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Mar 19, 2008
Sciencebase Seedier Side
Anyone would think Sciencebase resided in one of the seedier corners of the internet. Because of all the recent fuss about the new seven deadly sins, I was just checking out the visitor traffic using Google Webmaster Tools and found some quite worrying search queries that bring you, dear readers, to this cybershore.
Apparently, 4% of the searches on Google Images this week brought you looking for the periodic table …
Mar 17, 2008
Seven Deadly Sins for Scientists
Given recent pronouncements from a certain organisation based in Rome, I thought it was time to list the Seven Deadly Sins for Scientists. Science is often referred to as being without morals and behaving unethically. Well, science itself cannot be either immoral nor unethical, it is only humans who can have those characteristics in how they choose to use science.
But first a quick mention for some fellow sinners. …
Mar 14, 2008
French Fries, Wild Mushrooms and Ouzo
A mixed bag this week in my Alchemist column on ChemWeb.com this week. First up, news that US$1 million is to be ploughed into biofuels research that could circumvent some of the serious environmental concerns associated with this renewable energy source.
In the world of pharmaceuticals we discover that there might be yet another string to the bow of aspirin-like drugs, this time in the fight against breast cancer. …
Mar 12, 2008
Shedding Light on Optical Storage
A review of the state-of-the-art in optical storage technology from Sony scientists caught my eye while I was data mining journal ToC feeds recently. The demise of the Toshiba HD DVD format and the emergence of Sony’s Blu-Ray as the winner has been this decade’s equivalent of the VHS-Betamax face-off of the 1980s.
While many commentators point out that other …
Mar 10, 2008
Lemon Battery
The lemon battery, it’s a perennial kids science favourite and perfect for a rainy Saturday morning (if it’s not raining why aren’t you kids outside playing instead of surfing the InterWebs, huh?) Anyway, with a single lemon, a few bits of wire, a copper penny, and a zinc-galvanized nail you can generate electricity (just over one volt).
However, one lemon is not enough to light an LED or power a pocket …
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