Jake Yeston
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Editor at Science Magazine, shepherding chemistry papers; views here are my own; he/him
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וגר לא תלחץ ואתם ידעתם את נפש הגר כי גרים הייתם בארץ מצרים
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Latest from
@policyhound.bsky.social
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U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
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Science Magazine
about 15 hours ago
In two new Science studies, researchers report strategies to maximize the incorporation of hydrogen and carbon atoms into hydrocarbon compounds, offering sustainable routes to liquid fuel production with improved efficiency. Learn more in a new
#SciencePerspective
:
https://scim.ag/3WCdUew
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Two diverging paths for clean fuel
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis can produce liquid fuels from nonpetroleum sources
https://scim.ag/3WCdUew
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Adam Serwer
about 15 hours ago
Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning
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emptywheel
about 19 hours ago
Sabrina Shroff is a hero.
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CISS (chirality induced spin selectivity) observations are coming up on 30 years old, but how chiral molecules polarize electron spin is still bewildering. This week in
@science.org
an NREL team observe the inverse effect (spin to charge) with a clear THz signature
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Ultrafast inverse chirality-induced spin selectivity observed by THz emission
Chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) phenomena arise from an interplay among structural chirality, electron spin orientation, and charge current. Steady-state observations such as magnetoresistan...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4885
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)
about 18 hours ago
Ginkgo Bioworks is extending a partnership agreement with Bayer to continue developing microbial nitrogen fixation technologies for agriculture.
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Ginkgo Bioworks and Bayer extend partnership
Ginkgo will continue developing microbial nitrogen fixation technologies for agriculture
https://cen.acs.org/business/agriculture/Gingko-Bioworks-Bayer-extend-partnership/103/web/2025/11?sc=251106_sc_eng_bs_cen
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Derek Lowe
3 days ago
It’s true that some scientific results can’t be replicated. And it’s also true that some people do the right thing when that happens:
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Taking It Back, The Right Way
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/taking-it-back-right-way
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Courtney Roberts
1 day ago
Our group’s latest work is out today in
@nature.com
! Our goal is to enable any chemist to be able to easily access an aryne intermediate! So Chris, Sal, and Felicia teamed up to design what we think is the ideal aryne precursor. Danny and
@jnboyn.bsky.social
helped us understand the activation!
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Myriad Aryne Derivatives from Carboxylic Acids
Nature - Myriad Aryne Derivatives from Carboxylic Acids
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rdcu.be/eOqqd&source=gmail-imap&ust=1762967259000000&usg=AOvVaw2aGB271_QlCAvAc7YfUi2l
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)
1 day ago
Illuminating new research offers chemists a simple and mild method for making arynes—a challenging type of strained molecule. Using a new precursor activated by blue light, researchers were able to access elusive aryne intermediates.
cen.acs.org/synthesis/re...
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Let there be light-activated arynes
Making these strained intermediates just got easier, thanks to new precursors that react in the presence of blue light
https://cen.acs.org/synthesis/reagents/Let-light-activated-arynes/103/web/2025/11?sc=251106_sc_eng_bs_cen
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jamelle
1 day ago
very lovely day in alexandria, va. this morning
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️
1 day ago
What was the hardest part of grad school for you? Was it having a kid, the thesis defense? I told them nope, it was being the only & the first. The only Inupiaq at UW Madison for most of my years there, one of 250 Natives on a campus of over 40K, the first Native to earn a PhD in my program🧵
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)
2 days ago
While companies are using more recycled plastics than before, many are not on track to reach their targets. Blaming market difficulties, some have walked back sustainability targets and extended deadlines.
cen.acs.org/environment/...
#chemsky
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Plastics recycling is in trouble
Consumer product companies have walked back their plastics sustainability goals, and many recyclers are closing their doors
https://cen.acs.org/environment/recycling/Plastics-recycling-trouble/103/web/2025/11?sc=251105_sc_eng_bs_cen
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BeijingPalmer
3 days ago
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
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Dirk Trauner
2 days ago
It was wonderful to return to UC Berkeley and deliver a lecture with Clayton Heathcock in the audience.
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A big part of the enduring strength of the United States of America is that NYC could elect a Muslim mayor a scant generation after 9/11
2 days ago
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Carolyn Bertozzi
4 days ago
Shout out to
@amgen.bsky.social
rock band Sugar Box, proud to wear your merch! 😃
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ArtButMakeItSports
5 days ago
Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
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nagib lab
6 days ago
THE Organic Chemistry Buckeye Tailgate! 👀 Sevov Zhang Raps Thomas Labs
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Radley Balko
10 days ago
So a lot of the anger and accusations directed at Jordan Silverman came out of the forum DCUrbanMom. After my article yesterday, here's a thread with some interesting comments about the site's role, including one from the moderator.
www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts...
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Article on Falsely Accused Washington Hebrew Congregation Preschool Teacher
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1298660.page
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Chemjobber
10 days ago
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 273 tenure-track positions and 32 teaching-only positions:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#facultychemjobs
#chemsky
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The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcB_oy4jXVGaqenGU31KYTi2KxvryzR1wt4Oo-_OcQ8/edit?usp=sharing
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Would you describe the fire as A) Release of phlogiston into dephlogisticated air B) Consumption of oxygen to generate a calx C) Consumption of oxygen to generate fixed air D) One of the four elements
11 days ago
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In all seriousness more frustrating than hilarious
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Radley Balko
11 days ago
New from me: Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong. This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.
