Upcoming Chemistry Magic Show for UCD Chemistry Club
The Chemistry Club will participate in the annual Picnic Day on April 18, 2015. There will be four Magic Shows at 10:30am, 11:30am, 1pm, and 2pm. Tickets are first come first serve, with people lining up as early as 6:00am. The Chemistry Club at UC Davis provides outreach shows and demonstrations to schools, community groups, and UC Davis students. The annual audience of Chemistry Club events exceeds 2000 participants, ranging from 5...
SCC Chemistry Club at Club Day
This year at Club Day, SCC Chemistry Club wowed the general student population at SCC once again with the ACS booth. The main attraction of the booth this year was the “Blue Bottle Reaction”, which is known for its color changing properties, going from blue to clear, and back to blue if shaken. To make this solution, Sodium Hydroxide and Glucose were dissolved in water with a little bit of Methylene Blue, which is an...
Discoveries: Could an HIV drug beat strep throat, flesh-eating bacteria?
With antibiotic resistance on the rise, scientists are looking for innovative ways to combat bacterial infections. The pathogen that causes conditions from strep throat to flesh-eating disease is among them, but scientists have now found a tool that could help them fight it: a drug approved to treat HIV. Their work, appearing in the journal ACS Chemical Biology, could someday lead to new treatments. Douglas A. Mitchell and colleagues...
Executive Committee Members and Members-at-Large
Our current members of the Executive Committee and Members-at-Large who regularly attend our monthly board meetings. Our next Executive Committee meeting will be February 28th at 6pm- location to be determined. We will have a teleconferencing option if you cannot make it in person. Please email any Executive Committee member or Member-At-Large for more information. Chair Bill Miller millerw@scc.losrios.edu Chair Elect Currently vacant...