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A postdoctoral position in computational biology/chemistry is available in the Stein Lab at the Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg .

Sherlock Holmes used a magnifying glass to trace a fingerprint to its source. Andrew Barron favors miniscule rust particles, millions of gallons of water and a magnet.

Here's a board game that teaches you language and chemistry at the same time. It's called Elemensus .

One would think that over tens of thousands of years of evolution, dogs would have learned to avoid skunks.

Decreasing purchasing power and prolonged training periods are two "worrisome trends" that affect the 41% of new chemistry Ph.D.s who take postdoc positions, according to an article by Bethany Halford in Chemical & Engineering News .

The Foxwoods Massachusetts casino would bring 3,000 permanent jobs to Milford, the developer said Thursday, a number that would make the proposed gaming resort the town's second-largest employer.

A San Jose chemist who had been arrested on suspicion of planting tainted juice at a Starbucks -- and then freed while lab tests were conducted -- will not face any criminal charges because the only possibly foreign substance found in the bottles was vinegar.

BASF makes the chemistry and technology used in vehicle catalytic convertors and other environmentally smart products.

According to a press release, William Jerome Smith, 49, of 325 Taylor St., was arrested and charged with possession of precursors to manufacture methamphetamine following a month-long investigation by the TPD Special Operations Unit.

We are pleased to announce that Chad Mirkin , of Northwestern University, in Evanston in the US, has been named Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year 2013.

A former scientist for the Syrian chemical weapons program said Bashar Assad 's regime has enough of the nerve agent sarin to "eradicate the whole of Damascus, Homs, Hama, and Aleppo," Al-Jazeera reported Friday.

You're well-versed in all things locally grown, have your kids happily eating quinoa and can identify at least three varieties of kale.

The new infection-indicating dressing on a healthy skin sample and on an infected skin sample .

There's no question that the chemical industry is booming here in Houston. However, some may still be wondering to what exact degree new chemical investment will affect the area's jobs, tax collection and construction in the short and long term.

Under fluorescent lab lights, 30-year-old Robert Gutierrez was packing up papers and lab equipment, having just finished his last five-hour Organic Chemistry 2 lab.

A newly synthesized material might provide a dramatically improved method for separating the highest-octane components of gasoline.

In a report published in the journal Science on Thursday, three North Carolina researchers have determined that cockroaches have changed their internal chemistry in order to detect sweet substances as tasting bitter, thereby enabling them to avoid glucose-laced pesticides.

Technion scientists developed and constructed a molecular transducer, which is an advanced computing machine.

In humans, a polymer called melanin determines skin, eye and hair color-the darker the skin, the more melanin in a person's body.