Focus on Science: Spring 2007

Features

Seeding a Revolution
Ecologists and designers at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center bring native plants to the cutting-edge

Dark Energy
The race to understand one of the biggest questions in science

Special Feature:
Brackenridge Field Lab

Going Green
An award-winning chemist seeks to transform the manufacture of drugs in the pharmaceutical industry

Clothes that Kill
Professor Yuyu Sun uses chemistry to create textiles that could someday protect against bacteria and viruses

Freshening Up
Q & A will Jim McLelland, marine scientist

Focus on Students: Shea Sulkin

Focus on Students: Jessica Chang

Onward Freshman Scientists!
The Freshman Research Initiative gets a boost from two multi-million dollar grants

Q & A with David Laude
Focus on Science talks with the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education

Life on the Outside: David Hillis