You are probably all aware of BASF’s very cool two podcasts: Chemistry of Innovations The Chemical Reporter Both very entertaining as well as educating… edutainment by the largest chemical company out there.
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BASF podcasts: chemistry in everyday life
Published by April 20th, 2008 in future technology and link. 1 CommentDerek has an entertaining story about column chromatography over at his blog. Too good we don’t often have to do any of those anymore when dealing with goo. Oh, don’t ask how we purify this stuff… I have had two students sent to the hospital once because they lost their minds over a simple polymer purification […]
How do *you* dig through masses of data?
Published by April 2nd, 2008 in future technology, software and state of the art. 3 CommentsMany of you know the problem: you are looking through a bunch of experiments, trying to understand what is happening. Maybe you are working on a screening problem, maybe you are even organized and structured and are using a statistical approach. But often you are not, and it is just looking at data, looking at […]
In memoriam: Leslie Orgel
Published by March 25th, 2008 in ancient technology and biopolymers. 0 CommentsIt just came to my attention that Leslie Orgel is dead. He died on October 27th 2007 as an 80 year old scientist who has certainly left a great impression, was recognized as a great mind and a generous human being. Leslie Orgel was also known for his “second ruleâ€, which states that “evolution is cleverer […]
