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Mar 10, 2010

Whatever happened to the audiophile?

 

Back in the 1970s my parents had friends who had stacks of hi-fi separates with gold contact wiring and speaker stands on metal spikes. They were only playing Perry Como on vinyl, but that was their idea of fun, so good luck to them. When the CD emerged on to the market with its claims of superior quality and scratch resistance, the hi-fi enthusiasts split into two camps: those who clung …

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Mar 4, 2010

Forensic saliva test within spitting distance

 

The latest issue of SpectroscopyNOW is online. This week I cover everything from MRI for testicular cancer to egg-shaped carbon balls by way of energy molecules, copper proteins, secret writing, first up a forensic test for distinguishing saliva deposits from other substances at a crime scene:

Non-destructive spit test – Raman spectroscopy can identify samples of an unknown substance at a crime scene as …

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Mar 3, 2010

Hacking your online identity

 

Geo-location services are very useful, helping you find a post office, ATM, decent restaurant, or hooking up with friends. They are commonly used in conjunction with smart phones and other mobile devices that ping your location (based on network coordinates or the global positioning system, GPS) back to the owner of a given system.

Location-based services also represent a security threat, especially if you hook whereabouts up to the likes of FourSquare …

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Physical, Chemical, Spectroscopic

In conjunction with Wiley's SpectroscopyNOW, David Bradley brings you the latest science news in the fields of MRI, NMR, IR, Raman and UV spectroscopy as well as chemical informatics, crystallography and other X-ray techniques. Physical science news is in conjunction with Intute where you can read more recent scientific discoveries in astronomy, chemistry, geology, materials science, physics. For straight chemistry news check out my twice-monthly Alchemist newsfeed on ChemWeb as well as Reactive Reports both covering all areas of chemical science, including organic, inorganic, physical, pharma, nano, environmental and biotech. New stories are linked from the main Sciencebase blog as soon as they're available on client sites.

David Bradley Science Writer

Sciencebase.com is the website of freelance science writer David Bradley BSc CChem MRSC. David has covered a wide range of subjects for many popular magazines, technical publications, websites, and elsewhere, including American Scientist, BioMedNet, ChemWeb, Nature, New Scientist, Popular Science, Proc Natl Acad Sci, Science, and SpectroscopyNOW. He is a member of the US National Association of Science Writers, the UK's Royal Society of Chemistry and the Association of British Science Writers. You can read his biography here or contact him by email, call him on +44 (0)1954 202218

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