Guest blogger and chemist Robert Slinn contributes his favorite news snippets from the world of chemistry EteRNA, an Online Game, Helps Build a New RNA Warehouse – Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University are attempting to harness the …
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WD40 is not fish oil
I got a bizarre email (actually about three years ago, and then again this morning, from different people) of the kind that propagates urban legends and potentially dangerous chemical disinformation. The email claims that well-known greasy spray lubricant and foe …
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Carisoprodol Soma
Apparently, WWE’s Jeff Hardy has been embroiled in a drugs scandal related to prescription drugs such as carisoprodol (Soma) and steroids. Allegedly, “excessive” amounts of these and other substances were found in his home. Jeff Deville’s column on PWTorch defends …
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Fossil Fuel Cells
Over on the Blah Blah Technology site, tech writer Wayne Smallman is waxing lyrical about the democratization of energy. The production and distribution of energy is about to change for ever. Why? Because in the coming years, we will be …
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