You might not have heard anything about it, but there was a solar eclipse today. In fact, it was the first time in U.S. history that a solar eclipse traveled exclusively across America, allowing for millions of people to see the moon block out the sun on Monday, August 21st. Continue Reading
Many bartenders may tell you that adding a splash of water to your drink of whiskey will make it taste better. Those with an old school track of mind, may see this as a bartenders way of trying to pull a fast one over them by watering down their perfectly Continue Reading
Did you know when fish run out of oxygen they start producing alcohol? And not just any alcohol. The level of alcohol that goldfish and their wild relatives, crucian carp, were found swimming in under ice-covered lakes were way above legal drink-driving limits in many countries. Scientists at the Universities Continue Reading
Pardon this spin-terruption, but we have exciting news. Phenomenex has officially been fidget-ized! …Spin-terized? …Spin-sonified? Whatever you want to call it, we have joined the continuing fad of fidget spinners, or as we like to call them, Phegit™ spinners! At first, many were reluctant. Having never spun the spun, it Continue Reading
A team of researchers in a Tokyo-based National Cancer Center (NCC) has developed a new blood test that can diagnose 13 types of cancer, as originally reported by The Japan News. With more than 100 types of cancer, there are many variables, and diagnoses can sometimes come too late. The Japanese team Continue Reading
Earlier this week, the convenience store chain 7-Eleven, celebrated their day, July 11th, by doling out millions of free small Slurpees to their customers. However, while guzzling down your free frozen slush, did you think about the complicated chemistry that goes into making the famous cold brews? The signature frozen Continue Reading
If you went on Google at all on Monday, July 10th, you might have seen the Google Doodle of the day and asked yourself, “Who is Eva Ekeblad?”. We certainly asked, and here is what we found. This mystery woman, who would have turned 293 years old, was not only Continue Reading
Torrance, Calif. (July, 2017) – Phenomenex Inc, global leader in the research, design, and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announced today that its Kinetex® Core-Shell HPLC/UHPLC columns have won the Gold Seal of Quality by SelectScience, an industry leading online publication. The SelectScience® Gold Seal Continue Reading
(article via Smithsonian.com) Fathers can have a significant effect on their children By Kat Eschner smithsonian.com June 16, 2017 10:00AM Recent studies of fatherhood have provided more detail to something many of us know instinctively: dads can have a big effect on their children. Parenthood is a lot of responsibility, Continue Reading
Attention fellow Momma-tographers! This is an open letter to those awesome moms out there suffering from…dun, dun, dun…MOM BRAIN! Do you find yourself leaving sample vials in the bathroom? Do you forget where you put your safety glasses when they are sitting on top of your head? Did you lose Continue Reading
