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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/medtech/0,70760-0.html Thanks to Bob Hansens for this article.

This is ALMOST unbelievable. ELMO

Here is an interesting article regarding the “tipping point” before the point of no return for our climate. Your thoughts? ELMO

Lets see what happens… ELMO

Chemists Without Borders has been asked to take a position on open source access. Please let us know your opinions on this in comments. Please sign with first name and last initial. ELMO

I came across this very interesting site (Terrapass). It allows consumers to compensate for their automobiles’ CO2 emissions by paying for an equivalent amount of energy from a non-polluting source. There is also an affiliate program. I’m wondering whether we should promote the program on our website, inviting users to become affiliates, sending their revenues …

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Here is the continuation of Heather’s bio from the June ’06 CWB newsletter: I encourage all Chemists Without Borders members (and, indeed, all chemists) to openly share their research. Open access is about making the results of research immediately openly available over the world wide web to anyone, anywhere. There are two main approaches to …

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Solar-powered donkey libraries, an extension of the new Prince Rupert Library, are bringing books, literacy – and electronic gadgets, including computers and internet access – to children throughout Zimbabwe. Perhaps a future partnership opportunity for a CWB chemistry education program?

Environmental Research Letters is a new, open access journal from the Institute of Physics. ERL is the first open-access journal that will cover the whole of environmental science. ERL will serve the entire environmental science community, including both specialist researchers and the wider public, by providing free access to wide-ranging content on topics extending across …

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