Science Blogging Networks

There are a number of science blogging networks out there, with different focus, and different management styles.  I used to blog at Nature Network but I left there last summer.  I never felt particularly comfortable over at NatureNetwork for a variety of reasons including the way the site was set up (registration required to make comments [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

Note: this has been edited to only include links I retweeted or posted on twitter last week.  It doesn’t pick up some RTs.

RT @periodicvideos: More footage of Fluorine reactions for the die-hard fans!!!! http://youtu.be/V1FsO5zaf6M #
.@2020science: Sexy Scientist list at @pzmyers‘ blog http://tinyurl.com/2v49y5e CSA post a rip-off of this blog: http://bit.ly/aOs1sK #
RT @SciGrads: ‘Top [...]

Cleaner Chemistry?

One of the best things about chemistry at my university is that we have a shiny new teaching lab. [WARNING: there may be shameless plugging ahead].  The building that houses the lab is rated excellent under BREEAM, and comes with all kinds of neat stuff like solar tubes to heat hot water, rain water collection for [...]

PhD Studentship: Hybrid Materials for Remediation of Metal Ions from Water

I’m currently advertising for a PhD student:

A three-year, full-time, PhD studentship in the Research Institute for the Environment, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics (EPSAM), Keele University, UK. The Studentship is available to start in October 2010 and includes a full stipend of approximately £12,000 per year and all fees paid at current UK/EU rates.

Project Description

Heavy [...]

Shaking things up…

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it is unlikely that you’ve not noticed the big shake up in science blogging that was (in part) started by scienceblogs.com giving Pepsi a blog (which was later removed).   While I’m sad that many bloggers have been forced to up root and move, I can’t help feeling a [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18

@SmallCasserole thanks for the RT in reply to SmallCasserole #
It is surprisingly difficult to write a reference for a student who wishes to come and work with you and a colleague. Any suggestions? #
@stuartcantrill could be worse – regularly hear students talking on their phone whilst active in the cubical in our building! Ewwww [...]

Class of 2010

It was our graduation ceremonies at Keele last week.  I’ve always found graduation to be strange and anticlimactic. It is happy, but the graduands are dealing with family and friends unfamiliar with campus and what it is like as well as celebrating their considerable achievements over the past 3 or more years; sad because the graduands [...]