Martin M. Thuo , FNAI

A cartoon of a bottle of hydrochloric acid. It is doing a crossword. It is concentrating very hard. It is concentrating hydrochloric acid. Pen on paper cartoon drawn in 2001.

Concentrating Hydrochloric Acid

This cartoon turns 24 this year.....#chemsky 🧪

4- vs 5- smells more like a parity/symmetry (odd- vs even-) effect. Similar dilemma in melting point of hydrocarbons and their folding behavior.

The LA fires are a human tragedy. But Republican lawmakers don't seem to care about human beings, so let's re-frame it.

The GDP of the County of Los Angeles is larger than the GDP of all but ~20 countries.

It has a larger GDP than Sweden or Taiwan.

Helping it recover is incredibly important.

Reading comments👇🏾 and 🙈! I am a scientist who came from nothing. No $ can buy grit, faith, resilience etc. grad school stipend was priceless- it was more than enough. Sorry but I believe character development and discipline will make more scientists than more resources. My apologies if I offend.

Does Africa need a light source? At ~US$ 1 billion initial cost and US$100 million annual maintenance, can the continent do it or should there be other priorities? #chemsky
www.africanlightsource.org

Aged and balanced...

The #mountaingorillas in #Rwanda's #VolcanoesNationalPark are extraordinary!

Our end of the year iCANX finale will be starting shortly, please join at www.ican-x.com #nano #materials

Kostya Novoselov @ NU Singapore @nobelprize.bsky.social kicks off the African MRS meeting in Kigali, Rwanda africanmrs.net/rwanda-2024/ #nano #materials @materials-mrs.bsky.social

Amazing plenary lineup today at the African @materials-mrs.bsky.social meeting in Kigali Profs. @francesarnold.bsky.social @caltech.edu, Martin Thuo @ncstate.bsky.social, & Nick Kotov @umichigan.bsky.social + CEO Tony Githinji STL Kenya #nano #materials + I will be speaking this afternoon

Missed that one!! a great group of gorillas!

Self-Assembly Trick Makes Transistors and Diodes The technique uses liquid metal to build nanoscale and microscale electronics

Using liquid metal, scientists have devised a new way to make electronics that assemble themselves, with prototypes including transistors and diodes. By @cqchoi.bsky.social for @ieeespectrum.bsky.social spectrum.ieee.org/self-assembly

Liquid metal particles can self-assemble into electronics A cheap method for forming the tiny components of chips, such as transistors and diodes, harnesses simple fluid physics to make the electronics self-assembling

This is nothing like the liquid metal Terminator, thankfully, but self-assembling electronics could radically transform how we make computer chips.

It could also be much cheaper than today's billion-dollar chip fabs with their expensive lithography machines. 🧪

www.newscientist.com/article/2459...

Liquid metal particles can self-assemble into electronics A cheap method for forming the tiny components of chips, such as transistors and diodes, harnesses simple fluid physics to make the electronics self-assembling

or if you are a subscriber: www.newscientist.com/article/2459...

Self-Assembly Trick Makes Transistors and Diodes The technique uses liquid metal to build nanoscale and microscale electronics

onwards to the NSF ICORP nationals, will this the be the biggest challenge yet? Thanks @shiplives.bsky.social, @cqchoi.bsky.social and @jeremyhsu.bsky.social for fantastic highlights of this work!

spectrum.ieee.org/self-assembly

I don't know if it's Christmas yet in America, but if so, allow me to share my favorite Christmas meme.

Cognitive Diversity for Creativity and Inclusive Growth Cognitive diversity explores aspects beyond traditional lenses of culture, physical diversity, and merit and into variations in problem solving skills. Understanding aspects that need to be recognize....

🌟 Excited to share our latest publication with @smmtgroup.bsky.social in Angewandte Chemie on the power of cognitive diversity in science!

Let's champion diversity for a brighter future! 🌍🔬

📖 Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#ChemSky #Blackacademics #DEI

New migrant from the other app, where are #chem #materials people!