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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
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While sitting on the couch watching TV last night, I got to thinking about what I consider one of the most important parts of grad school: what you do when you are not in lab. The rest of the working world takes this time for granted. No matter ...
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Sunday, March 11th, 2007
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Quinine is one of the most important molecules in history (see the C&EN feature as one of The Top Pharmaceuticals That Changed The World. Nowadays the closest most of us come to this wonder-drug is the bitter taste in those fantastic gin & tonics at the local bar. Modern tonic ...
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Monday, March 5th, 2007
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At the risk of sounding too much like a narc, I have picked a controversial subject for my inaugural post on the Chemical Forums Blog. Before I get underway, I want to thank Mitch for the invitation to contribute here, and I also welcome Maz to the fold. ...
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Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
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Most of the projects you see nowadays are directed at achieving a particular goal, and that's a good thing. It can be easy to get distracted by other, unimportant details when there is a big difficult puzzle set out in front of you. But what is the cost of this ...
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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
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In contrast to the joy of crystallization, there is always that sinking feeling when you can't get something to work.
In light of recent events, chemists are becoming much more skeptical about the veracity of the results they see in print, and to a large extent, that's a good thing. In ...
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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
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You ever have one of those days where you do something in lab that's totally routine, but then you encounter something that just makes you happy to be a chemist? I had one of those today. Most of the compounds I deal with are oils or liquids, but today I ...
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Monday, August 14th, 2006
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Maybe I am selling the whole world short, but this blog thing is just exploding in the chemistry community. I'm a pretty avid blog reader, especially the chemistry ones, but that has been a recent development. I have to credit Dylan over at Tenderbutton for that. Dylan ...
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