanc’s technology obsolete.
David M. Kiefer

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Pittcon 2002