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This Week on CENtral Science: Gribbles, #3Dprinting, and more
Tweet of the Week:
4th opinion: Myriad – isolated DNA is not patentable, but synthetic DNA is.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 13, 2013
To the network:
Cleantech Chemistry: The Gut(microbe)less Gribble – Biofuel Hero? and IEA Looks To Fossil Fuel Industry to Control Climate Change
Newscripts: Amusing News Aliquots and Hey, ACS, Where’s My Comic Book?
The Chemical Notebook: Why Doesn’t Radio Shack Sell 3D Printers?
The Watch Glass: Nitrogen Fixation and Systems Biology’s Clinical Future and Environmental Issues of 1976 and Crime Labs in 1967
This Week on CENtral Science: @FlameChallenge winners, #chemsafety videos and more
In honor of the upcoming season finale of Game of Thrones, I present this Tweet of the Week:
George RR Martin likes to give kids lollipops and take them away just to make them cry. Then for good measure he beheads their parents #got
— Brock Klein (@BrockAK77) June 3, 2013
To the network:
Newscripts: Flame Challenge 2: And The Winners Are and Amusing News Aliquots and In Print: Cooking With Cicadas
Terra Sigillata: Daughters and Famous Women Chemists
The Safety Zone: Lab safety video library and Friday #chemsafety roundup
The Watch Glass: Diet and Coronary Heart Disease and “Chemistry for the Many” and Albert Hofmann’s 100th birthday and a heat transfer device, magnets, a 300,000-B.t.u.-per-hour burner & high-pressure/high-temperature presses and Mars
This Week on CENtral Science: Cinnamon #Chemophobia, #SheriSangji update and more
TWO tweets of the week to make up for none on Monday:
Something I have learned: you only complete one project by ignoring a whole bunch of other projects for a while.
— Kate Clancy (@KateClancy) April 26, 2013
No, Google! Cobalt (II) chloride (CoCl2) and Phosgene (COCl2) are not the same thing. Switching to #Bing? #realtimechem
— Eric Popczun (@ePopczun) April 22, 2013
To the network:
Cleantech Chemistry: Solar Boom in Japan, with Battery to Match
Grand CENtral: Guest Re-post: “In defense of chemphobia” by Andrew Bissette
Newscripts: Amusing News Aliquots and In Print: ACS Member Finds Success On ‘Jeopardy!’ And Millipedes Light Up and 19th-Century Medicine In New Orleans
Terra Sigillata: The Cinnamon Challenge: On Being Charged with #Chemophobia
The Safety Zone: Preliminary hearing for Patrick Harran in #SheriSangji case: Motion to dismiss or reduce the charges and CSB releases interim report on Chevron refinery fire
The Watch Glass: Celebrating DNA’s 60th and 21st birthdays, the state of marine drug research in 1972, long-term health effects of chemical tests on Army soldiers (1983), and Earth Day back in 1970
Last week on CENtral Science: #ChemMovieCarnival, #ChemSafety, and #ChemEd
Doh! Apologies for not sending the weekly roundup out on its usual Friday afternoon. Adding insult to injury, there’s no tweet of the week. I’ll try to get a double-helping for you on Friday.
To the network:
Just Another Electron Pusher: #ChemMovieCarnival – The Absent-Minded Professor
Newscripts: Chemistry of the Bar: Amaretto 101 and #ChemMovieCarnival: Dramatic Acid-Base Chemistry in Fight Club and Amusing News Aliquots and In Print: Mosh Pit Simulator
Terra Sigillata: Why Chemistry Should Care About Humanities Higher Education
The Safety Zone: Friday chemical safety round up and Stony Brook chemistry incorporates lab safety into Research Day celebration and Ripped from the pages: DHS lagging on chemical security, CSB has offshore jurisdiction, and hydrofluoric acid concerns
The Watch Glass: Talking about global warming in 1989, chemical forensics trace threat agents, pheromone lures control beetles, a book review of “African American Women Chemists,” and plutonium weighing helped open the atomic age
This Week on CENtral Science: @ChemistHulk, #acsnola drug structures, and more!
