Dec 31, 2011
Last 2011 issue of The Alchemist. Watch out for more in 2012. Meanwhile: an alchemical trick if ever there was one is revealed this week by chemists in Israel who have made insoluble substances soluble while mathematics helps cut costs in tracing black gold. In the wild, The Alchemist also learns why some chilis are so hot and others less pungent and how cockroach sex pheromones might save the woodpecker. Out of this world, Hubble …
Dec 30, 2011
This year’s headlines from my monthly Research Highlights column on ChemistryViews.org
Ouroboros Breathes Benzene
December — As benzene breathes, its aromaticity ebbs and flows according to new derivative current-density maps
Flexible Crystals
November — New discovery not only hints at existence of “flexible” crystals, but also shows how such materials could be probed in greater detail
Could Dopamine be the Most Evil Chemical in …
Dec 29, 2011
For 23.5 hours each day you can sit, slouch, sleep, whatever…but whatever the whatever, make sure you walk for the remaining 0.5 hours in the day. It is the single best thing you can do for your mental and physical health. It is the “green prescription” the cash-free Rx we can all self-prescribe to improve quality of life. It does assume you can walk, of course, so one might say it’s for the 99%…
