Jun

28

37th International Chemistry Olympiad

June 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment

The 37th International Chemistry Olympiad will take place in Taiwan, from July 16 to 25. Additional information can be found here.
Update: According to the site, South Korea was the winner of this Olympiad, since their students won 4 gold medals. The young Russian Alexey Zeifman won the absolute first prize. The full list of winners [...]

Jun

28

1001 things to do with Liquid Nitrogen

June 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment

A site (link removed) that aims to show that liquid nitrogen can be used for much more than just to cool things down to 77 K… (the page can only be found via Google cache)

Jun

27

Green Chemistry

June 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Very recently, University of Oregon experts have created GEM, Greener Education Materials for Chemists, an online resource dedicated to Green Chemistry. The idea is to develop an interactive collection of laboratory exercises, lecture materials, course syllabi and multimedia content that illustrate chemical concepts, important for green chemistry. Still in the University site, the Green Chemistry [...]

Jun

27

All about Chlorine – Part II: The Chlorine Tree

June 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment

I am using the same post title that I have already used for Chlorine Online, since we have again the same subject, now presented in a different way. In fact, The Chlorine Tree invites us to explore its branches in order we can discover all about chlorine: from the production process to the chlorine use [...]

Jun

21

Chemistry of Photography

June 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Now that everything is digital, this post seems meaningless. Or maybe not. You decide. Specially dedicated to those who want to know how to set up a photographic lab at home, here are some interesting sites:
Jack’s Photographic and Chemistry Site
Chemistry of Photography (Cheresources)
CHEM 2502 Chemistry of Photography Laboratory

Jun

17

Chemical Challenges

June 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Do you like a good challenge in Chemistry? If you do, you should try Innocentive Challenges – Chemistry. The incentives seem to be very interesting…

Jun

16

Relaxing

June 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Until I restart with the “heavy” chemistry posts, have some fun with these fabulous images: Eye of Science e 2005 Art of Science Exhibition.

Jun

16

Restart

June 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment

After a long-lasting pause I am restarting now the regular updates of Triple Point. In fact, all my time dedicated to blogs has been taken by Quick Picks. In case you haven’t been following this blog, here are some of the most interesting posts in

Chemistry
How Not to Do It: Distilling Benzene
Scientists discover unsuspected intermediates in [...]