April 2013
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“The planet’s immunological system will respond and eliminate humans by not...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
March 2013
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The Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry
Prevention It is better to prevent waste than to treat or clean up waste after it has been created.
Atom Economy Synthetic methods should be designed to maximize the incorporation of all materials used in the process into the final product.
Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses Wherever practicable, synthetic methods should be designed to use and generate substances that possess little or no...
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Angew's 125th Anniversary Free Online Symposium is... →
I was so glad to watch speeches from both Professor Susumu Kitagawa and Professor Ahmed Zewail
A chemistry blog by a supersmart post-doc →
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Wiley's recent hottest articles in catalysis for... →
Here are some samples:
1. Nano-photocatalytic Materials: Possibilities and Challenges
2. On Being Green: Can Flow Chemistry Help?
3. Nano-photocatalytic Materials: Possibilities and Challenges
February 2013
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Fundamental requirements of effective research
1. Clarity of presentation
2. Reproducibility of data
3. Testing of assumptions
4. Search for additional variables
5. Acknowledgement of both ideas and data used in the work buy generated by others
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“The quest for knowledge of the unknown is what science is all about”
– Ahmed Zewail (via beningtirta)
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“The fine art of interpreting data is to say no more but also no less than the...”
– W. F. van Gunsteren, et al. (2008)
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7 Deadly Sins in Academic Behavior (in the Natural...
1. A poor or incomplete description of the work, for example, publishing pretty pictures instead of evidence of causality.
2. Failure to perform obvious, cheap tests that could confirm or repudiate a model, theory, or measurement, for example, to detect additional variables or to show under which conditions a model or theory breaks down.
3. Insufficient connection between data and hypothesis or...
January 2013
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#retrosynthesis
*read from bottom to top*
If you won’t even remember the rest of this “kultwit”, just remind urself to think backward, from the future to the present. #retrosynthesis
Break down the future you want into achievable “intermediates” and note down the conditions to be fulfilled. #retrosynthesis
If you are stuck in planning future, do it reversely....
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“I know you all can make your own masterpieces in your life, my girls and boys!...”
– Deana Wahyuningrum
December 2012
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November 2012
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“These days, instruments are so user-friendly so even monkeys can operate.”
– A retired crystallographer
August 2012
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Don't be fooled and stay calm, people!
“There is still time to act and avoid a worsening climate, but we are wasting precious time. We can solve the challenge of climate change with a gradually rising fee on carbon collected from fossil-fuel companies, with 100 percent of the money rebated to all legal residents on a per capita basis. This would stimulate innovations and create a robust clean-energy economy with millions of new...
June 2012
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Note on #2ndphotosynthesisworkshop
I have been recalling about what were being discussed during the photosynthesis workshop. The workshop was a very fruitful one which comprised a large span of knowledge from various points of view, from biology to photonics. They (the speakers) brought forwards the findings from what they (and their supersmart PhD students of course) have been working on. Some talked about the ‘miracles’ they...
2nd International Workshop on Photosynthesis @ NTU...
Here it goes the list of invited speakers and their website’ links. I would say they are the men behind! I am so grateful to have the opportunity ot attend the workshop. May I gain a lot (insight and network)! Amen.
Day 1:
Michael Graetzel (http://lpi.epfl.ch/graetzel)
Alan Heeger (http://www.chem.ucsb.edu/people/academic/alan-heeger)
Gerald Meyer...
March 2012
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Do we read scientific magazines?
I just suddenly came up with this wondering… DO scientists read scientific magazines? Or they just read scientific articles and reviews from ACS, RSC, Nature Publishing etc.? Sorry, my examples are biased. I am a Chemist :)
Here you go, I would like to share you some bits where you can find light reading about world’s curiosity and some mesmerizingly exciting discoveries :)
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November 2011
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