Monday, 3 December 2012

Chemical of the Week: Olympicene

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Welcome to another instalment of Chemical of the Week. This week, we shall have a very brief look at an interesting organic compound. Le...
Monday, 26 November 2012

Chemical of the Week: Solid Oxygen

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Last week, we had a look at dicyanoacetylene , a highly reactive chemical found in our very own solar system, in the atmosphere of Saturn...
Sunday, 25 November 2012

A Musical Interlude: Bjӧrk - Mutual Core

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A friend of mine recently forwarded this brilliant Icelandic songstress,  Björk . Though only marginally related to my general topics of che...
Thursday, 22 November 2012

On Drugs and Fish: Contamination of Aquatic Environments and Drug Detection

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I happened across an interesting article in Nature the other morning, titled " Human drugs make fish flounder ". It explores the ...
Wednesday, 21 November 2012

The Wandering Rover: Big News From Mars?

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A short piece to bring to your attention some interesting news from NASA. It appears that the most recent robotic wanderer on Mars, the Cur...
Monday, 19 November 2012

Chemical of the Week: Dicyanoacetylene

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Welcome to the first Chemical of the Week! This week, we shall have a brief look at compound composed entirely of carbon and nitrogen: dicya...
Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Further ponderings: legalisation of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington

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One of my  posts  from a few days ago was in relation to the recent passing of two key amendments in Colorado and Washington, in relation to...