Congratulations to @geoffreywcoates.bsky.social , who was announced as a laureate of The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry! We’re thrilled to celebrate this remarkable achievement 🥳👏🎉 fi.edu/en/awards/fr...
looks like someone got inspired by the ugly black coating on their stir bar after doing a reaction with Na or BuLi!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... I'm excited to be able to share this publication from Shilin, Moritz and Jackie!
It's a pink dinosaur! As a lady I was unable to resist buying it for myself due to the color, berry smell, and wanting to see dinosaur pictures when I shower in the morning.
We had some visitors in lab today! 🐈⬛
Tom Clancy's Chemical Applications of Group Theory: A murder mystery
It was way more sane than I expected, but if you want the typical Dave experience he was recently interviewed by Tucker Carlson...
In the first reaction scheme a cartoon chicken is being treated with chlorine. On the left side of the equation the chicken is saying “uck, uck, uck”. On the right aside it is saying “cluck cluck cluck”. In the second reaction scheme, the chicken is saying “uck uck uck”. It is treated with fluorine and there is a question mark on the right hand side of the equation asking what the chicken would be saying.
Chicken chemistry 101 a halogenation reactions. #chemsky
I am once again using my foster kittens to illustrate catalytic polymer functionalization
"Under the terms of the executive order, political appointees loyal to the president can willfully find justification to label any research finding as scientific misconduct"
This should terrify every single scientist in America.
Two possible reasons for this are:
1.) Women, POC and/or disabled people are more likely to do equity oriented work
2.) Women, POC and/or disabled people have been marked as DEI regardless of what they do
The government will try to point to the former reason when it is in reality the latter
I'm the 1st scientist in my family. My parents were amazed I could attend @caltech.edu, an elite private school, for my PhD studies FOR FREE. In fact, I was paid to become a PhD chemist. STEM is a pathway to a good career. I study TB- a disease that impacts millions. Fund NIH.
Even apart from all the bribery, I'm amazed that no one is raising concerns about sabotage or the plane being equipped with spyware.
Sourdough bread and traditional loaves have high hydration and little or no fat or sugar, so they can take the higher temperatures, especially if they have a chewy crust. Other breads need lower temps so the crust doesn't get too dark
NSF at 75 years, image of planetary shapes and starlight
The National Science Foundation marks its 75th anniversary this week.
Rather than celebrate, it's time to save it.
www.savensf.com/nsf-at-75-to...
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damn
NSF REU sites awarded:
2015 - 207
2016 - 232
2017 - 248
2018 - 204
2019 - 209
2020 - 222
2021 - 189
2022 - 219
2023 - 212
2024 - 217
2025 - 52
This is not likely to increase; REU awards are made early in the year to enable recruitment for summer.
U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
We are saddened by the recent loss of Fred Greene, professor emeritus and physical organic chemist. A member of our community for over 40 years, he was a beloved professor and mentor, celebrated for his lasting impact on generations of chemists.
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
The "brain drain" is not going to come from scientists moving abroad, but from scientists being forced into work that does not require their expertise so that they can pay their bills.
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Agreed. However, not all non-faculty are admin. There are a lot of scientific staff running instrumentation facilities, doing research, etc. Those who aren't paid directly from grants or user fees are often supported by overhead.
A quote by H. Holden Thorp, Editor-in-chief of Science journals, reads: "The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced." The text is presented on a black background with white lettering.
"… it is the words and actions of all members of the scientific community … that form the collective voice of science …," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4hR6ux0
The response of the science community to the last month is not about one statement or action. It's about all of us with our different frames. For Science's part, we are doing what we have always done and have no plans to change. My thoughts on what we can do. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Let’s say that, conservatively, the 2.3 million federal employees spent an average of two hours dealing with, having meetings about, or just thinking about the OPM email. Captain Efficiency over there just cost the government 4.6 million person-hours for literally no reason.
Great coverage of the Newcomb-Cleveland prize winner in #ScienceAdviser @nerdychristie.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...
Found this in my @effinbirds.com backfile today and seems needed with all the BS at HHS this week
