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New Lightbulbs for a Better World, But What about the Mercury Content?
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 …

Why you Should Care about Trypanosomes!
September 30, 2008 – 6:12 pm | No Comment
Why you Should Care about Trypanosomes!

The bite of the tsetse fly can cause African Sleeping Sickness through transmission of the parasite called trypanosome. It is currently estimated that there are about 50,000 to 70,000 cases of this disease in Africa. …

Why take it to the Next Level?
September 18, 2008 – 7:01 pm | No Comment

This website has been presented to me as a senior at Villanova Univeristy, someone who has taken a lot of undergraduate classes. I am a chemistry major, as are the other students in Dr. Kassel’s …

Molecule of the Week (04)
September 18, 2008 – 10:40 am | One Comment
Molecule of the Week (04)

The molecule of the week comes from an article that focuses on alpha-Ketocarboxylates and structural models for certain types of halogenases (Friese, S. J.; Kucera, B. E.; Young, V. G., Jr.; Que, L., Jr.; Tolman, …