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Accusing Jordan Silverman
A D.C. teaching assistant was accused of molesting up to 15 kids. Multiple law enforcement agencies cleared him. But his nightmare was just beginning.
https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/accusing-jordan-silverman
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Carolannie
13 days ago
My favorite coffee cup when I sit
#inside
reading the news on a rainy day
#Photography
#BlueSkyArtShow
#EastCoastKin
#Interiors
#BlackAndWhite
#Monochrome
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Stephanie 🎀
17 days ago
For the enjoyment of
#ChemSky
scrollers, an origami BCC unit cell. The origami has grown quite a bit since then, and continues to grow, but I wanted to share my project at this particular stage with chemists and crystallographers.
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Science Magazine
18 days ago
The October issue of
#ScienceRobotics
is out! This month's cover highlights a zebrafish-inspired robot that can replicate visually guided optomotor responses to stabilize its position against river currents. Learn about this research and more:
https://scim.ag/4nJWNDm
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Chemistry World
18 days ago
Earlier this year, a paper came out that suggested for many organic reactions stirring has little effect on reactions rates. Now, a group has released a preprint arguing that stirring remains critical for reproducibility, selectivity and scalability.
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All stirred up: chemical engineers refute claims that ‘stirring doesn’t matter’
Failing to mix reactions in heterogeneous or industrial systems could cause numerous issues and might even be dangerous, preprint claims
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/all-stirred-up-chemical-engineers-refute-claims-that-stirring-doesnt-matter/4022333.article?utm_campaign=organic_social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Dogwood tree
20 days ago
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Wojtek Stawski
22 days ago
Super happy that I could contribute to this excellent paper! The holy grail of oligo-porphyrin chemistry was finally made 😍
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My 81 yo mother was fooled by an American Airlines spoof website scam and didn’t find out the (very real-looking!) ticket was fake till she got to the airport and I just really hate the people who spend their days doing that to people
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Also in
@science.org
this week, the Gaich and Schneider groups report total synthesis of (−)-spiroaspertrione A chemsky🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The total synthesis of (−)-spiroaspertrione A: A divinylcyclopropane rearrangement approach
The rise of multidrug-resistant pathogens poses a major threat to global health, with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among the most challenging. One promising approach to overcomin...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz7593
22 days ago
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Lots of great chemsky content in
@science.org
this week, including a remarkable porphyrin nanobelt from the Saywell and Anderson groups 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
22 days ago
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Andre the Chemist
22 days ago
What is thermodynamics, Ken?
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Frances Separovic
23 days ago
Maud Menten was born in Canada in 1879 and completed her UG and MD education at University of Toronto. As a research assistant with Leonor Michaelis in 1912, they wrote the classic paper describing the “Michaelis-Menten” model of enzyme kinetics..
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Probably the most impressive thing about Faraday is the extent to which he’d be the most famous chemist if he weren’t also one of the most famous physicists.
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23 days ago
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Philip Ball
23 days ago
Just popped into the Royal Institution for a coffee, to discover they have a lovely display on benzene to mark the bicentenary of Faraday's discovery of it. Here are his notes, his paper, and one of his first samples. Glorious.
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Dan Garisto
24 days ago
Not common to see a 7-byline story in the wild, but that's what the situation calls for when the government shuts down and every science agency needs to be checked in on for RIFs, grant terminations, and general dysfunction. Our update on what the chaos means for science here:
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Scientists lose jobs and grants as US government shutdown takes a toll
Hundreds of people at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have received layoff notices, and work at many federal laboratories has been suspended.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03365-1
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Dong Group at UChicago
24 days ago
Thrilled to see our recent Nature Chemistry work featured in
@cenmag.bsky.social
! Big thanks to
@bribarbu.bsky.social
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These shape-shifting rings create customizable cores
1,2-oxaborines can shift into 11 different ring shapes to make modifying molecular cores easy
https://cen.acs.org/synthesis/shape-shifting-rings-create-customizable/103/web/2025/10
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🏳️⚧️ Josephine Riesman
25 days ago
If this isn't the last video that MTV ever plays, I will be so furious:
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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis)
26 days ago
Current reports suggest that in about 10 hours (8am local time) all of the living hostages in Gaza will be released. Bodies of murdered hostages that Hamas still controls should be released in the following hours. International mechanism will be set up to search for remaining bodies.
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My favorite self-devised cocktail—equal parts Ceylon arrack, St George NOLA coffee, and Carpano bianco
26 days ago
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Becky Hammer
26 days ago
PSA: this pumpkin brioche from Trader Joe's makes great french toast
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Sorry yesterday’s pangram was ridiculouslike
27 days ago
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I’m kind of a fro-yo minimalist but tonight I tasted the 10yo’s kitchen-sink death-by-chocolate overflowing cup of glop and ngl it was amazing😭
28 days ago
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Matt Saucier
28 days ago
Congrats and thanks to Neil Garg, Ralph Zhao, and co-workers for publishing
#OrgLett
's first Safety Letter: Evaluation of the Popular Oxidant 2-Iodobenzoic Acid (IBX)
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https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c02282
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Yair Wallach
28 days ago
There's every reason in the world to be wary of what's coming next, but we can still be happy for the children of Gaza and the hostages' families.
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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis)
28 days ago
Ceasefire in effect. Not impossible that this is the end of the Gaza war.
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Andre the Chemist
29 days ago
There's been a lot of evidence put out there recently that scientists and tech folks should have to take more humanities courses in their education.
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Science Magazine
29 days ago
As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds took note. Leveraging nature’s own experiment, scientists and the public joined forces to show how different species responded to sudden midafternoon darkness followed by a new “dawn.” Learn more this week in Science:
https://scim.ag/48WbhLL
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