Category Archives: Chemistry

Chemistry on the data web

By Deepak Singh | Published: February 21, 2009

While most might equate my interests, and this blog, with biology, the fact remains that I am a trained chemist. Which is why it gives me great pleasure to see chemistry opening up a little bit. Some of my favorite bloggers are chemists, and with people like Rich, Rajarshi and Egon active online, there is [...]

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When molecules go viral

By Deepak Singh | Published: February 4, 2009

Image by Shevralay via Flickr What happens when a compound goes viral? I am sure you’ve thought about this many times. For the 2 of you not on FriendFeed, I point you to a post by Antony Williams on the Chemspider blog where he announces embeddable chemical structures. Picking up on an idea from Cameron [...]

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Web as platform: A chemistry journal on the web

By Deepak Singh | Published: December 12, 2008

Image via WikipediaEarlier today, I read this interesting blog post from Antony Williams announcing The ChemSpider Journal of Chemistry. In his words The ChemSpider Journal of Chemistry is an experiment. We intend to demonstrate how modern web technologies can be used to dramatically enhance the type of information that can be communicated using web-based tools [...]

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Words to remember

By Deepak Singh | Published: September 18, 2007

A patent is not a license to kick back; itâ€™s a reminder to keep moving. Derek Lowe talks about useful compounds that may never become drugs, and drops some words of wisdom in the process Technorati Tags: Chemistry, Drug Development, Patents

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