Toronto is hosting Science Rendezvous this Sat May 9th. It is a festival of science!!
This is one wonderful way to get kids and older people too, interested in science and to see that scientists are not just lab slaves.
Volunteering at such an event can also help scientists or budding scientists see if an outreach [...]
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bring science to the masses
Posted in alternative careers, events, misc cool stuff, teacher, volunteer opportunities on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
glowing jellyfish = chemistry?
Posted in events, university professor on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was just awarded to researchers who identified the compound that makes jellyfish glow and used that info to make mice glow!
Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien and Osamu Shimomura made it possible to exploit the genetic mechanism responsible for luminosity in the marine creatures.
Today, countless scientists use this knowledge to tag [...]
toymaker?
Posted in articles, events, quality inspector on November 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sounds like some toy manufacturers could really use a chemist on staff!! They probably do in many cases but sometimes missing information could be deadly…
Note the last few months worth of lead contamination in toys and now the latest – Aquadots poisoning!
The very highly advertised craft product has just been recalled due to the fact [...]
a science choo-choo train!
Posted in career tools, events on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here is an innovative way that India is getting chemistry out to the masses:
“Exhibition on train to inspire science among youth
Posted : Sun, 21 Oct 2007 “
They plan on showcases the many different ways that chemistry is incorporated in daily life as well as having labs on the cars. In a country of almost [...]
ACS meeting in full swing
Posted in alternative careers, events on March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
No, I did not go. Too hard to get away with a 5 year old to deal with – life happens.
But the career fair will be open and probably hundreds of people will browse the offerings with interest – some looking for the same job in a different location and some looking for a whole [...]
Upcoming career symposia
Posted in alternative careers, events on March 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
ACS meeting in Chicago, March 2007
Beyond the Bench: Non-Traditional Careers in Chemistry
http://oasys.acs.org/acs/233nm/techprogram/S22695.HTM
Chemistry and the Law sessions
http://oasys.acs.org/acs/233nm/techprogram/CHAL.HTM
Hog Butchers, Tool Makers, and Stackers of Wheat: Chicago-Area Chemical Industry and Government-Sponsored Laboratories
http://oasys.acs.org/acs/233nm/techprogram/S22904.HTM
Career Experiences at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology
http://oasys.acs.org/acs/233nm/techprogram/S23133.HTM
