Articles Written by:    DAVID BRADLEY     

Food Chemistry News

On the menu today, why red wine is a no-no when it comes to fishy cuisine, how chemists can help you improve your gravy, and a whole platter of food chemistry to tempt your taste buds: “Red wine with red meat, white wine with fish.” But, have you ever ...

From DAVID BRADLEY, Sciencebase,  29 Oct 2009

Don’t be such a scientist!

Don’t be such a scientist! It’s the kind of thing I’d expect my sister to say to my face if I’ve gone off on one of my lecture mode conversations about some great discovery, or something some of my artier friends might whisper about me behind my back. ...

From DAVID BRADLEY, Sciencebase,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Harvard University,  Facebook Inc.,  Oakley, Inc.,  Langer Inc.,  Alfred Nobel

A month with an electricity monitor

Right, the kettle is on for a morning brew and apparently our household is using 3.07 kilowatts. That will include the chest freezer in the garage, the refrigerator in the kitchen, the electric kettle, my laptop and wireless network, oh and a little ...

From DAVID BRADLEY, Sciencebase,  22 Oct 2009
Related Topics: BBC,  Google Inc.

Breast Cancer, Plankton, Tellurides

My latest contributions to SpectroscopyNOW.com and my current Alchemist column on ChemWeb.com are now live: Sweetening breast cancer risk – Experimental and epidemiological evidence previously suggested that circulating glucose and insulin may play a ...

From DAVID BRADLEY, Sciencebase,  20 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Harvard University

Climate Change Action

It’s Blog Action Day 2009 and the subject this year is Climate Change. So, here are a few resources for readers seeking out climate information: IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – The IPCC assesses the scientific, technical and ...

From DAVID BRADLEY, Sciencebase,  15 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,  Environmental Protection Agency,  BBC

Metal Bottle Tops and Landfill Mining

Reduce, re-use, and recycle. Just one of the countless mantras of the twenty-first century that we are told will save the planet. Of course, my grandmother used to put it far more succinctly and in a much more accessible form: waste not, want not. Now, ...

From DAVID BRADLEY, Sciencebase,  13 Oct 2009

Moon, Earthquakes, Chemical Weapons

The media was today almost drenched with the idea that water and other wonders would be been found on the Moon, but unfortunately LXPRESS was the least moist of damp squibs ever and no 50 km plume was seen, not even a little splash. NASA scientists are ...

From DAVID BRADLEY, Sciencebase,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: NASA

Gen-F Scientists Ignoring Social Networking

A quick analysis of online social networks, such as LinkedIn and Xing would suggest that a mere 1 in 7 research scientists use such tools as part of their work. This contrasts starkly with the business world where uptake is up to 88%. In other words ...

From DAVID BRADLEY, Sciencebase,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: LinkedIn Corp,  Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  FriendFeed,  Richard Price

Sniffer, E coli Clues, Graphene

The second batch of physical science and biomedical research news in the SpectroscopyNOW ezines are live: Optical sniffer detects poison gas – US researchers have developed an optoelectronic nose that can sniff out toxic gases. The sensor is fast and ...

From DAVID BRADLEY, Sciencebase,  5 Oct 2009

Stroke, NIR, Guests

My latest physical sciences and biomedical news stories for SpectroscopyNOW.com are now live. The eyes have it – US researchers have demonstrated proof of principle that a short and simple assessment of eye movements in suspected stroke patients can ...

From DAVID BRADLEY, Sciencebase,  2 Oct 2009

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