20 Mar 2005

• The Molecule of the Week section is being updated regularly once again!

31 Oct 2004

• Okay, so Conrad hasn't been able to update the site in a long time due to work and school commitments. But he promises that he is working on some neat new lessons and programs for the site.
• This site is best viewed with Mozilla Firefox, a free web browser that is faster, more secure, and less obnoxious than Internet Explorer (for example, Firefox blocks pop-up windows). ION recommends that you download it from getfirefox.com today (available for Windows, MacOS X, and Linux).

20 Jun 2004

• The Molecule of the Week section is online!

09 Feb 2004

• First update in a while... more is coming in the very near future. Anyhow, in recent weeks NASA has announced that no more service missions will be dispatched to the Hubble Space Telescope, effectively dooming the instrument. This is an about-face from previous plans, which called for equipment repairs and upgrades to allow the Telescope to keep exploring the universe. Though this isn't directly chemistry related, much information about the chemistry of the universe can be gained through spectroscopic studies with the Hubble. In light of this fact, Conrad has chosen to post a link to a petition for NASA to reconsider its decision. If you support the Hubble Space Telescpe, click the picture below to visit the petition site:
  
• A new section, Molecule of the Week, is coming soon.

29 Jul 2003

• The gases lesson is finally online!
• The gases lesson was written using cascading style sheets and DHTML, and is the first page to be formatted almost exclusively by class structure (for you web geeks out there). This means that if the page looks really strangely formatted, try upgrading your web browser (IE, Netscape, Mozilla, whatever; all should work, all seem to at least partially implement the new CSS3 revisions). If this does not solve the problem, please contact us.