Oct 3, 2008
I don’t know anyone who hasn’t got a cancer story to tell, whether it is personal experience, a relative or friend, or association with their patients or through their research.
Cancer has always been with us, but contrary to the popular image propagated by the mainstream media it is not a simple, nor single disease. In this month’s cancer research blog carnival hosted on the Sciencebase Science …
Sep 12, 2008
Something a little different today. A tale of family playtime, a poll, and a competition to win prizes from the RSC and the CentreoftheCell.org.
Card Competition
Okay, here’s the competition bit. What you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is to drop me a line, giving me a good reason (in not more than 15 words) for your choice of chemical trumps or cell trumps and you …
Jul 4, 2008
I wrote about the effect of salt on the boiling point of water recently and Sciencebase reader Derek Burney asked why cooks use salt when boiling vegetables, for instance, if the effect on boiling point and so cooking times is so minimal, as I explained.
Well, the small amount of salt (sodium chloride) added to food has very, very little effect on the boiling point …
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