Gearing Up for Speedy Relief (149 KB PDF)
From bioinformatics to automated synthesis and analysis, improved instrumentation and robotic chemistry move drug discovery and development into quick time.
Mark S. Lesney

Protein Chips: Bound to Deliver (157 KB PDF)
In making chips and arrays, the biggest challenge might be how to attach the protein.
Randall C. Willis

For Openers
Tough Times (37 KB PDF)
James F. Ryan

Update (72 KB PDF)
SciTECH Briefs

Instruments & Applications
Micro-Raman Reveals “True Blue” (68 KB PDF)
Chemical detectives shine a light on the pigmented past.
David Bradley

Product Information (92 KB PDF)
New products, literature, and websites

Personal Business
Reverse Mortgages Help Retirees (74 KB PDF)
More and more older Americans are turning their homes’ equity into cash.
Milton Zall

Computing and Chemistry
Do You Know Where Your Chemicals Are? (70 KB PDF)
Bottles in the lab, tanks in the plant—data systems track your inventories from receiving to shipping.
Nancy K. McGuire

Lighter Elements (49 KB PDF)
Humorous tales from readers and other sources . . . plus a cartoon.