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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
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A computer hard disk reader that uses a GMR sensor is equivalent to a jet flying at a speed of 30,000 kilometers (19,500 miles) per hour ... at a height of just one meter above the ground, and yet being able to see and catalogue every single blade of grass ...
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
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A lot of recent discussions in the chemical blogosphere have centered around making Chemistry visually more stunning: TheChemBlog, Carbon, Kutti. I present my own work below. The molecule is an acetylacetate complex of Rutherfordium.
If your going to be showing off your beautifying molecule skills, bring your A+ game.
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
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Sometimes in lab there will be an interesting result that would be good for fellow scientists to know but is not worth even considering publishing. In that spirit, I bring you random science fact.
In the course of experiments, it became prudent to determine whether Rhodamine B will stain an apparatus ...
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
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Reactive Reports, the coolest monthly online science magazine, has an awesome interview this week. I highly suggest everyone go check it out!
Link: http://www.reactivereports.com/66/66_0.html
Mitch
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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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Saturday, March 31st, 2007
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Chemical Forums has finally surpassed the one million unique visitors mark. Thank you everyone! And a special thanks to the staff and regular posters who make chemical forums such a useful and high quality chemistry website.
If you want to track the number of visitors to Chemical Forums the webcounter is ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
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The dirty truth in the synthetic literature is that reaction yields are inflated. After many long discussions with my synthetic friends, they all admit that the yields reported in their papers or the yields they report to the boss are often the maximum yield they ever obtained. I will admit ...
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Friday, February 9th, 2007
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Hearing the opinions of the fellow bloggers talk about race, affirmative action, and job discrimination is always a bit .1, 2 So, being the "token" minority chemistry blogger I'll chime in. Although, these issues directly affect me, I really can not be arsed to take these issues to task. They ...
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Monday, February 5th, 2007
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I'm presenting a poster at the S.S.A.A.P. conference in Washington D.C. February 3rd-7th. If anyone would like to meet up with me, drop a note here or send me an email: I've done something very uncharacteristic for me and finished my 2/3 of the poster a whole week before ...
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Sunday, January 28th, 2007
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Milo and David have recently discussed God and spirituality in science, chemistry, and in the classroom. I am not religious or spiritual by any means. But, for those who believe in God and want a prayer, even I could endorse, see below.
The Prayer of the Scientist
God give me unclouded eyes ...
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GMR and the Nobel Prize
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