Article Archive for September 2011
As America’s Top Atom Smasher Closes, Fermilab Searches for New Relevance
How Climate Change Could Hurt Yellowstone National Park
Princeton goes open access to stop staff handing all copyright to journals – unless waiver granted
Is Thorium the …
From Prof. Ksiazek‘s visit on W 09/21/11 (and the annotated pdf of his example from yahoo news.):
Audience analysis
Who is your audience?
What sources of information can I use to better understand my audience?
What is their prior …
UC Santa Cruz Science Notes 2011 via ksjtracker
Gamers solve retrovirus structure via slashdot
Hydrogen production using microbial reverse-electrodialysis electrolysis cells via are technica
Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces via Not Exactly Rocket Science
History of the Tevatron, which is …
Climate Quitters: Sorry You Lose
Efficient Excited Energy Transfer Reaction in Clay/Porphyrin Complex toward an Artificial Light-Harvesting System via Next Big Future
Trusting Experts and Why rejecting expertise has become a campaign strategy
Why natural gas may hardly …
Directly comparing Fukushima to Chernobyl via slashdot
Views Differ on Shape of Earth, Climate Edition & Reckonings; Bait and Switch via Daring Fireball
New Superconductor Wires Could Give Renewable Energy More Charge via slashdot
Simplified model in recent …
Obviously, these examples are off-limits…
Example of a MotW paper/topic
Manganese(II)-Containing MRI Contrast Agent Employing a Neutral and Non-Macrocyclic Ligand
Examples of “Science in the News”
Superconductors: how do they work? Better with magnets, apparently
Electrified Bacterial Filaments Remove Uranium …
Lots of blather: Was Irene a global warming storm? (wrong question. Answer is yes but it’s still meaningless)
A Mix of spider silk, Goats milk and human skin can stop a reduced speed 22 caliber bullet …
As I mentioned in class, I use Google Reader to keep up with chemistry journals and many science (and non-science) websites. This is infinitely easier than visiting each individual website as the majority of the …
