If you are publishing the chemical recipes for your organic syntheses, then you had better be on the mark when it comes to the specifics, the yields, and the side products. Why? Because the bloggers are watching!
via Let Those Without Syn Cast the First Post :: ChemViews Magazine :: ChemistryViews.
The Alchemist alights on several metaphysically related research projects this week. In the first we see NMR spectroscopy of confined helium-3, with the second a study of ice in freezing confined water droplets, and colloidal particles confined to a curved surface do a square dance. Confining chiral crystals has also now been shown to allow spontaneous enantiomeric resolution with implications for the origins of life on earth and the pharmaceutical industry. And, speaking of life, in the materials world, 3D printing becomes an infantile, surgical lifesaver, we hear. Finally, once you reach the age of 55, youre eligible for a major award from the Royal Society of Chemistry, The Alchemist reports this years winner.
The Alchemist this week learns of a loopy approach to making natural gas a more efficient fuel, the truth about glass, Goldilocks chemistry for the nuclear industry, and how fullerenes could put single water molecules under the microscope. In materials news, we hear of a swell new material that has almost cell-like behavior. Finally, mass spectrometry wins awards.
via The Alchemist Newsletter: May 17, 2013 — Welcome to ChemWeb.
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