Get your cinnamon out (using supercritical CO2!)
I love DIY chemistry, and this one ranks up there with the best of them. I earlier presented some ways to make your own thin layer chromatography columns to do […]
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Oh, the orreries I have known…
From Merriam-Webster: or·rery noun \ˈȯr-ər-ē, ˈär-\ plural or·rer·ies an apparatus showing the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by balls moved by a clockwork As you can tell, recently […]
Another cautionary tale – planetary motion
Recently, this animation of the Solar System was making the rounds around the Internet, including some very reputable science sites: Unfortunately, it’s wrong. First of all, Jupiter and Saturn are reversed. […]
DIY Bio facilities operate around the country
For those in the DIYBio community, these are heady days. There are now a handful of fully-equipped public DIY biology and biotechnology laboratories operating in North America. In addition, the […]
Top 10 great STEM gifts for 2013
I know it’s a bit late to be putting out a holiday gift guide for this year, so consider this the official guide for STEM gifts for the new year! […]
Contraptor – DIY Open Source Construction Set
I was using StumbleUpon recently and I came across a fantastic new DIY construction set called Contraptor. The idea is that for about $300 in parts, you can get the basic structural […]
Cellulose TLC separations at home (Part II)
See Part I of this adventure here. Part II: In which our hero discovers how to extract fluorescent dyes from permanent markers I found this nice YouTube video demonstrating water-based […]
Cellulose TLC separations at home (Part I)
Thin layer chromatography (TLC) is a quick and easy analytical technique for separating chemical mixtures into their constituent fractions. It has advantages over paper chromatography, including ease of use, reproducibility, […]
Young Makers clubs teach students hands-on skills
I can remember no way that I learned better than by putting my hands on a project and turning it over, taking it apart, and seeing if I could put […]
DIY Spectrometer for $35!
This neat article came across my Twitter feed this morning – a DIY spectrometer for $35! You can view the plans here, and the creators have started a Kickstarter project […]
