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The article reports on the two papers which were linked to an extortion attempt and originated from the laboratory of Peter Schultz, a prominent chemist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, San Diego, California. The papers claimed to describe the successful incorporation of amino acids linked to sugars at specific positions in proteins made by the bacterium Escherichia coli. Related issues are further discussed.

The article profiles Phil Baran, a researcher and author for the journal "Nature Chemical Biology." It states the Baran is also an organic chemist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. According to the article, since he was called up to work on the review of the terpenes, he agreed to do the task and developed his knowledge in terpene field. Further information on the researches of Baran related to chemical synthesis is presented.

The article discusses the success of Erica Ollmann Saphire, an immunologist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, and her team in winning the race on providing a picture of how the deadly Ebola virus evades the immune system and enter cells. The move was risky and the work was long and difficult. It took them over four years to express 130 versions of the Ebola virus glycoprotein, grow and test crystal diffractions. The team found out that the virus can lie in wait for years. Saphire and her colleagues managed to solve the structure of an infection-blocking antibody bound to a viral protein, revealing a possible defence against the virus.

Comments on the letter by author Richard Buttery published in the 424 volume of the journal "Nature" about the Joint European Torus (JET) as of October 16, 2003. Statements given by the author on the situation that might occur if there were no substantial increase in the fusion budget in the Seventh Euratom Framework Programme; Criticism made by the author about the misinterpretation of his statements about JET in the letter; Relationship between JET and International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor in La Jolla, California.

The article provides information on the biological process of converting sound waves into electrical impulses by hair cells in the cochlea. As stated by Ulrich Müller and colleagues at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, San Diego, California, hair cells will allow individuals to hear sound through sound waves conversion. It states that the end of the hair cell is a bundle of stereocilla which are connected to each other through structures. It likewise claims that when the structures are deflected by sound pressure they will exert a force which would open the channels resulting to sound creation.