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Category Archive: chem 2.0
Aug 19
Writing an Online Organic Chemistry Quiz
Lately, I’ve been very interested in using my university’s Learning Management System (we use Moodle, others use Blackboard or something else) to administer quizzes to my students, but as an organic chemist, I’ve been hesitant to do so. Primarily because I don’t want to ask a bunch of multiple choice questions. That’s not what my …
Dec 21
ChemisTrees
Chemis-Trees have been all the raged on the chemistry Reddit this season. A select few are shown below. If you have one feel free to leave it in the comments and we’ll add it to the list. from The University of Malta (@detox29) —– from (@Fluorophore1) —– from (@KeithLav) —– from (@heckler_heckler) —– from (@wych_) …
Sep 25
Reality Show of Chemistry Undergrads
MIT has fully embraced the power of the internet to educate outside the walls of its lecture halls. It offers anyone with an internet connection the ability to watch lectures from a large variety of classes through its OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative. However, they have taken it a step further this year, and present the travails …
Sep 14
A year of OChem, as told by a blog stat graph
**Today’s post is a guest post by James Ashenhurst, author of the fantastic blog Master Organic Chemistry** If Google Analytics is any guide, here’s what a year of teaching organic chemistry looks like. The typical year’s forecast calls for growing concern from September onwards, peaking in a mid December monsoon. This is followed by a …
Jul 17
Awesome Chemistry Videos
As I have for the past several semesters, I have allowed students to write and perform awesome OChem videos. Many are song parodies, but not all. I’ve also gotten Jeopardy! parodies and Big Bang Theory parodies 🙂 The first semester I did this, I got one submission. This semester, I received 17 videos, and more …
Chem Twitterverse
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Chemistry News
New theory for why lithium helps bipolar patients
Anionic aluminium turns textbook knowledge on its head
Porous Salts for Fuel Cells
Rooftop sensors on U.S. embassies are warning the world about ‘crazy bad’ air pollution
Chemicals caught in the middle as tariffs loom
Prehistoric humans may have practiced brain surgery on cows
Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit
Stifling bureaucracy and deferential attitudes holding Chinese science back
Doctors who prescribe homeopathy ignore other medical guidelines
The Medicinal Chemist Jobs List: 105 positions
16 new positions at Organic Chemistry Jobs
The Process Chemistry Jobs List: 140 positions
Updated: NASA’s new satellite brings the search for Earthlike exoplanets closer to home
Insertion of CO2 into C–H Bonds
Druridge Bay Northumberland
Watch robots assemble a flat-pack IKEA chair in just 9 minutes
Bioengineered freckle turns darker when it detects cancer
Your boss is probably to blame for meetings starting late
Mavericks are belittling statins – here’s why they’re wrong
Our grandchildren may never see the Great Barrier Reef recover
UK failing child refugees because we can’t reliably verify age
Shredded galaxy is disintegrating before our eyes after smash-up
More education is what makes people live longer, not more money
House science panel feuds over NASA earth science programs, then finds compromise
Getting just 6 hours of sleep is linked to mental health issues
‘Cyborg ribosome’ reads polystyrene message to create catalyst
New blood pressure guidelines could do more harm than good
Deal protects world’s biggest selling drug from biosimilar erosion
Water Dynamics Indicate Tumor Status
Millions of censored web pages discovered in massive study
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitutions (1) – Halogenation
Interesting pastimes
Logging in Europe’s primeval forest ruled illegal
This week's C&EN
Flushed with success
South Asians are descended from a mix of farmers, herders, and hunter-gatherers, ancient DNA reveals
Can this robot build an IKEA chair faster than you?
By listening for quakes on Mars, NASA lander will probe Red Planet’s interior
Tiny shrimp may be mixing ocean water as much as the wind and waves
Fine-tuned glowBiologists use fluorescent dyes to stain and...
Largest f-Element Polystibide Synthesized
red wagon
Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’
Big tech can digitally erase us – do we need new protections?
