BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Glamorized in books, movies, television, and recently in the news media, forensic science has gathered a popular following. Making forensic science interesting and appealing to a large audience is easy to do because the work is just that--interesting and appealing. The fictional forensic scientist collects evidence at crime scenes, analyzes it in a high-tech lab, and dra...
"Why Singapore?" I was asked repeatedly when I announced my decision to become the executive director for the Genome Institute of Singapore. For my wife and I, there was no equivocation personally or professionally, but to the rest of the world there was puzzlement and even disbelief. But since I got here in March 2001, my public answer to this question--Why Singapore?--has become a vehicle upon ...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Thousands of patents are filed every day, covering a wide range of products from new genetic sequences and the latest communications technology, to eccentric inventions such as concentrated beer tablets, nappies for pet birds, and Chinese herbal medicines for purging evil and curing death! Patents are a valuable source of information for companies wishing to be at the fo...
