http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:24:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/perfect-chocolate-chip-cookies.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:18 +0000 A new book called 'The Kitchen as Laboratory' explores science-based cooking.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/3d-printed-models-and-ar-help-chemists-develop-drugs-video.html Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:04:47 +0000 3D representations of molecular structures are printed out and analysis software is used to see how well they fit together.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/ucla-chemistry-class-creates-lady-gaga-inspired-music-videos-to-help-kids-learn.html Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:56:37 +0000 A member of the Chemistry faculty at UCLA recently held a music video competition among his students using concepts from organic chemistry as a driving theme.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/a-medical-test-for-the-third-world.html Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:00:28 +0000 A team of Harvard University chemists have developed a simple technology that takes an expensive medical device know as a microfluidic chip and puts it within reach of the third world.  Using paper and double-sided tape as opposed to rubbers or plastics that require multimillion dollar fabrication equipment, these chips can eventually be made widely available for mere pennies on the dollar.     [They] operate much like a home pregnancy test, in which liquid creeps up a cellulose strip toward a color-changing line. But unlike the pregnancy test, these new chips can split a single stream of liquid intoRead more...]]>