@brandicossairt.bsky.social
Synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials at the University of Washington.
Quantum dots, which are 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, are unique materials that generate very specific colors of light. Researchers, including @brandicossairt.bsky.social, hope that quantum dots can one day be useful for more than just illuminating TV screens.
03.10.2025 17:00 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Did you know that #InorganicDiscussionWeekend hasn't taken place since Windsor 2023? We're so excited to host you at @WesternU this November 7-9th!
Don't forget to register and submit your abstracts on our website: idw2025.ca
Abstract submissions due October 15th
New from the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.
26.09.2025 17:10 — 👍 167 🔁 86 💬 9 📌 8
Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo
Morning walk
26.09.2025 12:09 — 👍 12469 🔁 3256 💬 68 📌 104
Infographic titled "AI Isn't a Ticket To an A," explaining how chatbots work, what the data show about the prevalence of these technologies and how they're used, what we know about the quality of their output, and what we know about the impact that frequent use of these technologies has on their users and on content creators, low-wage workers, and the environment.
For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )
25.09.2025 10:34 — 👍 799 🔁 296 💬 22 📌 19
A web page asking who will win the #chemnobel?
It gets earlier every year... Next Wednesday, join me and an expert panel to discuss who might win the 2025 #ChemNobel. Free to attend.
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time: 2–3 PM ET
Register here: lnkd.in/eD8cdWRS
Sept. 22, 2025, 5:46 p.m. ET3 hours ago Christina Jewett F.D.A. reporter My inbox is already lighting up. Arthur Caplan, the founding head of the division of medical ethics at N.Y.U. Grossman School of Medicine, wrote: “The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science.”
As the brother of an autistic American, as a person who worked on US scientific integrity policy at the White House, and as human being, I'm boiling at the RFK idiocy. And though I have little to offer beyond surpassing rage and national shame, I did smile at this statement from NYU's Arthur Caplan:
23.09.2025 01:05 — 👍 2970 🔁 694 💬 35 📌 12Everyone in academia should read this piece about our dear, brilliant colleague @durba.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Had so much fun talking to @brandicossairt.bsky.social about what makes quantum dots shine for my recent @uwnews.uw.edu story: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
16.09.2025 23:10 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you Professor @brandicossairt.bsky.social (Professor of Chemistry, University of Washington), MRSEC partner for a wonderful talk on quantum dots at UCF!!! We had an an incredible time learning about the frontiers of quantum dot chemistry and engineering. #mrsec #prem #nsf
13.09.2025 13:54 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.
The American Chemical Society announced that the ACS Board of Directors has approved $2.5 million to be granted to graduate students who have been impacted by the termination or cancellation of their adviser’s research grant(s) cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs... #chemsky
19.08.2025 18:50 — 👍 80 🔁 41 💬 3 📌 7
For a very "direct" response to the new Executive Order, see
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years.
Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.
Well, this is a huge Executive Order power grab...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 65 tenure-track positions and 5 teaching-only positions:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #chemsky #chemjobs
Breaking: NSF is suspending roughly 300 grants with UCLA, following a DOJ finding on Tuesday that the university violated Title VI by "creating a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students."
31.07.2025 17:53 — 👍 357 🔁 224 💬 22 📌 90"Trump’s interference in the sciences is something new. It shares features with the science-damaging policies of Stalin and Hitler, says David Wootton, a historian of science. But in the English-speaking world, it has no precedent, he told me: “This is an unparalleled destruction from within.”
31.07.2025 12:47 — 👍 775 🔁 422 💬 35 📌 9Want to nominate a scientist for an NAS Award but not sure how? Watch the video for a breakdown of the nomination process, policies, and FAQs, and visit www.nasonline.org/awards/how-t... for more information. #NASaward
31.07.2025 15:25 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations! Just pre-ordered my copy!
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Picture of a smiling person holding up a copy of a book.
First copies of my book are here!! As a new faculty member, I realized that in addition to my research job, I also had a leadership job…and I wasn’t prepared for that.
This book is the guide I wish I’d had then, with the goal of helping others now.
jenheemstra.com/book
Pause to consider what this means: The Trump administration will audit admissions data by race, color, and test score.
RACE AND COLOR. COLOR. That’s exactly what Columbia agreed to do.
When’s the last time that someone asked you what color you are? Are you sure the Trump admin agrees with you?
🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area.
Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.
The Senate appropriations committee has voiced its intent to ignore the request by President Donald Trump to slash the budgets of the National Science Foundation and NASA science programs. scim.ag/4nW7XWi
10.07.2025 20:41 — 👍 316 🔁 106 💬 5 📌 18Republicans told us they wanted to vote on their Big Ugly bill promptly at 4pm ET.
We’re here. But it seems they’re not ready to go.
I guess they’re still working on buying the votes they need to cut Medicaid, close hospitals, and kick seniors out of nursing homes.
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
BREAKING: Judge denies NSF's 15% indirect rate plan. Like the DOE and NIH attempts, it too has now been rejected by courts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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