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Located Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom
Tags science, astronomy, biomedicine, chemistry, environment, nanotechnology, materials, physics, scientific
A science blog from award-winning writer David Bradley offering news and views on everything from astronomy to zoology by way of bio, chemistry, environment, and nano.
Latest Blog Posts
- Homeopathy really doesn’t work on Nov 19, 2009 in Science CAM homeopathy quackery
A couple of years ago, I re-posted an old article of mine about homeopathy discussing its ludicrous claims, its feeble attempts to provide a scientific explanation for those claims, and basically pointing out that no solid evidence has ever been foun...
- Latest science headlines on Nov 17, 2009 in Science chemistry earth physical sciences Soil spectroscopy X-ray diffraction
Time to bring you up to date on the latest science headlines I’ve put together for other sites this last couple of weeks, so here’s a quick round-up: On the SpectroscopyNOW site, this issue, I covered natural chemicals that can help sunfl...
- Genetically engineered heavy metal fans on Nov 13, 2009 in Science Environment Heavy metal phytoremediation Water resources
The wastewater released from industry often contains high levels of toxic heavy metals, which can kill organisms, damage ecosystems, and accumulate in the foodchain. Electroplating, lead smelting, mining, and countless other processes produce enormou...
- Juggling cancer nano news on Nov 12, 2009 in Science Cancer Infrared Magnetic resonance imaging Nuclear magnetic resonance
Latest news reports from yours truly on Spectroscopynow.com Juggling matters on the brain – UK scientists have used magnetic resonance imaging to reveal that learning a complex task like juggling can causes changes in the white matter in the br...
- Berlin Wall falls in Australia on Nov 9, 2009 in Science Australia Berlin Wall
Twenty years ago today, my girlfriend (now my wife) and I lay on a bed in a cramped backpackers’ hostel in the Katherine Gorge National Park (now Nitmiluk), in Australia’s Northern Territory, watching news of the fall of the Berlin Wall (...
- Twitter science list categories on Nov 5, 2009 in Science scientwists twitter twitter lists
The manually compiled Scientwists list of science people on Twitter grew from around 100 of my contacts in January 2009 to almost 700 members, who asked to join or who retweeted the link as of October. Justin Reid helped automate the inclusion of bio...
- Alchemical Anomalies on Nov 5, 2009 in Science alchemist chemistry chemweb
In the current issue of The Alchemist we learn how to stick methane molecules to metals without breaking carbon-hydrogen bonds and how to make impossible carbene catalysts without the usual prerequisite of an attendant metal centre. Another seeming i...
