Monthly Archives: June 2009


[Translate] I was looking for something in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s website and found they had just taken over the special chemistry search engine ChemSpider. I tried a seach for luciferin to test it out and found it gave a HUGE amount of information useful to occupational hygienist including:

ChemSpider


[Translate] I was surprised at the extent of the destruction of world chemical weapons stockpiles, though I suspect the auditing processes in some counties would be less than transparent. The National Academies Press (NAP) send me emails on new releases of its publications. One I received today is

World chemical weapons stockpiles


[Translate] I usually produce reports as PDF files – its great as it retains the exact formatting, including pagination and special fonts. Levels of security can also be embedded. However, I sometimes need to convert a PDF file to be used on a word processor like Microsoft Office.

Converting PDF files to Word and Excel