Supercomputing Online (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
J. Andrew McCammon, the Joseph E. Mayer Chair of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of California, San Diego, is the recipient of the American Chemical Society's 2008 National Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research. He will receive the prestigious ACS award at the society's national meeting in New Orleans on April 8th.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
Learning how to control the movement of electrons on the molecular and nanometer scales could help scientists devise small-scale circuits for many applications, including more efficient ways of storing and using solar energy. A theoretical chemist has been researching theoretical techniques used to understand the factors affecting electron movement.
Physorg (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
Learning how to control the movement of electrons on the molecular and nanometer scales could help scientists devise small-scale circuits for many applications, including more efficient ways of storing and using solar energy. Marshall Newton, a theoretical chemist at Brookhaven Lab, presents a talk highlighting the theoretical techniques used to understand the factors affecting electron movement at...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 12/05/2007
Professor Leslie Orgel, a British-born theoretical chemist and biochemist, was best known for his studies on how primitive life began on Earth roughly 4.5 billion years ago. His research was focused on discovering the nature of the chemical reactions that might have led to the origins of life.
Overcoming Bias (Free subscription) | 12/02/2007
Followup to: The Affect Heuristic, The Halo Effect Many, many, many are the flaws in human reasoning which lead us to overestimate how well our beloved theory explains the facts. The phlogiston theory of chemistry could explain just about anything,...
hdreioplus.de (Free subscription) | 11/15/2007
Riding the elevator with theoretical chemists after lunch and having to smile, because they are giggling over Matirces jokes.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 10/31/2007
The theoretical chemist is also widely known for his so-called Second Rule, which states that 'Evolution is cleverer than you are.' Leslie Orgel, the Salk Institute theoretical chemist who was the father of the RNA world theory of the origin of life and who joined with Nobel laureate Francis Crick to postulate that life might have been seeded on Earth by a higher intelligence, died at the San Diego...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 10/27/2007
In the NBA, there are two kinds of teams: The Safe Team: this is the kind of team that is put together based on the theory that chemistry is more important than talent. Consider the Spurs and Blazers as two perfect examples. The Risky Team: this is the kind of team that is put together based on [...]
Leithart.com (Free subscription) | 09/29/2007
Alex the African Grey died on September 6 at the age of 31. According to the obit in the Economist , Irene Pepperberg, a theoretical chemist who worked with Alex, had worked with Alex to the point that he "had the intelligence of a five-year-old child and had not yet reached his full potential. He had a vocabulary of 150 words. He knew the names of 50 objects and could, in addition, describe the colours,...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/22/2007
Two theoretical chemists have been named recipients of the 2007 Welch Award, Houston's most prestigious scientific prize and one of the world's top awards in chemistry.
HoustonChronicle.com -- Houston & Texas News (Free subscription) | 05/22/2007
Two theoretical chemists have been named recipients of the 2007 Welch Award, Houston's most prestigious scientific prize and one of the world's top awards in chemistry.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/07/2007
ZIMBABWE will host the East and Southern Africa Environmental Chemistry Conference and the 7th Theoretical Chemistry Conference in Africa in December this year at the country's premier resort town -- Victoria Falls.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 05/06/2007
Duke University theoretical chemists are investigating a new computer method that could help scientists identify the best molecules for drugs, electronic devices or an array of other uses. Their method would address the "daunting" fact that "that there aren't enough atoms in the universe to make all the reasonable-sized molecules that could be made," said Duke chemistry professor David Beratan.
