February 2012
1 post
Sciencing!
It is official, our new lab is up and running. It is so exciting. Granted, we have been in the space for over a month now, but recently we got our freezer and refrigerator. This may seem minor to any ordinary individual, but for a lab, it’s a REAL BIG DEAL! Go ahead and make fun of me for being so nerdy but it feels so good to finally be back in action instead of sitting at my computer all...
January 2012
1 post
It's Been a While
It has been over a year and so much has changed. First off, I moved to San Francisco! This was quite a leap for me. It represented my first solo adventure where I had no idea what I was going to do once I arrived. A very exciting time until I entered the job search race. I would say this was a TERRIBLE time of my life. This may sound dramatic, but for someone who takes every rejection personally,...
September 2010
2 posts
Everything Must Come from Something
My brother is in 10th grade chemistry and hates it, naturally, and since I am the resident chemist of the household I have the responsibility of helping him with his homework! Usually I am not a fan of high school chemistry because it deals with moles, soon you will find out why I am so anti-mole, and basic plug and chug. But today I found myself very enthusiastically answering the question...
Birthdays
Its been a while! Since my last post many life changing events have occurred. One of which is I am now officially 22 years old. I took advantage of this momentous occasion by trying my hand at layered cakes. As my sister said, “You would be the only person who would want to make your own birthday cake!” Indeed this is true, but I have to say, I gave myself a delicious present. It was a...
July 2010
3 posts
Space-The Final Frontier
Entropy: a macroscopic property of a system that is a measure of the microscopic disorder within the system (thanks Wikipedia)
Entropy, one of the many factors a chemist must always consider during a reaction, is fundamentally a foundation of the universe. It is commonly thought of as the amount of disorder in a system. What is a system? It’s a scientist’s way of breaking down...
Green
Fun Fact: No matter how much science has advanced, nothing synthetic has been able to replicate the efficiency of a biological process.
The new fad nowadays is being “green,” and I am all for that notion and its my favorite color! But this most current hot topic stems from chemistry, of course. Being all “crunchy” means that we produce less CO2 (carbon dioxide from this...
First Blog Post
As of today, I am an official blogger! I have recently moved home from Pittsburgh to Providence with my cat, Catman. As a recent unemployed college graduate, I now spend my time running errands for my mom, mediating the dog and cat situation, and trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life…
The title “Orbitals & Artichokes” comes from two of my strongest and...