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- Deep Inside Planet Earth Interplay f Temperature Pressure Chemistr…
- Going live with click chemistry
- Right mix aided team’s success
Deep Inside Planet Earth Interplay f Temperature Pressure Chemistr…
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Oct 30, 2007
A study by Nicholas Schmerr a doctoral student in Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration is shedding light on these processes and showing that they are not just temperature driven. His work helps assess the role chemistry plays in the structure of Earth’s mantle. The simplest model of the mantle — the layer of the Earth’s interior just beneath the crust — is that of a convective heat engine. Like a pot of boiling water the mantle has parts that are hot and welling up as in the mid-Atlantic rift and parts that are cooler and sinking as in subduction zones. There crust sinks into the Earth mixing and transforming into different material "phases" like graphite turning into diamond. "A great deal of past research on mantle structure has interpreted anomalous seismic observations as due to thermal variations within the mantle" Schmerr said.
Cosmopolitan - February 2012
Going live with click chemistry
EurekAlert – EurekAlert (press release) – Oct 30, 2007
This breakthrough opens the door for applications to live cell imaging of numerous biomolecules including glycans proteins and lipids. The new version of click chemistry was developed by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley.
Right mix aided team’s success
Rocky Mountain News – Oct 30, 2007
Pitcher Jeff Francis has only played in the Rockies organization. Well before the Rockies became a national story with their constantwinning Francis mentioned how teammates who have played elsewhere saidthey never have experienced the sort of closeness that exists on theRockies. Spilborghs a major force in the club’s chemistry said the Rockiesclubhouse is “almost like a pack of dogs that just teach each other. Noreal alpha male just a bunch of people just trying to do the samething and it works. Rookie shortstop Troy Tulowitzki has been given a lot of creditdeservedly so for playing with an edge and having a single-minded goalof winning that positively affected veterans such as Todd Helton andMatt Holliday. “There’s no doubt (about that)” manager Clint Hurdle said. “But allof it together became combustible because you got (Garrett) Atkinswho’s got one of the driest senses of humor you’ll ever hear… n teams that are successful and teams that havegood chemistry you’ve got to have a few guys that connect allthe subgroups that you have in that locker room. “And ‘Spilly’ is one of those guys that can bridge all the groupstogether. That trumps everything. Good teams have that and you can’tmanufacture it.