Article Archive for October 2008
If you want to see who other scientists are voting for and why, check out the current crop of vids including Nobel laureate Marty Chalfie.
Scientists and Engineers for America Action Fund and ScienceBlogs …
I don’t think I have seen such a thoughtful and balanced opinion regarding two presidential candidates. It’s well worth the seven minutes to watch. Remember, Powell is a conservative and was Bush’s Secretary of State …
I’ve been hesitant to post anything political here, but I couldn’t resist in this case as it does reflect the anti-intellectualism displayed during the current ‘regime’ and what we can most likely expect if they …
A table of completed assignments is available on the wiki. Please don’t wait until the last minute to complete your assignments. Nicole and I are available for help both subject wise and in getting your …
Scientists at the University of Melbourne in Australia are currently doing research on Trianionic Organoborate triangles (Abrahams, B.F.; Boughton, B.A.; Choy, H.; Clarke, O.; Grannas, M.J.; Price, D.J.; Robson, R, Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 10.1021). …
Last Thursday the EPA strengthened its standards on lead pollution, updating the law that was 30 years old. “The new standards set the limits for exposure at 0.15 micrograms per cubic meter of air, down …
I know Dr. Kassel brought this up before, but I just heard it again on the news and I had to see what the story was. Republican nominee John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin advocate teaching …
I’m still looking for suggestions for this website now that we’ve been up and running for a couple of months. My goal is to make it as functional as possible without cluttering it up. A …
Is it a problem that 9 of the top 20 software titles for September (in terms of total sales) for PC’s are antivirus/antispyware? Or am I just being a smug, uh, non-windows user? And is …
A recent article on Yahoo!’s Green page caught my attention when it claimed that another study found that bottled water also contains contaminants. Bottled water has been a hot topic of conversation lately – whether …
You wanted it and here it is! Micah Collins (aka Wing Kong) and his baked bean eating world record. When there is something available for Steakbellie and his haggis eating world record, I’ll add it!
Update …
We have been hearing a lot about alternative energy sources, such as wind power, solar power, ethanol, and hydrogen fuel cells; however, there are tons of other green technologies out there.
One such technology, green roofing, …
I’m not sure what concerns me more, the actual reporting or the image of a nuclear power plant with radiation symbol being used for a story about a plume of fuming sulfuric acid released from …
Three scientists Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, and Roger Y. Tsien were award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering and developing a green fluorescent protein (GFP)
Shimomura originally discovered the GFP in a jellyfish, Aquoria …
Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien for their discovery of the green fluorescent protein.
Since 1962, when the protein was first discovered, it has developed into one of the most imperative tools used in …
I’m all for wind and solar power, but the main obstacle to moving away from fossil fuels and toward these renewable energies is the ability to store the energy when the sun isn’t shining …
