Scientists Create New Tools for Battling Secondhand Smoke

Scientists Create New Tools for Battling Secondhand Smoke

Dartmouth researchers make a breakthrough in secondhand smoke exposure technology.

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Chemistry in Action Transcends the Classroom

Chemistry in Action Transcends the Classroom

Chemistry Professor F. Jon Kull takes his class outside in the snow for a dramatic display of chemicals in a thermite reaction that produced an exothermic light show.

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Dartmouth Research Pursues Problematic Polymers

Dartmouth Research Pursues Problematic Polymers

Polymers, in everything from shopping bags to ski boots, make our material world what it is today. Jane Lipson works to understand their structure and predict their behavior.

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Better Chemistry Through Cartoons

Better Chemistry Through Cartoons

Elements, reactions, and bonds—as film stars? Of course, says chemistry professor Jimmy Wu.

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American Chemical Society Honors Professors David Lemal and Russell Hughes

American Chemical Society Honors Professors David Lemal and Russell Hughes

The two Dartmouth faculty members are among 213 chemists named 2011 American Chemical Society Fellows.

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Knowledge on the Move

Knowledge on the Move

New findings by Dartmouth faculty and students have immediate impact when the College reaches out to local schools and shares research findings with the larger community.

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Investigator Spotlights

Investigator Spotlights

Dartmouth Now spotlights three individuals— Mark Spaller, Judy Stern, and Jeffrey Taube—who are among the Dartmouth researchers awarded $14.5 million during February.

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NSF Recognizes Dartmouth Professor with CAREER Award

NSF Recognizes Dartmouth Professor with CAREER Award

Assistant Professor Jimmy Wu was awarded the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, which acknowledges faculty who excel as teachers and researchers.

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Graduate Student Wins Scholarship from American Chemical Society

Graduate Student Wins Scholarship from American Chemical Society

Xin Su, a graduate student in chemistry, was one of 11 students chosen to participate in the Chemical Abstract Services Student Information Exchange Program.

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Dartmouth Previews National Science and Engineering Festival in the Upper Valley

Dartmouth Previews National Science and Engineering Festival in the Upper Valley

In preparation for the nation’s inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival, Dartmouth faculty and graduate students will lead hands-on exhibits at the Montshire and VINS on September 11.

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