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Stanford Engineering Puzzle

Stephen Quake is a physicist-turned-bioengineer with a strong interest in the dynamics of single molecules. This interest has led him to develop microfluidic chips, circuits of silicone pipes, valves and chambers. These devices are called “labs on a chip” because they allow for complex biology experiments to be conducted all within the space of a coin. The experiments often run better and require far fewer materials. Directions for puzzle: In this puzzle your job is to route the constituents of an experiment from one chamber to another in a simplified version of a chip.

Online Stuff at the Science Museum (UK)

The Science Museum was founded in 1857 with objects shown at the Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace. Today the Museum is world renowned for its historic collections, awe-inspiring galleries and inspirational exhibitions.

Household Products Database

This database links over 7,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients.

Federal R&D Project Summaries

Descriptions, Awards, and Summaries of Federally Funded Research

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Reactome — A Curated Knowledgebase of Biological Pathways

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Google Web Search (pdf)

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BlueObelisk.org

The Internet has brought together a group of chemists, programmers, and informaticians who are driven by wanting to do things better, but are frustrated with the Closed systems that chemists currently have to work with. They share a belief in the concepts of Open Source, Open Standards and Open Data (but not necessarily Open Access). And they express this in code, data, algorithms, specifications, tutorials, demonstrations, articles and anything that helps get the message across.

Chemical Information Sources Wiki

By Gary Wiggins

• Faculty of 1000 Biology
• Faculty of 1000 Medicine

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Public Access Homepage (National Institutes of Health)

NIH Grants Policy & Guidance

Includes: Notice of Public Meeting: Seeking Comments on Implementation of the NIH Public Access Policy (Comment Receipt Date: on or before March 17, 2008)

Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research

NIH Extramural Nexus — January 2008

Top Stories include “What the New Public Access Requirement Means to the NIH-Supported Investigator”