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Profiles the winners to the 2003 American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Award in the U.S. Career highlights of professor Larry E. Overman; Work accomplishments of professor Jean Chmielewski; Educational background of organic chemist Andrew S. Kende.

Presents several awardees honored for significant contributions to chemistry. Recognition of David M. Lenal as winner of the 2002 ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry; Presentation of the E.V. Murphee Award in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry to George R. Lester; Acknowledgement of Alan G. Marshall as recipient of the ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry.

Focuses on research and development (R&D) spending in the chemical industry in the United States. Resurgence of industrial R&D; Industries with the largest number of foreign facilities in the United States; Sources of R&D funds.

Presents various optical spectroscopy instruments and equipment featured in the 1999 Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. Infrared spectroscopy; Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy; Emission spectroscopy; X-ray spectroscopy.

Profiles the winners of the Arthur C. Cope Award and the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards for organic chemistry in 1999. Ralph F. Hirschmann of the University of Pennsylvania; Carolyn R. Bertozzi of the University of California, Berkley; M. Reza Ghadiri of the Scripps Research Institute in La Jola, California.

Reports on the first Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference held during the summer of 1997 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. Presentation of awards for advances on pollution reduction; Focus of discussions on economic impacts of environmentalism; Example of DuPont's application of green technology in nylon plant.

Reports developments from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Washington D.C. as of September 2002. Improvement of predoctoral science; presentation of traditional undergraduate science eduction; Provision of science career on students.

Reports on research findings regarding how food becomes stale and how to maintain the freshness of food products. Empirical tests to settle on the best conditions for preserving the freshness of food products during storage; Loss of characteristic aroma components that are linked to the loss of freshness; Chemical processes that occur when food becomes stale.

Focuses on controlled-release formulations of pesticides. Reduction of pesticide toxicity; Reduction of impact of pesticides on the environment; Improvement of pesticide efficiency and efficacy; Coated and microencapsulated pesticides' unloading of their contents through diffusion, erosion or breakage; Control of release rates through particle size.

Reports that a research and development alliance with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will help E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in the field of biologically enhanced materials. Invitation to submit proposals for consideration; Misunderstanding of the technical languages of different scientific fields; Marketing of the company's knowledge base.

Focuses on research and development contract opportunities in China and Russia for investors in the United States. Prospects for growth in both countries; Enumeration of cultural challenges investors must expect to succeed in overseas research markets.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of traveling in Cape Town, South Africa and participating in the Gay Pride Parade in the country.

Reports on the increase in data sharing among crystallographers in the United States. Scientific research financiers' requirement of data sharing among scientists; Effect of data depositing on the release of scientific information. INSET: Teaching tools simplify X-ray instruction..

Focuses on a study of the chemistry and health benefits of caffeinated beverages. Presentation of the findings at the American Chemical Society's national meeting in Anaheim, California; Range of polyphenolic antioxidants known as flavonoids; Potential cardiovascular effects of chocolate and coffee. INSET: Chocolate alchemy..