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Cycling: World champion Italian cyclist tests positive
ROME, July 28, 2008 AFP — World champion road cyclist Marta Bastianelli blamed her local chemist after testing positive for a banned stimulant, as reported by Italian news agency Ansa on Monday. Bastianelli tested positive for the stimulant in a control run by the International Cycling Union UCI during...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, chemist
Research articles 2008-07-28
A Louisiana State University chemist, Barry Dellinger, has been awarded a $30,000 grant by the American Chemical Society for his work
A LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY chemist, Barry Dellinger, has been awarded a $30,000 grant by the American Chemical Society for his work, which includes research in the formation of toxic combustion by-products, incineration of hazardous materials, combustion-generated nanoparticles and environmentally persistent free radicals.
Tags: American Chemical Society, chemist, nanoparticle
Research articles 2008-05-15
On His Long, Strange Trip
Albert Hofmann, 102 Creator of LSD The Swiss chemist discovered the drug by accident in 1938 and raved about its power to generate “ wonderful visions, ” which he defended after LSD was widely banned for...
Tags: accident, chemist, Newsweek, Strategy, Switzerland
Research articles 2008-05-12
Game consoles can model black holes, drug molecules
PARIS AFP — Researchers are cannibalising the Sony PlayStation 3 console and other gaming hardware, turning them into low-cost supercomputers to model pharmaceutical molecules and black holes, the weekly New Scientist says. The PS3 console uses a Cell chip, made by IBM, Sony and Toshiba, that comprises a central...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Cell, chemist, chip, Components, console, Games, graphics, HARDWARE, Processors, scientist, Semiconductors, Sony Corp.
Research articles 2008-02-13
Andre Arsenault won first prize in the NSERC Innovation Challenge Awards.(RECOGNITION/RECONNAISSANCE)(Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada )(Brief article)
Andre Arsenault won first prize in the NSERC Innovation Challenge Awards. The competition is designed to get graduate students thinking about products or services that could be developed from their thesis research. Arsenault is a chemist at the University of Toronto and has conducted research in...
Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, chemist, innovation, Leadership, SECURITY, Strategy, University of Toronto
Research articles 2008-02-01
Retirement profile: Richard Adlof
There must be something in the water at the U.S. Department of Agriculture-otherwise, how does one explain the number of very active AOCS members who have decided to retire from their positions with the USDA this past year? The latest person to retire is chemist Richard Adlof. As of January...
Tags: CAREER, chemist, MARKETING, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2008-01-01
No link between Greek sprinters and BALCO laboratory: laywers
ATHENS AFP — The two Greek star sprinters at the centre of the Athens Olympics' doping controversy and their former coach have been cleared of links to BALCO, a US-based laboratory that made performance-boosting drugs for athletes, their lawyers said Tuesday. Greek prosecutors shelved the case after examining evidence...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete, attorney, chemist, coach, Greece, lawyer, prosecutor
Research articles 2007-10-30
Retirement profile: Tom Foglia
"I look forward to lowering my golf handicap," said Tom Foglia, speaking just before his retirement on September 30 as a supervisory research chemist at the Eastern Regional Research Center ERRC in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA. Beyond that, Foglia says that for the immediate future he will continue with the Agricultural...
Tags: CAREER, chemist, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2007-10-01
Baseball slugger Bonds takes swing at steroid chemist
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Barry Bonds took the night off from his pursuit of Hank Aaron's home run record on Wednesday, but the San Francisco slugger reportedly took a swing at the latest doping insinuations against him. MLB.com reported that Bonds, speaking in the Giants locker room before San...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Atlanta, bond, chemist, FINANCE, Games, Investment, MLB
Research articles 2007-07-26
Chemist: MLB still has steroid issues
SAN FRANCISCO -- Patrick Arnold, the chemist who worked with BALCO to invent a previously undetectable steroid, said Wednesday that not only did San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds use illegal performance-enhancing drugs but that Major League Baseball still has a steroid problem. "I have to...
