by Captain Skellett | Jan 10, 2011 | Jibber Jabber, Science Communication
The finalists of Open Lab have been announced. I’m all a-quiver with excitement because I’m included in the list! That means I’m going to be PUBLISHED in an ANTHOLOGY of science writers. Among the list of those included are some big names like...
by Captain Skellett | Oct 6, 2010 | How Things Work, Science Communication
The winners of this years Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki, for their work in palladium catalysed reactions. Ah, a subject close to my own heart! As a student of Molecular and Drug Design, we studied this shizz in...
by Captain Skellett | Oct 5, 2010 | Science Communication
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 has just been awarded jointly to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov “for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene” Graphene, aka “atomic level chicken wire” are carbon atoms...
by Captain Skellett | Oct 5, 2010 | Science Communication
This week is vegetarian week, and it’s also the week Nobel Prize winners are announced. Coincidence? I think not. The 2010 prize for Physiology and Medicine was awarded to Robert G. Edwards for the development of in vitro fertilisation. His initial success in...
