NEW YORK A professor emeritus of chemistry who taught for more than 50 years at Long Island University in New York believes that when it comes to sports injuries, the differences in the chemistry of ligaments and tendons compared to muscle and bone may be overlooked. Its a big unknown, but a lot of ball players are getting hurt today, and I got a feeling their muscles are getting too strong for tendons and ligaments and too strong for each other, Lawrence Rocks said. Rocks is a baseball outsider, although son Burton Rocks is a baseball player agent and author. The elder Rocks said that NASA has done the most research on the physical makeup and atrophying of different elements of the body: i.e., how fast bones lose calcium. The ligaments and tendons are proteins which are also carbohydrates, Rocks said. The meniscus between the bones, thats carbohydrate chemistry. That material is the same type of material in your eyeball. Theres a large carbohydrate component complex carbohydrates, theres dozens of them, in the meniscus between bones, in the cartilage and in some of the tendons. The tendons are not pure muscle. Ultimately, Rocks echoed those directly entrenched in the athletic … Continue reading →

Good Chemistry of Massachusetts was declared out of the running for one of the states medical marijuana dispensary licenses after state officials said it lacked support. But in the wake of that rejection, city officials in Boston and Worcester are going to bat for the company, The Boston Globe reports. According to the report, Good Chemistry is including letters of support from Worcesters mayor, a city councilor, six state legislators, and Boston City Council President Bill Linehan in a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order against the state. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below In letters urging the state to reverse its denial of Good Chemistry of Massachusetts dispensary in Worcester, the mayor, a city councilor, and six state legislators wrote that the company has broad support in the city and is being unfairly penalized. In Boston, City Council President Bill Linehan also wrote a letter to the state in June supporting Good Chemistrys plans for a dispensary in the city. On Tuesday, he said he stands by that support even though state health officials have announced that the company was eliminated. You can read the full Boston Globe report here. Go here to read the rest: Boston, Worcester Officials Support … Continue reading →

Chemistry teachers are known for surprising students with exploding concoctions from time to time. Katy Maligie teaches the subject at American Canyon High School. But as the Wolves volleyball head coach, the only chemistry she wants to see is the kind that makes pistons fire in a well-oiled machine. The 2007 Chico High graduate was a three-year varsity player for the Wildcats, earning All-Eastern Athletic League honors as a junior and again in her senior season, when they finished third out of eight teams. In the two years shes been at American Canyon as JV coach, the Wolves varsity teams have been a far cry from the Chico teams she helped challenge for league titles and make the playoffs. The Wolves have gone a combined 13-37 overall and 8-22 in the Solano County Athletic Conference, placing fourth out of six teams each year. I think the biggest thing I noticed first, she said of when she started coaching at ACHS, was the consistency with the girls. There was no consistency with expectations and that kind of stuff. Coming from a competitive high school program, I was expecting a lot of things that werent here yet because we were still creating … Continue reading →