Ethical Considerations for Authors and Reviewers

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Important thing to consider while writing a manuscript. Prepared by ACS under publishing your research 101.

From ACS:

Ethical behavior in research and publication form the foundation of scientific discovery and communication. Simply put, experiments should be performed and communicated honestly and with integrity, and attribution should be given to acknowledge the contributions of others.Our editors examine some specific ways in which these principles apply during the publication and peer review process and highlight some of the common problems that arise from both authors and reviewers. 

For reviewers.

NAST organizing 6th National Conference on Science and Technology in Nepal

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NAST is going to organize 6th National Conference on Science and Technology on June 6-8, 2012 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Few details are listed below.

Conference Theme: “Economic Growth through Science, Technology and Innovation".


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM: The scientific program of the conference will include invited key note addresses, plenary lectures, oral and poster presentations. Sectional sessions will be held for paper presentations as categorized in the following disciplinary areas.

   Physical Sciences (including Earth Science and Astronomy)
· Chemical Sciences
· Biological Sciences
· Mathematical Sciences (including Statistics)
· Agriculture and Animal Sciences
· Engineering and Technology/Energy
· Medicine and Health Sciences
· Biotechnology and Food Technology
· Forestry, Environment and Climate Change
· Information and Communication Technology
· Science Education and Public Understanding
REGISTRATION:

Nepali Participants

Institutional: NPR 3000.00/- person
Individual: NPR 1500.00/- person

Foreign Participants

SAARC Countries: US$ 200.00/ person
Other Countries: US$ 500.00/ person
The fees can be paid by bank transfer (T/T or M/T), bank
draft/voucher or money order (D/D) payable to the NAST.
Bank: Nepal Rastra Bank, Thapathali
A/C No. B.O. 610146


CALL FOR PAPERS
by April 12, 2012 (Chaitra 30, 2068).

FOR DETAILS

Awesome Chemistry Videos of 2011

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I have put together some of the awesome chemistry videos which were published in the year of 2011, definitely of my choice. ENJOY. Have a wonderful new year ahead.

1. Soft Robot from Whitesides group at Harvard University.



2.Conductive Silver Ink from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

3. Will it blend? Glow Sticks?

Life's Trek Brings Scientist to U.S. from Nepal

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There were fewer than 1,000 people in the tiny Nepalese village of Tanahun district when Jefferson Lab SRF Scientist Pashupati Dhakal grew up there. He was the son of the village's school principal. And at that time, the local school only went through middle school. Had he stayed there, it would have been a two-hour trek by foot to the nearest high school. Instead, he moved in with his grandfather in Pokhara, a popular tourist destination in Nepal.

                             

"This," he said with a sweep of his hand toward a stunning computer screen shot of the Himalayas, "is the view I woke up to every morning."

Impressive, indeed. Almost as impressive as Dhakal's abilities in math, which came to him early and were nurtured throughout his education. His first physics teacher at Tribhuvan University, where he did his undergraduate work, was, in Dhakal's words, "brilliant" and lured him into the field.

Chemistry activities in Biratnagar, Nepal

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Department of Chemistry, M.M.A.M.C., Biratnagar, Nepal organized an "one day seminar".  This is the third seminar after launching M.Sc./ PhD programme of Physics and Chemistry in 2009.  

Dr. Jagadeesh  Bhattarai, associate Prof from CDC, TU, honored Mr. Tulasi Prasad Niraula, who achieved the best poster award in the International Conference of Advanced Materials and Technology for sustainable Development, 21-23 October, 2011 by garland with Tika. Similarly, Prof. Dr. Sujeet Kumar Chatterjee honored Miss Alina Shakya, who was also the best poster award winner in the same conference. 

Mr. Tulasi Niraula, the Ph.D. scholar, gave seminar presentation on "Conductivity study of surfactants in mixed solvent media". Also, Mr. Sujit Kumar Shah, the Ph.D. scholar gave a presentation on basic information of surfactants. Both of these Ph.D. research scholars are working under the guidance of Prof. Sujeet Kumar Chatterjee and Dr. Ajaya Bhattarai. 

Dr. Jagadeesh Bhattarai presented his talk on "Research Activities on Corrosion in Nepal: An overview". Prof. Dr. Sujeet Kumar Chatterjee shared his view about the research work in the department of Chemistry. He talked about the low cost work research. He emphasized about the devotion of time during the research work. 

During the programme, participants were welcomed by Mr. Balaram Pant (chemistry faculty) and Dr. Ajaya Bhattarai presented the activities of chemists of the eastern part of Nepal. Mr. Narendra Kumar Chaudhary (chemistry faculty) gave vote of thanks. The program was chaired by Mr. Ghanashayam Shrivastav. The programme was announced by Sabita Gautam Dahal, head of the department of Chemistry, Manamohan Polytechnique Institue, Morang. 

Mr. Rajesh Karki presented a laptop to the head of the department of Chemistry. The laptop was purchased with the collection of funds from 38 chemists. List of donors is given below.

Some photos from the program below.

Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) 2011 Awards Announced

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NAST has announced following awards to following personals. Congratulations to all of you.

NAST_Awardees_FY_ 2067_68

Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology completed

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Nepal Chemical Society (NCS) recently organized an international conference on advanced materials and nanotechnology on October 21-23 this year. The conference was organized in collaboration with Central Department of Chemistry, TU in Park Village, Kathmandu. We have received some photos of the program.

All above photos by Krishna Kandel.

Climate Change Research Grants for Nepali Students-2011

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For MS students carrying out their research in Universities in Nepal. They will provide upto Rs 70000. Check out this link for details. Last date to submit is Nov 11, 2011.

http://nast.org.np/alluploads/Terms_of_Reference.pdf

Watch Nobel Prize in Chemistry Announcement LIVE on NepaChem

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Molecular Scissors

Print Page Anant Babu Marahatta (ananta037@gmail.com)
Tohoku Univ.
Japan

You might wonder to know that molecules work like a scissors in the presence of UV radiation. Such molecules are called “molecular scissors”. Here is an example of it in which an azobenzene moiety acts as a handle, a ferrocene unit acts as a pivot point and two phenyl groups act as the blades.

The conformational changes induced by cis-trans isomerization of the azobenzene switch, due to alternating irradiation with UV and visible light, are translated into a rotational movement around the metal center of the ferrocene unit.

Source: a text book about “Controlled Rotary Motion at the Molecular Level”