Scismic : Making a PostDoc Stand out for industry
This is the next Scismic Webinar
You gain additional technical skills and increased research independence during a postdoc. These can help you in non-academic employment, if you know how to pitch your experience. This workshop will help you identify the best qualifications you bring from your postdoc position to a new role, and how to effectively communicate these throughout the job search process.
Date and time
Wednesday, May 24 · 7 – 8pm BST
Tickets via eventbrite here
#Webinar,#Scismic,#PostDoc,#BioTech,#Science
The reader must come first.
One of the main issues with science publications is that for most people they are inaccessible, at least in terms of their complexity. They are written for other scientists. This excludes people from the research, esp if the research is funded by taxes, so the very people who pay taxes, can't easily access the science.
This could be about to change. An Article in Science magazine looks at this issue and is suggesting that science papers must take the reader in to consideration.
Interesting stuff. Lets hope over time we can get more science to the people.
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#Science,#Publishing,#Reading,#Audience,#Accessibility
EU ready to back immediate open access
EU ready to back immediate open access without author fees
Looks like some really positive steps forward in support of open access to science.
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#EU,#Science,#OpenAccess,#NoFees
Every Author as First Author
This looks like a great idea
We propose a new standard for writing author names on papers and in bibliographies, which places every author as a first author -- superimposed. This approach enables authors to write papers as true equals, without any advantage given to whoever's name happens to come first alphabetically (for example). We develop the technology for implementing this standard in LaTeX, BibTeX, and HTML; show several examples; and discuss further advantages.
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#Science,#Papers,#Author,#Fairness,#Solution,#Proposal
Spacetime: real and physical, or a calculational tool?
Interesting article about Space-time. This was posted to the fediverse on the StartsWithABang @[email protected]
This is interesting, even if it may be hard to get your head round it sometimes. There is an activity we could try and do at the STEM group that will demonstrate the warping of space around a mass. This isn't complex to do, just needs the right materials.
As always we can discuss on Science forums or on the Fediverse.
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#Astronomy,#Cosmology,#Science,#SpaceTime
Science forums ranking
After several more months of posting and replying on Science forums I have moved up from Baryon to the dizzy height of Atom.
This is a great place to discuss all manner of science topics, can be from beginner to very advanced level.
Also worth joining as this is the forum I link to so that people can discuss topics raised in some of my posts here.
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#Science,#Forums,#Discussion
Home Chemistry 16
Updated 6/8/2023
Now that I have a new batch of Red Cabbage indicator. I would like to investigate some of the chemistry of a recently collected sample of seawater, specifically the following:-
- The pH of seawater.
- If adding eggshells changes the pH.
Background to this
Eggshell, contains Calcium Carbonate $\ce{CaCO3}$ when added to vinegar $\ce{CH3COOH}$ the pH value increases.
Related information
Adding eggshell to vinegar increases the pH of the vinegar. I will write up my experiment / results and share this. What I want to know is can eggshell do the same to seawater.
This may be a possible solution to ocean acidification.
Links
Write-up
You can find my write up for this experiment in PDF here. You may want to right click and download, otherwise it will probably just open in a browser. Provided as-is, but it should cover what I did, my results and conclusion.
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#Chemistry,#HomeChemistry,#HomeChemistry16,#Science,#Seawater,#pH,#Investigation
Home Chemistry 15
The red cabbage indicator that I am using works fine. However it looks rather red, further investigation and starting discussion on Science Forums about this, suggested a cause and solution.
In essence the indicator is acidic, hence the read colour rather than the purple neutral colour.
I have now made up a new batch, which looks a lot better
The image above illustrates the old indicator on the right hand side, the new is in the beaker on the left. You can see quite a big difference in colour.
I have extracted the pH colour scale from the original infographic below
Video
There is a 3 min Video here that I made while making the new batch of indicator up.
- Add hot water to beaker
- Add red cabbage to water
- Mix (until water is the required purple colour)
- All to cool
- Add to regent bottle
Created more indicator as required.
Discussion
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#Chemistry,#HomeChemistry,#HomeChemistry15,#Science,
#RedCabbageIndicator,#pH,#Scale,#Acid,#Alkali,#Neutral,#Color,#Scale
Home Chemistry 14
New chemistry order arrived on Wednesday, this equipment will allow for further useful chemistry both at home and at the STEM group meeting.
Volumetric flask is used to make accurate measurements when making up specific volumes of liquids or solutions.
A burette can be used for Titration. An solution of known concentration is put in to the burette, an solution of unknown concentration is can be put in the flask. The two can be mixed by adding a very small amount at a time, for example 0.5ml or 1ml.
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#Chemistry,#HomeChemistry,#HomeChemistry14,#Science,#Equipment,
#MolarSolutionCalculator