Craig Bettenhausen

And I'm supposed to believe that it looks like a groovy space-age rocket purely by coincidence? 🚀

The CEO office is pretty sweet, but it's not crazy lavish. The reception desk is the main real luxury about it. Although they're renovating so who knows.

Important reporting and context around the announcement of changes to EPA emissions regulations

Yikes!

New #podcast episode just dropped, this one on #antimicrobial drug discovery cen.acs.org/biological-c... 30 min listen, here's a teaser. #science #chemistry #pharma @cenmag.bsky.social

But even with just a train ride, do I risk my own personal Vigreux column?

This specific time, it's for the American Chemical Society meeting in DC. I'm based in Baltimore, so bringing a bit of glassware wouldn't be out of the question ...

Hey ##chemsky, brainstorm with me. I'm doing street interviews at the fall ACS meeting. What are some forearm-length lab things I could clip a microphone onto to be on-brand?

Research Specialist- NMR Focus Job Description: Research Specialist - NMR Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so...

NMR Job at 3M.

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#Chemsky #NMR

No matter what you think of #CO2 capture and conversion, the question of how best to scale new technologies is an interesting one. #business #chemistry #CCUS.

Why try to catch carbon in the East River? #CCUS #NYC #skylight #flashes

It's me, hi, I'm the reporter, it's me.

Ooo, neat! I hope to see more about what you learn there.

I'm pretty handy, but I dont know how to fix the soles melting off of my shoes

Okay yeah we might be in a heat wave. #melted #JustDoIt #adhesives

For some Western firms, China is the place for carbon dioxide utilization Cleantech chemistry start-ups are scaling up in the Middle Kingdom rather than at home

I set out to write about CO₂ utilization, the U in #CCUS. It became a story about #cleantech in #China. Check out the article in C&EN to find out why (it's at least three things, that's not a teaser for teasers' sake)

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Eurofins has the biggest highlighters I've ever seen. #swag

Bioprospectors mine microbial genomes for antibiotic gold But turning what they find into drugs isn’t so easy

TIL that the idiom "pans out" is derived from gold panning. Oh and a lot of interesting things about antibiotics drug discovery cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... @cenmag.bsky.social Look for a C&EN Uncovered episode on this article soon, btw

Podcast: Can humans change the ocean's pH to fight climate change? Can climate catastrophe be stymied by tweaking seawater chemistry?

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, @craigofwaffles.bsky.social speaks with @fmorningstar.bsky.social about her recent C&EN cover story concerning ocean alkalinity enhancement as a method to combat climate change by increasing ocean alkalinity to absorb more CO₂. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky

Tear gas and pepper spray: What protesters need to know Experts discuss the use and chemistry of the riot-control agents and how to neutralize their effects

Back in 2020, when protesters gathered around the country calling for the end of police brutality and were met with tear gas and pepper spray, my colleague @craigofwaffles.bsky.social reported on the chemistry of such riot-control agents. The story still seems pertinent: cen.acs.org/policy/chemi...

Why some human brains don’t break down after thousands of years An unexplored mechanism may explain how human brains can be preserved for up to 12,000 years

Wanna know more about preserving brains?
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I wish mom and dad had gotten a divorce before they had the chance to cancel my grant #chemsky

TIL the Society of Flavor Chemists exists @mattblois.bsky.social HT: Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) in #NYC

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EPA’s Safer Choice survives, diminished The green chemistry program for consumer products was absorbed into a larger chemical office at the US agency

EPA's Safer Choice program, which helps green chemistry get stable footing in consumer products, has survived the EPA reorganization. Advocates say the program needs continued support and advocacy.

Read more in C&EN:

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Incidentally, @cenmag.bsky.social is hiring a reporter to cover chemical engineering. This small-CCU thing really is a chem eng question about reactor size and behind-the-meter renewables. I dabble, but I am more of a synthetic chemist by training recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1095ACHM/...

Let's see: Efficiency of the system but also product distribution, octane, sulfur level... what else do we want to know? I contacted them last night to learn more and might even be able to visit when I'm in NYC next week for C&EN.

Atmospheric CO₂ to gasoline on an NYC roof. Aircela unveiled their working prototype recently and a central notion is that Fischer-Tropsch was never best at multi-ton scales. What do you think, #chemsky? #DAC #CCUS

C&EN is #hiring a reporter to cover chemical #engineering. Be warned, if you get this job I'm going to have a LOT of story ideas for you :)
recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1095ACHM/...

I feel sorry for him. The women in my household have all kinds of good ideas that make my life better.