Nature Publishing Group has just started a new portal/journal on Climate Change. Just a link for all bright minds out there with some hope that we all contribute to finding solutions to this “little cosmetic problem”
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(Almost) Polymer of the month (May 2007): DNA with a twist
Published by May 12th, 2007 in biopolymers, future technology and polymer of the month. 2 CommentsThe sceptical chymist posted a short interview with Nadrian Seeman today, which reminded me of my DNA-richer days, long ago they seem. If you remember my last comment on DNA-Polymer conjugates you know that DNA can do all sorts of nice things for polymer chemists as well as material scientists. But there is more than […]
A very cool mirror
Published by April 14th, 2007 in experiment, future technology, hipness and literature. 0 CommentsJust a quick link about an upcoming article in Physical Review Letters (btw. does this journal’s name sound like an oxymoron to you as well?). The scientists of the LIGO have managed to cool down a dime sized mirror to a bit less than 1 Kelvin; all just by two simple laser irradiation procedures: optical […]
Thanks to “Blogosphere Entertainment in 3… 2…” I have just surfed over to a very interesting post over at In the pipeline: “Decisions, decisions”; a happy (or rather not so happy) discussion of chemists about grad school and getting a job in pharma. Now, you may think about pharma all you want, but this is some […]
