Just Like Cooking

Last week (October 16-22) was National Chemistry Week in the US. Did you celebrate? By all rights, it could have been the biggest one yet, ...

Good guess, but not where we're going... Hello, readers . . .you may have noticed a lot of down time around here lately. Truth be tol...

I love food. Always have – both the process of making food (which may be why I’m a synthetic chemist) and the joy of consuming one’s labors...

When I’m performing a repetitive lab task (columns, iterative dilutions, etc.), my mind tends to drift. Yesterday, I began thinking about wh...

Readers: This post was written in response to Rachel Pepling’s call for submissions to the IYC2011 Chemistry Carnival over at CENtral Scie...

 A few recent internet chemistry items for your viewing enjoyment: Paul is already hard at work predicting October's Nobel Prize ...

Gotta hand it to 'em: Synthonix sure can print a convincing ad! One of these things is not like the others! Credit: Synthonix, Inc....