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Panel meeting at ICBIC conference

#ICBIC #ChemSky

Harry Gray:
“If you make a mistake, and you will, own up to it, and move on.”

Obituary: Gabor A. Somorjai The UC Berkeley professor was considered the ‘father of modern surface chemistry’

Gabor A. Somorjai, known for his pioneering work in surface chemistry and catalysis, died July 7 in Palo Alto, California. He was 90 years old. cen.acs.org/people/obitu... #chemsky

Ok well, I'm giving this a go #chemsky 🧪 #NMRchat for buying an autosampler. Allegedly the tariff on this would be ~$3100.

I'll link to the form below, but sections 7,8,9 require longer-form response.

Here's my draft, you should be able to comment. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Greening chemistry: Time is a terrible reagent to waste. Collage shows an analog clock with an image of a person in a laboratory superimposed on the clock face, underneath the hands, which point to 5 o’clock.

Hours spent on chemical reactions can’t be recycled. Let’s make sure we conserve the ultimate nonrenewable resource: cen.acs.org/synthesis/gr...

#chemsky #chemistry #chem #phdsky #academicsky #STEM #phdchat #academicchatter 🧪

The mystery of em‑dashes: part two with quantitative evidence A couple of weeks ago I made an assumption: the rise of em‑dashes in AI‑generated text happened because model providers started scanning older, pre‑Kindle books.

The mystery of em‑dashes: part two with quantitative evidence
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Well worth a watch.

www.birs.ca/events/2025/...

Chemistry for the visually impaired that can be felt, heard and smelt The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, recently brought chemistry alive for students with sight loss

The stunning visuals of flame tests and clock reactions aren't accessible to visually impaired students. At the 75th Yusuf Hamied Chemistry Camp for Visually Challenged Students, educators reimagined experiments to engage touch, smell and sound. #ChemSky

UK chemistry industry professionals

Please fill in this short survey to help CAMS help us all by modernizing what graduates are taught with respect to data handling. Which can be as simple as organizing yourself and naming files sensibly! #chemsky

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Snakeleev: A Gamified Serious Game for Learning the Periodic Table This work introduces Snakeleev, a gamified serious game designed to enhance learning and memorization of the periodic table of chemical elements through an engaging and interactive experience (https:/...

For all #ChemSky community!
A new game 🎮
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Spent many a happy (and productive) hour at the SSSC during my time at the UofS, enabled by the great facilities and more importantly by the flexible expertise of the hard-working personnel. Great to see them being recognised in this special issue, congrats to Sammy and all.

An enhanced three-stage model for sodium storage in hard carbons A comprehensive understanding of the sodium storage mechanism in hard carbons is essential for developing more efficient anode materials and improving the electrochemical performance of sodium-ion bat...

Our scientists decoded how #sodium is stored in battery anodes:
❌it doesn't intercalate btw material layers
✅it follows a 3-stage process inside hard carbon
In perspective: + efficient #anode materials based on hard #carbon for optimized 🔋 performance
#energystorage #chemsky

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Yes, but only if they're hot dogs.

BEFORE THE BATHROOM SCALE WAS INVENTED, THE ONLY WAY TO WEIGH PEOPLE WAS MASS SPECTROMETRY.

Love today’s #xkcd comic on
#MassSpec
🤣

meme. A girl hits her head against a door handle. Next to her is a panel that says: 一本、一台、一匹、一丁、 一冊、一切れ、一枚、一杯 、一品、一羽、一輪、一着 、一個、一株、一軒、etc. A picture of the same girl and door handle but now a safety feature has been attached to prevent her from hitting her head. She's happy and sticks up her thumb. Next to her is a big 一つ

what is water?

スクリーンショット：「名前なし さんがオーナーです。　名前なし さん、名前なし さん、名前なし さん、名前なし さん、他1人と共有しています。」

笑

"Hey, do you think it's safe to go out?"
"Yeah, let's go for it!"

Not sorry.

FAIR WARNING: It’s ground squirrel kiddo season and excessive cuteness levels may occur or be occurring 🌿

Screenshot of a form for registering a password, the instructions state "must be at least 8 characters long", but the error shows "must be 10-20 nonblank characters"

ChemDraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw
@Revvity Signals

My latest #BadKeyboard: The MCKeyb!

I built a keyboard in modded Minecraft, then hooked it up through a webserver and a wireless microcontroller, so it appears as a USB keyboard on a different computer. I then used it to post "Hello World!" to bluesky, from minecraft.

Collage of six photos of flowers. From top left, clockwise: yuki-yanagi (many small white flowers), daffodil (cream with yellow corona), rosemary (small violet flowers), Persian buttercup (vivid red), Christmas rose (green in centre, white with purple edges) and strawberry (five well separated petals surrounding a yellow pistil).

ACS has a "Why do You Support Science?" form - not really clear how it will be used, but there is an anonymous option: connect.discoveracs.org/Why-do-You-S...

#chemsky 🧪⚗️

A very large Exmoor Horn ram, with a small yet noticeable smile.

look at this absolute unit

Share with US students who had their offers of admission withdrawn for PhD programs:

Apply to Canada. Check out Canadian professors, and contact us. Our system works differently here, and we are all still, technically, able to accept students for Fall 2025.

Swedish battery maker Northvolt files for bankruptcy as cash runs out Northvolt, the Swedish maker of battery cells for electric vehicles, said on Wednesday it has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden, bringing to an end Europe's best hope of developing a rival to major Asian EV battery players.

Northvolt, the Swedish maker of battery cells for electric vehicles, said it has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden, bringing to an end Europe's best hope of developing a rival to major Asian EV battery players reut.rs/3FihCEA