Tags: baseball, bond, chemist, FINANCE, Investment, MLB, performance, USA Today
Research articles 2007-07-26
Ralph C. Schreyer | Research chemist, 87
Ralph C. Schreyer, 87, a retired research chemist, died Friday of complications from pneumonia at Kendal-Crosslands, a retirement community in Kennett Square. A native of Washington, D.C., Dr. Schreyer earned a bachelor's degree from the Catholic University of America. During World War II, while a graduate student at Purdue University,...
Tags: chemist, Dr., DuPont Co., Purdue University
Research articles 2007-06-06
Northwest suburbs in 60 seconds.(News)
New 'hammer' at Harper: The Harper College chemistry department is getting a new piece of equipment: a 90 MegaHertz Eft Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer. It's called a NMR for short, and the reason it's coming is because of a $137,900 grant from...
Tags: carpenter, chemist, chemistry, hammer, molecule, National Science Foundation, PRODUCTIVITY
Research articles 2007-04-09
US scientists test 'healthy' pizza baking
NEW ORLEANS, United States AFP — Pizza dough could be made a more healthy diet choice by baking it longer and hotter, chemists in the United States announced at a meeting of heart scientists this week. The research by chemists at the University of Maryland "could lead to healthier...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, chemist, Manufacturing, scientist, U.S.
Research articles 2007-03-27
US anti-doping pioneer Catlin to quit testing field: report
WASHINGTON AFP — Don Catlin, the US chemist whose research has helped uncover dope cheats and pioneered testing breakthroughs, has reportedly decided to leave testing after 25 years. According to the Washington Post the 68-year-old scientist who heads UCLA's Olympic Analytical Laboratory plans on pursuing research after a quarter-century...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, CAREER, chemist, MARKETING, University of California at Los Angeles
Research articles 2007-03-13
Remembering a Genius
Dr. Percy Julian was an award-winning chemist who broke racial barriers throughout the 20th century and became only the second Black scientist elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Now a PBS docu-drama, "Forgotten Genius," is reviving his legacy and providing a more thorough account of his life, which...
Tags: barrier, chemist, Dr., National Academy of Sciences, scientist
Research articles 2007-03-08
Chemists gather in Budapest for the 1st European Chemistry Congress
From 27-31 August 2006 in Budapest, 2 348 chemists and molecular scientists from 57 countries took part in the 1st European Chemistry Congress, cosponsored by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Societe Francaise de Chimi. The event was organized by the European Association for Chemical...
Tags: chemist, chemistry, Europe, Government, Molecular Inc., NETWORKING, scientist, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-03-01
Torino—passion lives here
Just about a year ago, the city of Torino in northern Italy was energized by hosting the Olympic Winter Games. The official motto of the games was "passion lives here." This coming August, Torino will host the 41st IUPAC World Chemistry Congress. On behalf of the organizers, we plan to...
Tags: chemist, chemistry, Chemistry, conference, Games, Italy, Leadership, Nanotechnology, president, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-03-01
OBITUARY: Sol Gershon
Inside AOCSAOCS recently learned of the death on August 20,2005, of cosmetic chemist Dr. Sol Gershon. Bom October 18,1910, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Gershon received a degree in pharmacy from the University of Illinois in 1930, then went on to receive a BS, MS, and PhD in chemistry from the...
Tags: CAREER, chemist, chemistry, Dr., pharmacy, University of Illinois
Research articles 2007-03-01
Creating a chemical bond with students.(NEWS)
Simon Fraser University SFU chemist, Sophie Lavieri, MCIC, is bonding with children across Canada. Wearing a white lab coat, latex gloves, and protective goggles fringed by a mass of curly hair, the assistant lecturer takes a portable lab into public schools. Lavieri puts on workshops called...
Tags: bond, Canada, chemist, chemistry, FINANCE, Investment, Simon Fraser University, workshop
Research articles 2007-03-01
Walter M. Chamot.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Walter M. Chamot Visitation for Walter M. Chamot, 78, will be from 11 a.m. until the time of services at noon Saturday, Dec. 16, at Johnson Funeral Home, Ltd., 3845 Prairie Ave., Brookfield. Interment will be in Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside. Born Oct....
Tags: chemist, chemistry, Dr., M., University of Chicago, Walter
Research articles 2006-12-15