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On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen / Harold McGee.
Completely rev. and updated, Imprint: New York: Scribner, 2004. 884 p.
Location: Swain Library TX651 .M27 2004

Distillations: Chemical Heritage Foundation’s Weekly Podcast

This episode on eating combines “umami,” poetry, and magnesium.

The World’s Healthiest Foods

Learn about 129 foods that can serve as the basis of your healthiest way of eating.

See more web sites about food and sports nutrition

Wonderfest 2008: November 1st at Stanford and November 2nd at Berkeley

Check out this “classic” Special Halloween Issue of Stephanie Bianchi’s Sci-Tech Library Newsletter

SearchPlus will be discontinued September 23, 2008. Why? Moving to OPPIE means faster searching, facets to narrow search results, and more.

SearchPlus to OPPIE — Why?

Online Portal for Powerful Information Exchange (OPPIE)

“The American Chemical Society observes Earth Day with the Chemists Celebrate Earth Day (CCED) program. ACS offers a suite of events, contests and educational resources that can be used by ACS members, chemical educators, and chemistry enthusiasts to illustrate the positive role that chemistry plays in the world. Learn more about the celebration and how you can get involved.”

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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.

String spin toy

Draw a line, let it spin and click to fill it up.

Source of Info: A Blog Around the Clock

What Every Chemist Needs to Know About Copyright
By the ACS Publications Subcommittee on Copyright