Feb 15, 2010

Prostate problem probed

Posted in Science at 3:00 pm by David Bradley -- Click to comment

 

Pinpointing prostate problems – The chemical cousin of magnetic resonance imaging, MR spectroscopy, could be used to pinpoint the exact location of prostate cancers and to determine the aggressiveness of a tumour without major surgical intervention, according to research published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

“Magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy which can analyse the biochemistry rather than the physical structure of tissues could give oncologists a better way to home in on prostate cancers at …

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Feb 12, 2010

Summer born lucky are born rich

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If you want to feel lucky in life, make sure you are born to well-off parents and don’t worry about whether your birthday is in the summer or winter.

In 2005, well-known psychologist Richard Wiseman and his colleagues surveyed 30,000 people via the internet to see if there is a relationship between the season in which one is born and whether or not one considers oneself lucky. They found that for …

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Feb 10, 2010

Correct your chemical spelling mistakes

Posted in Chemistry at 10:11 am by David Bradley -- 24 Comments; add yours

 

Chemist Adam Azman contacted me more than two years ago to ask if I knew of a free or open source chemistry spellchecker custom dictionary for Word or OpenOffice. Searches had revealed only paid-for dictionaries. We both agreed that a free chemical spellchecker would be very useful to all scientists working with chemicals, so Adam set about creating from scratch an open access chemistry dictionary.

The spellchecker files were originally hosted on Chemspy.com …

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