Oct 22, 2008
The marketing hype surrounding Rhodiola rosea would suggest that anyone taking it would be cured of almost any ailment and have renewed vitality. It may have some benefits, as yet unproven, but the idea that it could allow you to live long and prosper? Well, there are no peer-reviewed scientific research papers to support such claims.
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Apr 4, 2008
I first wrote about MEMS – microelectromechanical systems – some time in the early 1990s. There was a promise at the time of scalable, modular reaction units that would eventually preclude the need for chemical plants to have multi-gallon reaction vessels and enormous distillation towers. Last time I looked, most chemical plants still had those vessels and towers but MEMS technology has nevertheless moved on apace. It has made enormous, or should I say tiny, …
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Apr 3, 2008
An interesting item on doing science from Chad Orzel represents more than a nod and a wink to the late, great Carl Sagan, although I didn’t see his name mentioned for whatever reason. Anyway, Prof Orzel distils the scientific process down to the following and has triggered an interesting debate nevertheless:
Science is a Process, Not a Collection of Facts The essence of science, broadly defined, is that it is a systematic approach to figuring …
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