Professor and former students develop organic chemistry game app
(World News Science)

A swipe of the finger across an iPhone screen launches molecules at targets through the open neck of an Erlenmeyer flask in an educational app a UCLA chemistry professor developed with his students. Neil Garg, along with several former undergraduate chemistry students, created an app that teaches standard concepts in organic chemistry. “Backside Attack,� named after the chemical reaction featured in the app, will be available for download on iOS later this month for free. “A few students (from my Chemistry 14D: “Organic Reactions and Pharmaceuticals� course) mentioned they wanted to do something that would impact science education,� Garg said. “We...