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  • From alchemist to chemist: What kind of chemistry is that?

    Figure 1: The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus What does the word chemistry  mean to you? For many, it was a class in high school or college to get through. In these introductory courses, called general chemistry, one gets a mix of all the flavors of chemistry – but the flavors are very different. To those who hear the calling of chemistry, it isn’t just any chemistry that will do. Some courses are more interesting to them than othe…

    Authored by on December 15, 2011

  • Modern Chemists

    Our next installment of notable women in science brings us to chemists. Many of these women were born in the early part of the 20thcentury and forged their paths in tough times. All are still inspiring others today. Presented in no particular order: Catherine Clarke Fenselau is a pioneer in mass spectrometry.  Born in 1939, her interested in science was apparent before her 10th grade. She was encouraged to attend a women’s college, whi…

    Authored by on April 23, 2012

  • Historical Chemists Part II

    I f you have been watching tweets from @DoubleXSci since early December, you’ll have noticed tweets about Notable Historical and Modern Women in Science. Nearly 100 women were presented over twitter. Those women will be presented in a series here on the blog with the original tweeted links and information as well as with some additional information not able to be presented in 140 characters. We hope you look up more on these women.  Leonora Neu…

    Authored by on September 7, 2012

  • Historical Chemists

    The twitter feed from @DoubleXSci since early December has featured Notable Historical and Modern Women in Science. Nearly 100 women were presented. Those women will be presented in a series here on the blog with the original tweeted links and information as well as with some additional information not able to be presented in 140 characters. Each woman could have multiple pages written on her; however, I have limited each to a paragraph. I hope…

    Authored by on January 10, 2012

  • Biology Explainer: The big 4 building blocks of life–carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and nucleic acids

    …e X Extra: A triglyceride can have up to three different fatty acids attached to it. Canola oil, for example, consists primarily of oleic acid, linoleic acid, and linolenic acid, all of which are unsaturated fatty acids with 18 carbons in their chains. Why do we take in fat anyway? Fat is a necessary nutrient for everything from our nervous systems to our circulatory health. It also, under appropriate conditions, is an excellent way to store up…

    Authored by on June 8, 2012

  • Crystallographers of merit

    …rge molecules, many of which were biologically relevant. Order of Merit medal of Dorothy Hodgkin, displayed in the Royal Society, London, 20 April 2004. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a Chemistry Nobel Laureate.  (1910 – 1994) While her father was in Cairo, Egypt on an archaeological dig for the British government, Dorothy Crowfoot was born. Accompanying her parents on their work trips sparked her interest in archaeology, but she also develo…

    Authored by on March 7, 2013

  • Chemistry sets and the power of hands-on science

    Gawker is a site that prides itself on its snark. We here at Double X Science are a sober {snork}, somber {blerp}, sincere {bwahahahahahaaha!} bunch, however. So when we saw, thanks to DXS contributor Dr. Rubidium, that Gawker writer John Cook had cheekily maligned…gasp…chemistry sets for kids in his post, “Horrible Christmas Gifts for the Children of People You Hate,” of course our somber, sincere, sober, snarkless sel…

    Authored by on December 9, 2011

  • Notable women biochemists in the 1900s

    …oman scientist you would like to see in this series.] Sofia Simmonds was a scholar, researcher, author, professor, and administrator (1917-2007). She earned her B.A. in chemistry from Barnard College at Columbia University in 1938 and her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Cornell in 1942. After a few years as a postdoctoral Research Associate at Cornell, she took an instructor position at Yale Universityís School of Medicine in 1945 and rose through the…

    Authored by on February 14, 2013

  • A Few Modern Physicists

    …tion other than it allows me to choose a small group of women to highlight within a parameter set. These women are listed in no particular order. Vera E. Kistiakowsky spent much of her career as a professor at MIT.  Born in 1928, she received her A.B. from Mt. Holyoke College in 1948 and her Ph.D. from the University of California – Berkeley in 1952, both degrees in chemistry. Her chosen career stemmed from advice from her father to support her…

    Authored by on November 26, 2012

  • Historical Physicists

    Featured today are 10 more women who broke boundaries by their presence in physics. They lived from 1711 to 2000. While I again limited information to one paragraph, I tried to highlight how they got their start, what universities, family members, and scientists were supportive of them. For these women, without the support of fathers, mothers, husbands, and mentors (all male with one exception) their life in science would not have happened. Whil…

    Authored by on February 21, 2012

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