Dissociative electron attachment (DEA) is the process wherein an electron attaches onto a molecule and causes it to dissociate and / or fragment. The sizes of the molecules chosen to undergo DEA are comparatively enormous to the size of the attached electron (remember, electrons are tiny, tiny substituents of atoms, which in turn, bind together … Continue reading Dissociative electron attachment

It has now been three weeks since my teaching schedule commenced at the University of Iceland. As my postdoc applications abroad crashed and burned, I managed to procure an adjunct position here at home. That's the good news. The bad news is the gargantuan workload that follows. I'm lecturing in two courses (which totals 480 … Continue reading Re-birthed as adjunct

The Neutrino Hunters by Ray Jayawardhana For those without an advanced degree in science jargon, neutrinos are elusive, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny little particles who rarely interact with matter. MATTER of fact... *pause for laughter, followed by immense self-loathing*... trillions of neutrinos pass through the human body each second, and have done so every day … Continue reading The Neutrino Hunters

Before I start, I have to make one thing perfectly clear. I fucking love Batman and Robin. It‘s so bad. But its enjoyment value exceeds any of the other Batman films made, in my humble opinion. The endless insufferable puns, its campy action scenes, the incredibly ominous architecture of Gotham wreathed around eyeless statues. But … Continue reading Mr Freeze’s Freeze Gun

That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles by Dr. Joe Schwarcz When a chemist writes a book with this title, you know he is going to explain to you in chemical terms, exactly, how the cookie crumbles. Dr. Joe Schwarcz, renowned science promoter and professor at McGill University in Montreal, has decades worth of experience dealing … Continue reading That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles