Nov

30

Extremely Hazardous Substances

November 30, 2004 | Leave a Comment

The title is self-explanatory: Extremely Hazardous Substances, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. At present, the EPA maintains a list of 366 chemicals that are considered extremely hazardous or acutely toxic. For each chemical on the list, EPA provides a profile, containing chemical identity, synonyms, chemical formula, molecular weight, regulatory information, characteristics, health hazard data, [...]

Nov

30

The crisis is everywhere…

November 30, 2004 | Leave a Comment

According to the Guardian, the crisis arrived at the Oxford’s University Chemistry Department.

Nov

30

Linus Pauling Research Notebooks

November 30, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Sometimes it is not easy to persuade the students to use laboratory notebooks to take their notes. May be with an example like this, things start to change…

Nov

30

TORVS

November 30, 2004 | Leave a Comment

An excellent compilation of ready-to-use applications: 3D coordinates for chemical structures, calculation and 3D visualization of orbitals, VRML and GIFs of chemical structures, calculation and visualization of IR and Raman spectra, calculation of physicochemical properties and many others.

Nov

29

MolBase

November 29, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Molbase is a collaborative database of inorganic compounds. Another interesting Mark Winter’s project. More information about this project can be found here.

Nov

29

Science-search.org

November 29, 2004 | Leave a Comment

The science-search.org site is, at the same time, a directory and a search engine dedicated to Science sites. It is based on the Open Directory Project and is still in development. The Chemistry sites already indexed can be found here.

Nov

28

Citation Classics Commentaries

November 28, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Between 1977 and 1993, Eugene Garfield has chosen, each week, one of the most cited articles, an article that has become a classic in its field, and asked a commentary to the author. The idea was to uncover the human side of scientific papers. Authors were invited to write about interesting aspects of their work, [...]

Nov

25

MERLOT

November 25, 2004 | Leave a Comment

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) is a collection of links, organized by subject: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Technology, Mathematical, Economy and Education. Everyone can search or browse the links collection but those interested in adding sites or review the existing sites must register as members (membership is free). MERLOT [...]

Nov

25

CAS Science Spotlight

November 25, 2004 | Leave a Comment

For the most curious, the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) offers the opportunity to know the chemistry (or chemistry-related) most cited, most intriguing and most requested publications of their databases. This free service is provided through CAS Science Spotlight (source: Carolyne’s pages of interest).

Nov

24

Linux4Chemistry

November 24, 2004 | Leave a Comment

I saw on COSMAS the reference to this superb collection of software for the Linux admirers. At Linux4Chemistry, we find software to do almost everything.

Nov

24

Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics

November 24, 2004 | Leave a Comment

This is not new but some movies directors do not know Physics. The proof is here! (source: Confessions of a Science Librarian)

Nov

23

A new acid

November 23, 2004 | Leave a Comment

I saw this on Science Daily. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have discovered the world’s strongest acid. Remarkably, it is also the gentlest acid… Continue to read.

Nov

22

DNA

November 22, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Two excellent sites about DNA: DNA from the Beginning and DNA Interactive, both from The Dolan DNA Learning Center, the source for timely information about genes in Education.

Nov

21

The Particle Adventure

November 21, 2004 | 1 Comment

To discover all about the structure of matter: The Particle Adventure. By the way: the Nobel Prize in Physics 2004, awarded to David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek, may also interest the chemists, mainly those working on Nuclear Chemistry. In their honour let us listen to the Quark Dance!…

Nov

20

Google Scholar

November 20, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Everybody is talking about Google Scholar. The best post I have seen until now about this was on ResourceShelf. We all know what Google is capable of but for now I still prefer the Scirus search engine.

Nov

20

CIEC Catalysis

November 20, 2004 | Leave a Comment

This site has, basically, four sections: Principles of Catalysis, Applied Catalysts, Glossary and Forum. The most interesting section is Applied Catalysts where several examples of application of catalysts to industrial processes are given. The CIEC, Chemical Industry Education Centre (a joint initiative of the University of York and the Chemical Industries Association), site is also [...]

Nov

19

Chemical Kinetics

November 19, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Simulators: There are two very useful programs, one from IBM called Chemical Kinetics Simulator (CKS) and the other, Gepasi, specially designed for biological systems. Both programs are available free of charge and can be used for scientific or educational purposes. Databases: NIST Chemical Kinetics Database, containing data for about 38 000 gas-phase reactions and NDRL/NIST [...]

Nov

19

Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists

November 19, 2004 | 1 Comment

Here is a club that will never accept me as a member…

Nov

18

Autumn colours

November 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Two pages, here and here, to understand the chemistry behind the leaves colour change with the autumn arrival.

Nov

18

All about Chlorine (and Chlorine containing compounds)

November 18, 2004 | 1 Comment

The element, applications, production, industry, environment, pollution, regulations, safety, chlorinated solvents and chlorinated compounds. All this and more, much more, can be found at the outstanding Chlorine Online.

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