From the editor's desk.(Editorial)

As you will see in our "In Memoriam" segment, we have lost three dear friends in the scientific community, who donated their lives to advancing science. When I speak of sacrifice, I truly mean that they gave of themselves to fulfill this important mission. While meditating over their lives, I thought of their ambitions to investigate the frontier (the undeveloped field for research and discovery) and move science forward. The history of science has shown repeatedly that scientists who have ambition to investigate the undeveloped field for research and discovery face extraordinary obstacles. Richard J. Fox established this Center knowing that people with such ambition should have the opportunity to exchange information with other scientists and openly discuss information on scientific issues that could lead to future breakthroughs in science. This meaning identifies with the mission of these …