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Aug 27, 2008

Intelligent Molecular Design

 

Alchemist LogoFirst up in The Alchemist this week is a tale of reactions where size really does matter! News of why “non-smokers cough” emerges from the American Chemical Society meeting this month and a new physical process has been revealed by NMR spectroscopy of frozen xenon atoms that could provide a chaotic link in quantum mechanics back to Newton’s era. Biotech news hints at a novel way to flavour your food …

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Aug 25, 2008

Boris Johnson, Fop or Geneticist?

 

boris johnsonFor Scousers, Londoners, fans of BBC’s Have I Got News for You satirical news quiz, and especially to everyone who watched this Beijing to London Olympic handover this week the name Boris Johnson likely drums up an image of some blonde, floppy haired, bedraggled and totally confused Tory toff, who just happens to be Mayor of London.

Well, it turns out that he has quite an interesting ancestry …

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Aug 22, 2008

Developing World Nuclear Revolution

 

nuclear-powerNot being one to shy away from controversy (viz. my MMR and vaccination item, the intelligent Dawkins debate post and the recent flurry of global warming items, including one entitled Climate change debunked), I thought I’d dive headlong into the muddy ethical, economic, and engineering puddle that is nuclear power.

However, I am wearing a buoyancy aid, a nose-clip, ear-plugs, and protective goggles in the form of a …

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spectroscopy newsIn conjunction with 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, and more. For straight chemistry news check out my twice-monthly Alchemist newsfeed on ChemWeb and the quarterly Reactive Reports both covering all areas of chemical science, including organic, inorganic, physical, pharma, nano, environmental and biotech.  

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