My latest contributions to SpectroscopyNOW.com and my current Alchemist column on ChemWeb.com are now live:Sweetening breast cancer risk – Experimental and epidemiological evidence previously suggested that circulating glucose and insulin may play..
Topics: breast cancer, phytoplankton, Science, tellurides

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It’s Blog Action Day 2009 and the subject this year is Climate Change. So, here are a few resources for readers seeking out climate information:IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – The IPCC assesses the scientific,...
Topics: climate, Environment, Science

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Reduce, re-use, and recycle. Just one of the countless mantras of the twenty-first century that we are told will save the planet. Of course, my grandmother used to put it far more succinctly and in a much more accessible form: waste not, want not.Now, we.
Topics: Aluminium, Environment, Recycling, Science, Waste Management

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The media was today almost drenched with the idea that water and other wonders would be been found on the Moon, but unfortunately LCROSS was the least moist of damp squibs ever and no 50 km plume was seen, not even a little splash. NASA scientists are...
Topics: chemical weapons, earthquake prediction, moon, Science

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A quick analysis of online social networks, such as LinkedIn and Xing would suggest that a mere 1 in 7 research scientists use such tools as part of their work. This contrasts starkly with the business world where uptake is up to 88%. In other words...
Topics: Science, social networking

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