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Rachel Pepling
Jobs Do Exist
Posted by Rachel Pepling on February 3, 2010 in Uncategorized
Those of you who follow C&EN writers on Twitter may have noticed the small blitzkrieg of tweets (a twitzkrieg?) announcing open positions at C&EN. We’re looking for two assigning editors for C&EN’s ACS Journal News & Community department. Read the full job description/qualifications and apply here. Contrary to what the job ad has listed, location may be flexible.
Periodic Tables Galore
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Posted by Rachel Pepling on January 11, 2010 in Chemistry is Everywhere
As I was scrolling through boing boing today, I came across a familiar face – the Periodic Table of the Elephants elephant, which hangs out here at the ACS building in Washington. Now, we’ve chronicled various periodic tables from beeriodic table t-shirts to a video periodic table to baked goods ones, but Mark Leach has taken the chronicling to a whole new level with the Internet Database of Periodic Tables. Take a gander at his extensive collection of periodic tables, great and small (including said elephant).
(Hat tip to Maggie Koerth-Baker at boing boing)
Photo credit: C&EN
Caroling Beaker
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Posted by Rachel Pepling on December 24, 2009 in Uncategorized
Last year Beaker offered up “Ode to Joy.” This year we get “Ringing of the Bells.” Happy holidays, everyone!
Chemis-trees
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Posted by Rachel Pepling on December 22, 2009 in Chemistry is Everywhere
It’s chemical Christmas trees galore! This week’s Newscripts covers chemical decorations for Christmas trees, and the Periodic Table of Videos folks have visions of glucose molecules (and ethanol and ibuprofen and iron tetracarbonyl) dancing in their heads:
As an aside, Professor Poliakoff was featured on CBS News the other night.
Happy Holidays!
Baked Goods Periodic Tables
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Posted by Rachel Pepling on December 11, 2009 in Chemistry and Food
There’s not much to say about these periodic tables constructed out of cookies and cupcakes other than that they’re just plain awesome. And it’s Friday. Enjoy.
Via GeekDad:
C&EN Summer Intern
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Posted by Rachel Pepling on December 11, 2009 in Uncategorized
Attention aspiring science writers: the C&EN summer internship is back on!
The candidate should be a highly motivated student or recent graduate with demonstrated interest in science writing and at least a bachelor’s degree in chemistry or a related field. The intern will have a chance to write bylined news and feature stories for publication in C&EN. We offer a $1500 monthly stipend for three months. The intern ideally will be based in our Washington, DC, headquarters; however, exceptional candidates unable to relocate may be considered. Starting and ending dates are flexible.
Click here for details on how to apply. Deadline for applications is Feb 22, 2010.
2009 Holiday Gift Guide
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Posted by Rachel Pepling on December 8, 2009 in Chemistry is Everywhere
The crew here at C&ENtral Science has once again assembled some recommendations to help your shopping this holiday season. Many of our suggestions from last year’s guide are still available as well. (Complete guide available after the jump.)
A search for “chemistry” on Etsy.com turns up all sorts of unique items from a Dewar flask stein to a chemistry book handbag to crocheted christmas methane molecules. But three shops have lots of great chemical gifts. Anandi’s Laboratory has cool themed glass magnet sets (Coffee & Dessert, Elements of Poison, Organically Spicy, etc.) and glass pendants. Gibberish specializes in nifty periodic-table-inspired gifts, including this holiday card and necklace set. And although perennial favorite Made with Molecules just sold out of this year’s ornament, zingerone (ginger), you can still find lovely necklaces, earrings, and even phone charms there.
Team Chemistry
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Posted by Rachel Pepling on November 24, 2009 in Chemistry is Everywhere
When searching for chemistry news through Google, I often come across sports stories talking about team chemistry either as a whole or between particular players. So I was surprised yesterday to find a case where a sports writing cliche actually wasn’t cliche at all. The folks over at Bust a Bucket, a Portland Trail Blazers fan site, have created the Periodic Table of Blazers and even came up with compounds based on said table. For example, instead of water being H2O, we get Dx2Po, the combination of former basketball greats Clyde Drexler and Terry Porter. Your are welcome to submit compounds of your own, and if you happen to be a Blazers fan or know one, they even have t-shirts available.
The Wonderscope Challenge
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Posted by Rachel Pepling on November 17, 2009 in Uncategorized
Around here we love a good science video contest, and apparently the folks at NPR do, too. They’ve just launched The Wonderscope Challenge. They give a topic, a length, and a deadline, and contestants upload their videos via the Wonderscope site. The first assignment is Time, which is maybe not such a great topic for our crowd to tackle, but if submissions are anything like the ones for NanoTube, there should be some pretty entertaining ones to view. Doesn’t look like any prize money is involved, but the top 3 videos will be highlighted on npr.org. NPR includes a great promo video on their Wonderscope site, but you’ll have to go to the site or NPR’s YouTube channel to check it out as it doesn’t seem to be embeddable.
Instead, I’ll leave you with a reprise of “The Nano Song,” for inspiration:
The Nano Song from nanomonster on Vimeo.
Preparing For The Future
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Posted by Rachel Pepling on November 16, 2009 in The Editor's Blog
This guest editorial is by Sunil Kumar, president and CEO of International Specialty Products and vice chair of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) America International Group.
The global economy is fueled by the chemical industry: Talented chemists and chemical engineers across the globe are responsible for producing the materials on which society depends every day. The chemical industry provides nearly 1 million direct jobs to the nation and is one of the U.S.’s top three exporting industries.
The continued health of our industry requires the infusion of young, motivated, educated scientists and engineers. Few students get to experience the chemical industry as part of their education. Understandably, students are far more familiar with the halls of academia than they are with the industrial lab or chemical plant.
SCI America is offering an opportunity for highly qualified undergraduate chemistry and chemical engineering majors to fill this gap. In collaboration with the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), SCI is proud to sponsor the SCI Scholars program, a new opportunity for undergraduate chemistry and chemical engineering majors to gain valuable experience in an industrial setting. Approximately 20 undergraduates will be selected for internships next summer. This innovative program will better position these students to make informed decisions about their career options by providing them with real-world experience.
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