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H1N1 Swine Flu Update
Many virologists, including Vincent Racaniello, have suggested that the threat of avian influenza (H5N1) was greatly overestimated and so distracted us from more serious threats. Back in early 2005, he suggested that another strain might underpin a...
ChemTweets and Scientwists
I was interviewed by Faith Hayden for this week’s Chemical & Engineering News on the subject of, you guessed it, science on Twitter. This link is now free to view.
Here’s a transcript of my interview:
How long have you been...
Red Hot Spectral Alchemist
This week, The Alchemist learns of encapsulated capsules that could emulate cells, a new glassy material for preventing debilitating leaks in solid oxide fuel cells, and a computer model that might help us develop a vaccine for H1N1 type A influenza....
Curious X-shooter Antibiotics
A sneak preview of my spectroscopyNOW ezine headlines for June 1:
Bi-curious microcylinders - A team in the US has produced micrometre-wide discs and elongated rods from bi-coloured and multicoloured compartments. The composite materials could have...
There might be hope for a Moonlight reunion on Three Rivers
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TV | Thursday May 28
Freelance Science Writer
I am a freelance science writer, I’ve been plying the trade for two decades and have worked in most areas of science for a wide variety of outlets from daily papers, such as The Guardian and The Telegraph, dozens of trade magazines in the...
NBC wanted Ghost Whisperer but didn't get it (and lost Medium)
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TV | Thursday May 21
Light, Trials, Balls
In my SpecNOW science news column this week:
C60, C80, C0, Go! - X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and other techniques have allowed German chemists to demonstrate their synthesis of the first non-carbon analogue of...
Simpsons writer brings animated sci-fi comedy to Comedy Central
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TV | Friday May 15
Is Ron Moore's Virtuality dead in the water?
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TV | Friday May 8
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