May

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Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Material

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Super Plastic Both Attracts and Repels Water. ‘An odd new material could be a boon in dry regions with limited access to clean water. A new, practical method for making surfaces with patterns of areas that strongly attract and strongly repel water could lead to a highly efficient method for capturing clean water. This versatile [...]

May

31

Science’s 10 Most Beautiful Physics Experiments

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Science’s 10 Most Beautiful Physics Experiments. ‘Robert P. Crease, a member of the philosophy department at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the historian at Brookhaven National Laboratory, recently asked physicists to nominate the most beautiful experiment of all time. Based on the paper of George Johnson in The New York [...]

May

29

Fred Butler: Liquid Carbon Dioxide Dry Cleaning

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Green Chemistry. ‘CO2-Based Dry-Cleaning Chain Launched In Germany. The German industrial gases giant Linde is launching a new chain of dry cleaners, called Fred Butler, that will use a carbon dioxide-based washing technique.’
Linde: Dry Cleaning with Carbon Dioxide (CO2). ‘Dry Cleaning with liquid Carbon Dioxide, rather than suspected carcinogen perchlorethylene or highly flammable hydrocarbon/petroleum, is [...]

May

29

Chmoogle to eMolecules

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‘Chemistry Search Engine Provider eMolecules Changes ‘Chmoogle’ Web Site Name Under Pressure From Google. ‘eMolecules announced today that, under pressure from industry giant Google, it is changing the name of its premiere chemistry search engine to www.emolecules.com, and dropping the name “Chmoogle” in favor of “eMolecules”.’
eMolecules Chemical Search - Searching the World’s [...]

May

29

Marriage and Scientific Career

May 29, 2006 | 1 Comment

Scientific Success: What’s Love Got to Do With It?. ‘Does marriage sink a scientific career or send it soaring? Several years ago, Satoshi Kanazawa, then a psychologist at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, analyzed a biographical database of 280 great scientists - mathematicians, physicists, chemists, and biologists. When he calculated the age [...]

May

29

Women and Science: Successful Female Chemists

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The Chemistry Between Women & Science. ‘Three female chemists - Donna J. Nelson, Debra R. Rolison, Geraldine L. Richmond - talk about paths to success for women in their field. Chemistry is one of the most male-dominated disciplines in academe. In 2003, the most recent year for which such figures are available, about 12 percent [...]

May

29

Environmental Research Letters (ERL)

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Institute of Physics launches new open-access environmental science journal. ‘From climate change to waste management and renewable energy sources, environmental science has always covered issues that affect everyone. Although specialist publications for the different branches of environmental science exist, there is still a need for a central source for all environmental research. The Institute of [...]

May

28

Carbon Quantum Dots

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Carbon-based quantum dots could mean ‘greener,’ safer technology in medicine and biology. ‘Chemists at Clemson University say they have developed a new type of quantum dot that is the first to be made from carbon. Like their metal-based counterparts, these nano-sized “carbon dots” glow brightly when exposed to light and show promise for a broad [...]

May

28

The Physics of Football (Soccer)

May 28, 2006 | 1 Comment

Physics can improve your football. ‘As the World Cup draws closer and football fever starts to take over, physicist Nick Linthorne has found out how players like Gary Neville can achieve the perfect long throw-in, which could be crucial in setting up a goal for the England squad. An article, A new angle on throwing, [...]

May

28

Open Access and Citation Rate

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Open Access Increases Citation Rate. ‘PLoS Biology publishes today a research article by Gunther Eysenbach that is not about biology. It is about citations. It provides robust evidence that open-access articles (OA articles) are more immediately recognized and cited than non-OA articles. As such, it adds objective support to the belief we have always held [...]

May

28

The Benefits of Sulforaphane (SFN): Eat Broccoli and Cauliflower

May 28, 2006 | 1 Comment

Broccoli, Cauliflower and Genetic Cancer. ‘Need another reason to eat vegetables? A new study at Rutgers shows that certain vegetables – broccoli and cauliflower, in particular – have natural ingredients that may reduce the risk of developing hereditary cancers. A research team led by Rutgers’ Ah-Ng Tony Kong has revealed that these widely consumed cruciferous [...]

May

28

Book: Theory and Practice of Online Learning

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Theory and Practice of Online Learning, edited by Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi, is concerned with assisting providers of online education with useful tools to carry out the teaching and learning transactions online. It presents, in an easily readable form, the theory, administration, tools, and methods of designing and delivering learning online. By doing so, [...]

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