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.
The Science Museum was founded in 1857 with objects shown at the Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace. Today the Museum is world renowned for its historic collections, awe-inspiring galleries and inspirational exhibitions.
This database links over 7,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients.
Descriptions, Awards, and Summaries of Federally Funded Research
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The Internet has brought together a group of chemists, programmers, and informaticians who are driven by wanting to do things better, but are frustrated with the Closed systems that chemists currently have to work with. They share a belief in the concepts of Open Source, Open Standards and Open Data (but not necessarily Open Access). And they express this in code, data, algorithms, specifications, tutorials, demonstrations, articles and anything that helps get the message across.
