Chemistry Newsbytes

Posted by Bethany Halford on September 30, 2008 in Chemistry is Everywhere

Think you know who’s going to nab this year’s Nobels? Try your luck and possibly win an iPod. medGadget

Former UC-Merced graduate student gets plea deal and nearly six years in prison in meth-making case. San Jose Mercury News

Using acid to suss out metals’ crystalline structure. Popular Science

Authorities in Wisconsin evacuate a three-mile area after discovering bottles of picric acid in a basement lab. Chicago Tribune

Chemistry Nobel Laureate Harry Kroto weighs in on the Royal Society’s former education director. Guardian

Carl Djerassi discusses his latest play, “Taboos,” on Science Friday. NPR

Nature’s political coverage goes to the dogs. The Times