Tweet of the week:
HULK INTERVIEWED BY PUNY @sophialcai FOR PUNY @cenmag. HULK PLEASED THAT HULK WORDS NOT TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. NO NEED FOR CRUSHING.
— CHEMIST HULK (@ChemistHulk) April 10, 2013
I know, I know. There were a plethora of #ACSnola gems to choose from. But I wouldn’t want to make CHEMIST HULK angry…
To the network:
Newscripts: In Print: Science Models and CHEMIST HULK Smashes Questions, But Protects Identity and Amusing News Aliquots and Terrence Howard Isn’t A Doctor, He Just Plays One On TV
The Haystack: Liveblogging First-Time Disclosures of Drug Structures from #ACSNOLA
This Week on CENtral Science: #ACSNOLA picks, better beer foam, and more!
Tweet of the week:
Thumbs down to the death of Roger Ebert, Thumbs up for his life and his career. Although we all have different taste, you saved us from duds
— Daily Brew (@D_B_Connect) April 5, 2013
I’m baaaaack! Many thanks to Carmen for both overlording in my absence and agreeing to co-overlord in my return. Today we’re mourning the loss of film critic Roger Ebert, but we’re also celebrating the birthday of Terra Sig owner and ubermensch, David Kroll!
To the network:
Artful Science: Gold gilding, ancient amber and a mysterious hidden sculpture: A new cultural heritage journal launches! and A brief hiatus: Onwards to Uzbekistan
Grand CENtral: C&EN Picks for ACS New Orleans #ACSNOLA
Just Another Electron Pusher: Why some women may choose not to enter STEM careers and ACS Webinar: Chemists at U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Newscripts: GZA Drops Verse (And Science) On The Schools and In Print: Chemistry Labs Sound Like Music and Four Tips for Getting the Best Beer Foam and Amusing News Aliquots
The Haystack: Liveblogging First-Time Disclosures of Drug Structures from #ACSNOLA (bookmark this link for next week)
The Safety Zone: Chemical and laboratory safety at #ACSNOLA
The Watchglass: Macromolecules at will and 1980 employment outlook and a glass bulb demonstrates critical opalescence and the state of inorganic chemistry back in ’79
This Week on CENtral Science: cheap ethanol and Gangnam-style chemistry
It’s been a quiet week here on the network, but here’s what has happened on CENtral Science:
Cleantech Chemistry: Fulcrum Promises 75 Cent Ethanol
Grand CENtral: Talkin’ About Climate Science
Newscripts: Chemistry, Gangnam Style (it was only a matter of time) and Amusing News Aliquots
On a side note, this will be my last stint with the roundup for a while, as I’m due to go out on maternity leave, oh, any day now. In my stead, the fabulous Carmen Drahl will take over the helm of Grand CENtral and keep you informed of happenings on CENtral Science.
Cheers!
Talkin’ About Climate Science
Over on Reactions, a blog run by the ACS Undergraduate Programs office, grad student Parker McCrary has a pretty extensive Q&A with ACS President Bassam Shakhashiri about the newly launched ACS Climate Science Toolkit.
Shakhashiri also has an essay about the toolkit in today’s issue of C&EN. In both the blog post and the ACS Comment, Shakhashiri explains that the toolkit is intended as a resource for all ACS members to help them provide a basic understanding of climate science to members of the public.
The Toolkit is out just in time for the UN Climate Change Conference that’s in full swing at Doha, Qatar.
This Week on CENtral Science: #SheriSangji prelim hearings, Holiday gift guide, chemical-free food, biofuels bonanza
It’s another two-week recapper. The Thanksgiving starch overload did me in last week, as did all of the fabulous #foodchem carnival entries. Here’s what else happened on CENtral Science:
Cleantech Chemistry: Fast Food Fight Over Biofuels, Energy Crops: the sweet and the sour, and Advanced Biofuels Makers Thankful for RFS
Newscripts: Amusing News Aliquots and the infamous 2012 Holiday Gift Guide
Terra Sigillata: Criminal Poisoning Arrest at a Hometown Chemical Company, “Food That Doesn’t Contain Any Chemicals” – Guardian Science, and Video: Why Do Leaves Change Color?
The Safety Zone: Recaps of Days 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Patrick Harran’s preliminary hearing in the Sheri Sangji case
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