Ed Silverman has been a reporter for more than 20 years, the last 11 as a pharmaceutical business reporter at the The Star-Ledger. He worked on Wall Street before switching to journalism, and previously wrote for publications including New York Newsday and BusinessWeek. On page 40, he writes about challenges faced by university tech transfer offices. "They have a tough job," he says. "They need to make sure that they get the best deal for the university without alienating their own faculty, industry people, or investors."
Freelancer Brendan Borrell received a PhD in integrative biology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2006. His work has appeared in The Oregonian, Technology Review, Science Now, and Wired News. On page 20, he chronicles the travails of prolific Danish ornithologist Anders Møller, who has been investigated for scientific fraud. Borrell finds it surprising that although Møller's writing is "very strongly-worded" and "overconfident," ...
