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Recent Advances in Chemistry: 2006 C&EN Review

December 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Chemistry Highlights 2006. ‘Once a year, C&EN reviews the chemistry research developments we’ve reported on that seem among the most significant of the past 12 months. We evaluate the novelty and breakthrough nature of individual scientific developments covered in our news stories, select about two each month that seem likely to have the most long-lasting [...]

Dec

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sectroscopyNOW.com

December 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment

spectroscopyNOW.com. sectroscopyNOW.com is a free access spectroscopy portal that fulfills the information needs of all spectroscopists. spectroscopyNOW.com, a Community of Interest website, has become the definitive spectroscopy resource on the internet, offering a wealth of valuable information, resources and services.
Techniques covered: Mass Spectrometry (incorporating Base Peak), X-ray Spectrometry, NMR (incorporating NMR Knowledge Base), Chemometrics & [...]

Dec

20

Ulf Bossel on Hydrogen Economy

December 20, 2006 | 1 Comment

Why a hydrogen economy doesn’t make sense. ‘In a recent study, fuel cell expert Ulf Bossel explains that a hydrogen economy is a wasteful economy. The large amount of energy required to isolate hydrogen from natural compounds (water, natural gas, biomass), package the light gas by compression or liquefaction, transfer the energy carrier to the [...]

Dec

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Nano DNA-Like Ice

December 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment

DNA-like ice ’seen’ inside carbon nanotubes. ‘Nanoscale ice formations resembling the double helices of DNA will form when water molecules are frozen inside carbon nanotubes, detailed computer simulations suggest. Researchers at the University of Nebraska, US, used a supercomputer to run detailed mathematical models of the behaviour of water molecules. In their simulations, they inserted [...]

Dec

15

Christmas Nanotechnology Gifts Ideas

December 15, 2006 | 1 Comment

Have Yourself A Merry “Nano” Christmas!. ‘Tell a friend you are buying them a nanotechnology gift for the holidays, and visions of Star Trek collectables or geeky electronic toys may start to dance in their heads. But nanotechnology gifts can include everything from fleece jackets and gloves from the Lands’ Endâ„¢ catalog—with Nano-Tex® Resists Static [...]

Dec

15

Google Patent Search

December 15, 2006 | 2 Comments

Google Patent Search. ‘As part of Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful, we’re constantly working to expand the diversity of content we make available to our users. With Google Patent Search, you can now search the full text of the U.S. patent corpus and find patents that [...]

Dec

15

Chemists Without Borders

December 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Chemists Without Borders. ‘Chemists Without Borders is a public benefit, non-profit, international humanitarian organization designed to alleviate human suffering through the use of proven chemical technologies and related skills. Our primary goals include, but are not limited to, providing affordable medicines and vaccines to those who need them most, supplying clean water in developing countries, [...]

Dec

15

Deciphering the DNA Code

December 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment

A Cryptologist Takes a Crack at Deciphering DNA’s Deep Secrets. ‘Thirty years ago, Nick Patterson worked in the secret halls of the Government Communications Headquarters, the code-breaking British agency that unscrambles intercepted messages and encrypts clandestine communications. He applied his brain to “the hardest problems the British had,” said Dr. Patterson, a mathematician. Today, at [...]

Dec

12

MathWorld - A Mathematics Resource

December 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Wolfram MathWorld. ‘MathWorld is the web’s most extensive mathematical resource, provided as a free service to the world’s mathematics and internet communities as part of a commitment to education and educational outreach by Wolfram Research, makers of Mathematica.
MathWorld has been assembled over more than a decade by Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from thousands of [...]

Dec

12

Pure Carbon Nanotubes: No Adverse Health Effects

December 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Pure Carbon Nanotubes Pass First In Vivo Test. ‘In the first experiments of their kind, researchers have determined that carbon nanotubes injected directly into the bloodstream of research lab animals cause no immediate adverse health effects and circulate for more than one hour before they are removed by the liver. These findings are from the [...]

Dec

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BioMed Central Research Awards 2006

December 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment

BioMed Central Research Awards 2006. ‘The BioMed Central Research Awards recognize excellence in research that has been made universally accessible by open access publication in one of BioMed Central’s journals.Nominations for the BioMed Central Research Awards close on the 6 January 2007, so there is still time to submit your nomination. All research articles published [...]

Dec

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AMSER - Applied Math and Science Education Repository

December 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment

AMSER (the Applied Math and Science Education Repository) is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use. AMSER is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the National Science Digital Library, and is being created by [...]

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