The News Review:
- Chemistry lesson: Creating on-screen sizzle is a science
- Genius (7) has Mayo grandparents
- An Unlikely Couple | Features | PE.com | Southern California News |…
- Scientists Discover ‘Kryptonite’ in Serbian Mine
- Universities ‘forced to give remedial maths lessons’
Chemistry lesson: Creating on-screen sizzle is a science
Seattle Times – Apr 24, 2007
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Genius (7) has Mayo grandparents
Mayo News – Apr 24, 2007
Ainan Celeste Cawley is a name to remember. He has just passed the English equivalent of our Junior Cert Chemistry exam at the tender age of seven and is already well on the way to taking his A-Level or Leaving Cert exam by the end of 2008. Putting this remarkable feat into context is quite easy. Ainan is a scientific child prodigy specialising in chemistry and is the youngest chemist on record worldwide. He is also believed to be the only chemistry prodigy ever recorded. Although far removed from the high-tech lifestyle that embraces Singapore Ainan’s grandparents Thomas and Rose Cawley of Massbrook are sure to be proud of their grandson’s achievements… He has just passed the English equivalent of our Junior Cert Chemistry exam at the tender age of seven and is already well on the way to taking his A-Level or Leaving Cert exam by the end of 2008. Putting this remarkable feat into context is quite easy. Ainan is a scientific child prodigy specialising in chemistry and is the youngest chemist on record worldwide. He is also believed to be the only chemistry prodigy ever recorded. Although far removed from the high-tech lifestyle that embraces Singapore Ainan’s grandparents Thomas and Rose Cawley of Massbrook are sure to be proud of their grandson’s achievements. Their own son Valentine father of the boy genius and his wife Syahidah are delighted with the record-breaking achievements. “Ainan has been to school in both London and Singapore and although he did not pick up an -Level textbook until July 18 2006 he sat his Chemistry -Level last January exactly six months later.
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Press-Enterprise – Apr 24, 2007
DePhillips a Trinity College chemistry professor is among a cadre of specialists using cutting-edge science to solve the color mysteries of paintings and other cultural treasures often several centuries old. Art collectors and museums including the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Conn. increasingly are turning to DePhillips and other experts to analyze artwork that has deteriorated over time. Story continues below… For example the use of pure Prussian blue — the first synthetic color of the Industrial Revolution — can cause a painting’s value to skyrocket. The analysis work has also launched an academic niche that introduces art students to the tenets of chemistry and vice versa. DePhillips who has been a chemistry professor at Trinity since 1963 has a lengthy waiting list for his class "Science and Art. " Several other universities have recently launched similar courses.
Scientists Discover ‘Kryptonite’ in Serbian Mine
FXNews – Apr 24, 2007
The rock — named jadarite — was discovered in a mine in Jadar Serbia by the Rio Tinto company and identified by London’s Natural History Museum. Though the white rock didn’t resemble anything known to real-life man it did match the one substance known to destroy Superman’s power. “The new mineral does not contain fluorine and is white rather than green but in all other respects the chemistry matches that for the rock containing kryptonite” said Chris Stanley the mineralogist who identified the jadarite. The mineral is sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide which “probably won’t do Superman or us any harm whatsoever” said Mike Rumsey a mineral curator for the museum.
Universities ‘forced to give remedial maths lessons’
This is London – Apr 24, 2007
The Royal Society of Chemistry claimed that teachers want 16-year-olds to drop maths and take easier A-levels purely to boost their school’s place in Government league tables. The society’s chief executive Richard Pike said the trend threatened to undermine Britain’s future economic prosperity amid competition from scientists in China. Students taking chemistry and physics at university must have a good grasp of maths Dr Pike said. But he went on: “Increasingly universities are mounting remedial sessions for incoming science undergraduates because their maths skills are so limited with many having stopped formal lessons in mathematics two years earlier at the GCSE level. “This contrasts starkly with countries like China in which mathematics is seen as integral to the sciences and to the nation’s economy and is taught to all up to the age of 18… The Royal Society of Chemistry claimed that teachers want 16-year-olds to drop maths and take easier A-levels purely to boost their school’s place in Government league tables. The society’s chief executive Richard Pike said the trend threatened to undermine Britain’s future economic prosperity amid competition from scientists in China. Students taking chemistry and physics at university must have a good grasp of maths Dr Pike said. But he went on: “Increasingly universities are mounting remedial sessions for incoming science undergraduates because their maths skills are so limited with many having stopped formal lessons in mathematics two years earlier at the GCSE level. “This contrasts starkly with countries like China in which mathematics is seen as integral to the sciences and to the nation’s economy and is taught to all up to the age of 18. “There the concept of remedial courses at university would be inconceivable. “UK chemistry departments are often world-renowned for their creativity.