World’s biggest bird feeder will use 500 tonnes of shellfish
A melting ice shelf can cause rapid ice loss 900 kilometres away
Diamond meteorites may come from a lost ancient planet
How materials science kept the Paralympics on track
Chaos at US government’s research integrity office
Simple steps for clearing a blocked ICP-OES nebuliser
Anionic aluminium turns textbook knowledge on its head
Porous Salts for Fuel Cells
Rooftop sensors on U.S. embassies are warning the world about ‘crazy bad’ air pollution
Chemicals caught in the middle as tariffs loom
Prehistoric humans may have practiced brain surgery on cows
Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit
Stifling bureaucracy and deferential attitudes holding Chinese science back
Doctors who prescribe homeopathy ignore other medical guidelines
The Medicinal Chemist Jobs List: 105 positions
16 new positions at Organic Chemistry Jobs
The Process Chemistry Jobs List: 140 positions
Updated: NASA’s new satellite brings the search for Earthlike exoplanets closer to home
Insertion of CO2 into C–H Bonds
Druridge Bay Northumberland
Watch robots assemble a flat-pack IKEA chair in just 9 minutes
Bioengineered freckle turns darker when it detects cancer
Your boss is probably to blame for meetings starting late
Mavericks are belittling statins – here’s why they’re wrong
Our grandchildren may never see the Great Barrier Reef recover
UK failing child refugees because we can’t reliably verify age
Shredded galaxy is disintegrating before our eyes after smash-up
More education is what makes people live longer, not more money
House science panel feuds over NASA earth science programs, then finds compromise
Getting just 6 hours of sleep is linked to mental health issues
‘Cyborg ribosome’ reads polystyrene message to create catalyst
New blood pressure guidelines could do more harm than good
Deal protects world’s biggest selling drug from biosimilar erosion
Water Dynamics Indicate Tumor Status
Millions of censored web pages discovered in massive study
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitutions (1) – Halogenation
Interesting pastimes
Logging in Europe’s primeval forest ruled illegal
This week's C&EN
Flushed with success
South Asians are descended from a mix of farmers, herders, and hunter-gatherers, ancient DNA reveals
Can this robot build an IKEA chair faster than you?
By listening for quakes on Mars, NASA lander will probe Red Planet’s interior
Tiny shrimp may be mixing ocean water as much as the wind and waves
Fine-tuned glowBiologists use fluorescent dyes to stain and...
Largest f-Element Polystibide Synthesized
red wagon
Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’
Big tech can digitally erase us – do we need new protections?
World’s biggest bird feeder will use 500 tonnes of shellfish
A melting ice shelf can cause rapid ice loss 900 kilometres away
Diamond meteorites may come from a lost ancient planet
How materials science kept the Paralympics on track
Chaos at US government’s research integrity office
Simple steps for clearing a blocked ICP-OES nebuliser
Social Chemistry
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ELI5: why is 2H2 + O2 = 2H2O and not 2H2O2 [4 hours ago]
Proper dissolvent for aluminum cable enamel coating? [5 hours ago]
Happy Seaborgium day! It is the 106th birthday of Glenn Seaborg, the man element 106 is named after [5 hours ago]
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I Love Chemistry of Colors, sorry for bad quality. [7 hours ago]
Noob Question: Briggs-Rauscher Oscillating Reaction, What Did I Do Wrong? [9 hours ago]
Could someone explain what happens chemically during electrical contact with skin? [11 hours ago]
Aluminum-Air Battery question [13 hours ago]
Writing a thesis? Just handed mine in and made a detailed YouTube tutorial on the EndNote & Word magic; Check it out! [13 hours ago]
science of chemical inhalation leading to sore throats? [14 hours ago]
8 years after Deepwater Horizon — A new sustainable polysulfide derived from recycled materials can absorb oil spills. [14 hours ago]
IMF trends? [15 hours ago]
How to cite an unpublished NSF grant proposal? [16 hours ago]
Questions regarding synthesis of an intermediate to Practolol [2 hours ago]
Chemical Literature Day—What are you reading? [3 hours ago]
MOVED: Oxidation product(s) of GSH [3 hours ago]
The Quest for the Next Billion-Dollar Color [3 hours ago]
ELI5: why is 2H2 + O2 = 2H2O and not 2H2O2 [4 hours ago]
Proper dissolvent for aluminum cable enamel coating? [5 hours ago]
Happy Seaborgium day! It is the 106th birthday of Glenn Seaborg, the man element 106 is named after [5 hours ago]
Oxidation product(s) of GSH [5 hours ago]
I Love Chemistry of Colors, sorry for bad quality. [7 hours ago]
Noob Question: Briggs-Rauscher Oscillating Reaction, What Did I Do Wrong? [9 hours ago]
Could someone explain what happens chemically during electrical contact with skin? [11 hours ago]
Aluminum-Air Battery question [13 hours ago]
Writing a thesis? Just handed mine in and made a detailed YouTube tutorial on the EndNote & Word magic; Check it out! [13 hours ago]
science of chemical inhalation leading to sore throats? [14 hours ago]
8 years after Deepwater Horizon — A new sustainable polysulfide derived from recycled materials can absorb oil spills. [14 hours ago]
IMF trends? [15 hours ago]
How to cite an unpublished NSF grant proposal? [16 hours ago]