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Essay writing competition
Stuart Cantrill | added on Mar 14, 2011 | United Kingdom
To celebrate the International Year of Chemistry, Nature Chemistry is launching an essay competition. We invite aspiring science writers to submit an 'In Your Element'-style essay on any one of the following elements - He, N, Na, Cu, Br, In or Pu.
Broadcasting to the World
Sheehan Misko | added on Mar 10, 2011 | United States
Broadcasting to the World: Bob Barrett, the host of public radio “The Health Show” will help us create a series of podcasts of interviews.
"All Our Yesterdays"
Sheehan Misko | added on Mar 10, 2011 | United States
All our Yesterdays: The pace of technological progress in clinical laboratory testing has been rapid and the lifetime of most analyzers is less than 10 years. To document and capture a special aspect of the history of clinical laboratory testing, Larry Kricka and Peter Wilding initiated this long-term project.
A Day in the Life of a Clinical Chemist Laboratory
Sheehan Misko | added on Mar 10, 2011 | United States
Peter Wilding, now an emeritus Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, was an assistant professor at the University of Southern California and a young clinical chemist at the Los Angeles County Hospital. This film demonstrates the remarkable journey of our profession and the astonishing advances make in almost a century.
Sustainable Development
Sheehan Misko | added on Mar 10, 2011 | United States
"Sustainable Development" is a poem by Roald Hoffmann, written in his sixth language, English. Roald Hoffmann is a poet, philosopher, playwright, and chemist. She shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in chemistry with Kenichi Fukui.