Dec

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The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog

December 31, 2004 | Leave a Comment

News and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts. “We are simply here to help you find the relevant information”.

Dec

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Linus Pauling and the Nature of the Chemical Bond: A Documentary History

December 29, 2004 | Leave a Comment

From Oregon State University, we have this magnificent site about one of the most important discoveries in modern science. Launched at December 10, to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Linus Pauling’s receipt of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, this site contains about 800 documents, some of them unique, like the manuscript of Pauling’s first [...]

Dec

28

Delicious Chemistry

December 28, 2004 | Leave a Comment

From New York Times today’s edition: Flour, Eggs, Sugar, Chocolate… Just Add Chemistry. And Kitchen Chemistry for Kids Birthday Party.

Dec

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SeparationsNOW and SpectroscopyNOW

December 28, 2004 | 1 Comment

Are you interested in Electrophoresis, GC (Gas Chromatography), HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography), Ionic Chromatography, Hyphenated Techniques or Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics? Then you should try this extraordinary portal from Wiley: separationsNow.com. Also from Wiley, already reviewed in Ponto Triplo, and now for the spectroscopy community: spectroscopyNow.com. All about Atomic Spectroscopy, Infrared and Fourier Transform [...]

Dec

28

RSS and Science

December 28, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Excellent, this article by Tony Hammond, Timo Hannay e Ben Lund, The Role of RSS in Science Publishing: Syndication and Annotation on the Web. Those less familiar with RSS should start by What is RSS? or by All about RSS. Most recommended is also the RSS Compendium.

Dec

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Counterfeit cigarettes

December 16, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Counterfeit cigarettes are very dangerous! Poor smokers…

Dec

13

Dioxins

December 13, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Now that we know Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yuschenko has been victim of poisoning by dioxins, it is a good opportunity to know better this kind of compounds. A good starting point is Lewis A. Shadoff’s page, All You Wanted to Know about Dioxins. Another excellent source of information is EPA’s page, Dioxin and Related [...]

Dec

12

All About Corrosion

December 12, 2004 | 1 Comment

Two outstanding corrosion resources: Corrosionsource.com and Dr. Qiu’s WebCorr.

Dec

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Fresh Patents

December 10, 2004 | Leave a Comment

FreshPatents.com: the latest published US patent applications each week. The chemistry-related patents applications are in Section 2 under Chemistry, Chemicals and Physics. There are other interesting topics to chemists, like Energy or Environment & Waste Management. Update: A Manual for Chemical Patent Searches, by William Ronnenberg.

Dec

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Chemical Register: Yellow Pages for Chemical Industry

December 7, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Chemical Register is an online searchable directory of chemical suppliers enabling buyers to easily source manufacturers for capacity and price of commodity and specialty chemicals by name or CAS registry number. Site includes free magazine offers, jobs, news and events.

Dec

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Chemistry in the 18th Century

December 6, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Some interesting notes from ScienceWeek – History of Chemistry: On Chemistry in the 18th Century.

Dec

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Household Products Database

December 5, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Which are the potential hazards of the chemical products we have at home? Information about all kind of common use products – for car, for garden, for home maintenance, for personal care, for pet care, pesticides – can be found in the Household Products Database. It is possible to search or browse by brand or [...]

Dec

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CHEMINFO: Chemical Information Sources

December 4, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Result of Gary Wiggins’s work, CHEMINFO, located at Indiana University, presents a very well organized selection of high quality links. These links are mainly presented in two resource guides: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry (SIRCh) and Clearinghouse for Chemical Information Instructional Materials (CCIIM). This directory is an excellent choice for those looking for chemistry or [...]

Dec

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Molecular Expressions

December 3, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Now, with the weekend approaching, nothing better than taking some time to explore the magnificent world of Molecular Expressions: amazing photographs obtained by microscopy. For those wanting to bypass the details the direct way to the gallery is through here.

Dec

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Urgent!

December 2, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Good news on Knovel’s blog K-News: two weeks of open access to three chemical safety titles. These tiles are: Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects (DOSE, 2nd Electronic Ed.), Sittig’s Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens (4th Ed.) and Knovel Solvents – A Properties Database.

Dec

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The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry

December 2, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Released on November 30, a Project Gutenberg eBook: The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry, by M. M. Pattison Muir.

Dec

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The Wooden Periodic Table Table

December 1, 2004 | Leave a Comment

A periodic table made of wood, built to be used as… well, a table! A brilliantly done idea of Theodore W. Gray, honoured with the 2002 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The construction of this periodic table can be followed here. The site contains as plentiful as valuable information. Definitively, it is a pleasure to [...]