Here is a collection of posts that may be useful as you work on your first writing assignment:
Writing

So you’re writing your first post…
Chemical Information?
A few of my favorite books on writing
Quick tips to improve your …

I don’t know about you, but I generally have a difficult time refocusing after an extended time away from the classroom. And while there are differences in expectations from the perspective of both the student …

A new study published in Science hints at a connection between sleep (or lack thereof) and the development of Alzheimer’s disease.  In both mice and humans, amyloid-beta peptide levels rose during waking hours, but then fell …

You found an article that really grabbed your attention and you cannot wait to share it. Great! So where do you begin? Start by choosing a specific idea, fact, or result and use it to …

Chemistry journals I ‘try’ to keep up with (every two weeks or monthly):

Accounts of Chemical Research | RSS
Crystal Growth & Design | RSS
Inorganic Chemistry | RSS
Chemical Society Reviews | RSS
Dalton Transactions | RSS
Angewandte Chemie | …

I found a pretty interesting article in C&EN about information that can be obtained from fingerprints.  We know that fingerprints can be used as clues to a person’s identity, and recently researchers have found that …

A recent CNN.com article describes new and unusual ways of re-growing broken bones and fixing holes in human hearts.  The novel methods involve molecules found in spider silk and the popular waterproof apparel material, …

I’m just curious if anyone uses Twitter and, if so, how you use it. Several academic types suggest uses in the classroom, but they look like “me too!,” and “look, I’m cool, I use Twitter!” …