1.Automating Science 1
2.Coding and Computing Join Forces 6
3.Creating a Science of the Web 10
4.Scientists Are Trying to Extablish a Standard Tool Kit for an Emerging Field of Biology 15
5.Technological Networks and the Spread of Computer Viruses 20
6.Is Your Computer Secure？ 26
7.Are We Seeing Global Warming？ 32
8.Caving In to New Chronologies 37
9.Climate Variability and the Influence of the Sun 42
10.Sentinels of Change 48
11.The Real Color of Climate Change 53
12.A Picosecond View of Melting 58
13.High-Pressure Microscopy 62
14.Multitasking in Tissues and Materials 67
15.Stronger， Tougher Steels 72
16.Toward Pore-Free Ceramics 77
17.Watching Nanoparticles Grow 83
18.Ecological Restoration in the Light of Ecological History 88
19.Pollination and Restoration 94
20.Restoration of Ecosystem Services for Environmental Markets 101
21.Soil Microbial Communities and Restoration Ecology： Facilitators or Followers 107
22.Species Invasions and the Limits to Restoration： Learning from the New Zealand Experience 114
23.A New Wave of Chemical Regulations Just Ahead 121
24.Frontiers in Olefin Polymerization：Reinventing the World’s Most Common Synthetic Polymers 126
25.Frontiers in Reactor Engineering 135
26.Looking Forward in Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry 144
27.Putting Chemicals on a Path To Better Risk Assessment 153
28.Rethinking Water Splitting 158
29.Many More More-Efficient Computers 163
30.The Quest for White LEDs Hits the Home 167
31.Soap Operas to Save Energy 170
32.Leaping the Efficiency Gap 173
33.Aircraft Designers Shoot for Savings on the Wing 184
34.Economic Networks：The New Challenges 188
35.Edge-State Physics Without Magnetic Fields 197
36.Wanted：Help With Building Design 202
37.Predicting the Behavior of Techno-Social Systems 205
38.Disentangling the Web of Life 214
Additional Information 221
1.Future Technology 221
2.The Basic Knowledge of EST 226
（1）科技英语的基本概念 226
（2）阅读科技英语文章的技能 230
（3）科技英语翻译的基本原则和实用技巧 233