Jan

28

Chemistry: The Songs of Our Lives

January 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment

And now, for a Chemistry Karaoke Weekend: The Songs of Our Lives.

Jan

27

Hal’s Picks of the Month

January 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Hal’s Picks of the Month is a column that Hal Harris writes on Journal of Chemical Education. In this column, Hal recommends books of interest to teachers of Science, especially Chemistry. To our convenience, an index to Hal’s Picks is available on the site (the column started in 1995, there are many books to see). [...]

Jan

26

Nanoforum.org – European Nanotechnology Gateway

January 26, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Nanoforum aims to provide a linking framework for all nanotechnology activity within the European Community. It will serve as a central location from which to gain access to and information about research programmes, technological developments, funding opportunities and future activities in nanotechnology within the community.
The site has a huge amount of information, very well organized. [...]

Jan

25

Table of Nuclides

January 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment

For those working, teaching or studying Nuclear Chemistry or Radiochemistry, this Table of Nuclides is a valuable resource. Jonghwa Chang, from Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, has compiled it. This same table can be found on the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory site. Another kind of data, in this field, can be obtained in the several databases [...]

Jan

25

Polymers & Liquid Crystals

January 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Polymers & Liquid Crystals is a pilot program, still in development, produced by a cooperative effort between the Department of Physics and the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in conjunction with the Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (ALCOM) at Kent State University. The site has a very [...]

Jan

24

EnvironmentalChemistry.com

January 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment

This site provides chemistry, environmental and hazardous materials educational resources including: a detailed periodic table of the elements, chemical database, hazmat emergency response guides, articles on environmental, hazardous materials and chemistry issues, and much more. The idea is that teachers use these resources so that students have a positive learning experience. In the environmental side, [...]

Jan

24

PSIgate – Chemistry Gateway

January 24, 2005 | 1 Comment

The Physical Sciences Information Gateway (PSIgate) is a portal that gives access to a collection in the physical sciences field, specifically in: Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics, and Science History and Policy. In the Chemistry Gateway, the selected sites have high quality. A full description of each resource is provided, together with a range of [...]

Jan

23

Journal of Physical & Chemical Reference Data

January 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Reprints available online free of charge from Volume 1 through Volume 27 (1972-1998). [via Open Access News]

Jan

23

Virtual Museum of Minerals and Molecules

January 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment

If you like minerals (and molecules…) then you should not miss this extraordinary virtual museum.

Jan

23

BOC Gases

January 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment

All the information needed about the gases normally used in the Laboratory: BOC Gases Handbook (PDF) and BOC Safety Data Sheets.

Jan

22

New Best Estimates of the Values of the Fundamental Constants

January 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment

New Best Estimates of the Values of the Fundamental Constants is an interesting article by Ian Mills, published in the IUPAC magazine (May-June 2004), Chemistry International. The best estimates for these values can be found in this table (PDF), or then in Fundamental Physical Constants, part of the excellent NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and [...]

Jan

22

Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre

January 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment

The Cambridge Crystallographic Date Centre (CCDC) is the institution responsible for the well known crystal structures database CSD (Cambridge Structural Database). In this site one can find how to (and the software needed to) access the database.

Jan

21

Resources for Chemistry Educators

January 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Stephen Lower, from Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Canada, keeps this magnificent collection of annotated links to instructional materials and other resources of interest to Chemistry teachers. The section specially designed for students enrolled in General Chemistry courses, General Chemistry Starting Points for students, is also highly recommended.

Jan

21

BUBL LINK / 5:15

January 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment

BUBL LINK is a catalogue of selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas. For Chemistry, the selected sites are organized in twelve sections. For Chemical Engineering the selected resources are presented in six sections. It is possible to search for a specific site or browse the entire collection by subject, country or type.

Jan

20

Crazy Uses for Coca Cola!

January 20, 2005 | Leave a Comment

I received the reference to this site by email. Interesting, because Chemistry is present in almost all of the so called Crazy Uses for Coca Cola… In this site, other interesting suggestions: Beauty Tips, Stain Remover Page, Home Remedies, Cooking Tips…

Jan

18

Dioxins Again…

January 18, 2005 | Leave a Comment

… now in Germany: Dioxin found in German eggs.

Jan

18

And in a completely different scale…

January 18, 2005 | Leave a Comment

In Huygens Sends Images of Titan, from National Geographic News, one can read: Titan is sitting up there perking away as kind of a planet-scale chemistry lab doing a lot of the stuff that was going on in the Earth’s atmosphere four billion years ago. In the previous post we have a “lab-on-a-chip”, here we [...]

Jan

16

Lab-on-a-chip

January 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Imagine an entire chemistry laboratory reduced to the size of a postage stamp. It could happen.

Jan

9

Do you want to know all about caffeine?

January 9, 2005 | 3 Comments

Well… almost all about caffeine can be found in this work published on the National Geographic Magazine.

Jan

8

Royal Society of Chemistry invests in the kitchen

January 8, 2005 | Leave a Comment

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has created a new course, to be used in schools, called Kitchen Chemistry, as can be read on The Guardian. The idea is to show how Chemistry works in everyday life and attract young students to Science.