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£1,000,000 for 100% chemical free material
Submitted by skassel on November 28, 2008 – 1:00 pm | 4 Comments

Have at it!

If, as the ASA says, the public believes materials can be “100% chemical free,” the RSC will soon be inundated with examples from people wishing to claim the £1 million pound bounty announced …

Your tax dollars at work, naming rights to the new Mets ballpark
Submitted by skassel on November 25, 2008 – 10:33 pm | No Comment

Citigroup is keeping their $400 million naming rights deal for the new Mets ballpark, Citi Field. 
You might have missed the news because it came on Friday, but Citigroup announced it was not planning to back …

New Lightbulbs for a Better World, But What about the Mercury Content?
Submitted by mhickey on November 25, 2008 – 6:17 pm | 8 Comments
New Lightbulbs for a Better World, But What about the Mercury Content?

As most of you are probably aware, there is a big push to change lighting from traditional incandescent lighting to fluorescent lighting. 95% of output energy from incandescent lighting is given off as heat as …

Molecule of the Week(08): Cytotoxicity of Platinum(II) Compounds
Submitted by rkoehler on November 24, 2008 – 9:15 am | No Comment
Molecule of the Week(08): Cytotoxicity of Platinum(II) Compounds

The molecule of the week is fresh out of Leiden University in the Netherlands regarding the cytotoxicity of fluorescent platinum (II) compounds (Brouwer, J.; den Dulk, H.; Kooijman, H.; Marques-Gellego, P.; Reekijk, J.; Roubeau, O.; …

Are you sure you don’t want to supersize your order?
Submitted by nharmuth on November 13, 2008 – 9:05 pm | 7 Comments
Are you sure you don’t want to supersize your order?

C&EN had an interesting article yesterday about research that was conducted to determine the amount of corn found in fast food products, specifically french fries, chicken, and beef. The research covered McDonald’s, Burger King, and …

Nuclear energy and religion?
Submitted by jaxtell on November 13, 2008 – 9:04 pm | 6 Comments

If anyone has read the Wednesday, October 29, issue of the Villanova Times, you might have seen an article on nuclear power entitled Debate Over Nuclear Power Intensifies by Matt Crawford.  In this article, Crawford …

Physics the Next President Needs to Know
Submitted by skassel on November 4, 2008 – 9:41 am | No Comment

Wired.com has quick Q & A piece with Richard Muller, author of the book Physics for Future Presidents, and a physicist at UC Berkely and LBL. The questions focus on terrorism, space exploration, and global warming.
Physics …

The Candidates on Science and Technology
Submitted by skassel on November 2, 2008 – 1:23 pm | One Comment
The Candidates on Science and Technology

Scientists and Engineers for America (SEA) prepared fourteen questions on science and technology policy for the 2008 presidential candidates:
4. Education. A comparison of 15-year-olds in 30 wealthy nations found that average science scores among U.S. …

76 Nobel Laureates in Science Endorse Obama
Submitted by skassel on November 1, 2008 – 10:17 am | No Comment

Not to belabor the point but…

Now, this is no group of sycophants, these are some of the greatest minds of our nation, so it is really impossible to view this as some sort of partisan …