I thought this was well said: …But what the bloc’s members seem to keep forgetting, he said, is that “the Stone Age didn’t end because the world ran out of stones, but because there were viable alternatives.” Click the title for the link to the story. ELMO
Hi, Everybody, Sorry to have been gone for so long. Chemists Without Borders has a new mailing address and phone numbers, shown near the top of the left column under the Donate button (which, of course, we encourage you to use often). Peace, Bego
Look Inside >> July 6, 2009 Chemicals from the Garden: Advances in Biomass Chemistry transform plant matter to valuable chemicals. I recommend this 3-page update on an important area of development. Another aspect of importance here is emphasized in Mr Jacoby’s opening sentence: “Sound scientific ideas sometimes lie in limbo for decades until some event, …
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Image via Wikipedia I was just reading an interesting article on a potential dialysis for the liver in acute cases, and ran across this (From SFGate): “About 28,000 Americans die each year of chronic liver disease, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The cause is often the result of alcohol abuse or …
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Seven Steps Towards Minimizing Your Junk Mail and Unwanted Calls This is a page of good advice and tools to minimize the amount of junk mail you may receive in the USA. It provides links to web sites where you can register to prevent unsolicited marketing calls and mail.
By Don LeeMay 27, 2009 Source:http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-chinacars27-2009may27,0,7594127.story Copyright 2009 Los Angeles Times 202 West 1st Street, Los Angeles, California, 90012 (108) “Beijing is offering incentives to spur vehicle sales in the countryside. Sales are so brisk that dealers often run out of stock. “Reporting from Chuzhou, China — Like everybody else in his farming village, Zhan …
Image via Wikipedia Common Chemistry – Search Chemical Names and CAS Registry Numbers In a collaboration with Wikipedia, the American Chemical Society has created a new, public database of the most commonly cited compounds. This may be a useful resource for those who are not members of the ACS or who cannot afford the cost …
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Look Inside >> May 25, 2009 Check out this article. The NIH is to find solutions for orphan diseases (possibly schistomiasis, among others) with its Therapeutics for Rare & Neglected Disease (TRND) effort. This kind of program is all too rare. Apparently, when drugs are discovered, they will be handed over to private companies for …
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Lisa Jarvis, at C&EN‘s Northeast News Bureau has a nice two-page article on the revival of a World War II-era anti-malarial research project at Rutgers. It’s a good read.Chemical & Engineering News Digital Edition – May 25, 2009 Related articles by Zemanta Green tea extract shows promise in leukemia trials (scienceblog.com) Biotech Companies And Cloud …
This is from Erika Power. Even if you can’t go yourself, you can always send a check or click the Jazz for Peace picture and donate in support. Please remember to promote this event to others whom you know, encouraging them to promote it to others whom they know, etc., etc., etc. The Power is …
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