More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

It's the first day of fall!!!! Psyched for my fav season. Unfortunately, the tree colors are dulling across the planet. Marta Zaraska has the story for @enenkay.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/biological-c... #fall #autumnalequinox #firstdayoffall

7yo at bedtime: “Tell me a story of a toucan hybridizing with a deer.” Me: “That’s impossible.” Kid: “It’s an AI story.” 💀

Jackson Pollock’s famous painting Number 1A, 1948 looms large, both physically and in the history of modern art. But the blue pigment that Pollock used in the painting had been something of a mystery, until now. cen.acs.org/analytical-c... #chemsky 🧪

Chagas disease has dominated headlines, but few stories have explained the actual science of how the parasite takes hold -- and why a lack of testing is the real crisis. @elizabethewalsh.bsky.social tells the story for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/biological-c...

C&EN’s 2025 Trailblazers issue, curated by guest editor Mona Minkara, looks at how chemists with disabilities are solving problems in new ways: cen.acs.org/people/profi... #DisabledInSTEM #chemsky #phdsky #academicsky #STEM 🧪

Can blood vessels survive the eons? A new study claims to have identified hemoglobin in dinosaur fossils. @timvernimmen.bsky.social has the story for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/biological-c...

What's up with today's #GoogleDoodle? @maxhenrybarnhart.bsky.social has all the juicy deets on DNA for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/articles/103...

What a striking and sobering image of metal pollution in Alaska's Kobuk Valley National Park. @fmorningstar.bsky.social writes vividly about the phenomenon for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/environment/...

Fellow science journalists, can I recruit your brain for 20 seconds? I'm teaching a science journalism course at the Global Scientific Conference in Mumbai, India, in October. I'm creating a word cloud around the question "How would you summarize your career in science journalism in one word?"

Flame retardants slow the spread of fires but they can have serious, unintended human health and environmental impacts. Researchers in industry and academia are trying to develop safer chemistries and working on next-generation biobased flame retardants: cen.acs.org/materials/sl... #chemsky 🧪

What's the best fertilizer? Turns out it's a healthy ecosystem with “just the animals and plants doing their thing.” Super cool finding about how bison boost the nitrogen cycle, by Christine Peterson for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/environment/...

The 2025–26 shots are approved only for certain risk groups, but one insurer tells C&EN they’ll cover the shots for everyone. @rowanwalrath.bsky.social has the details for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...

@cenmag.bsky.social's What that Stuff column is back! Check out our super-fascinating exploration of smelling salts, and how they may give athletes a performance boost -- but perhaps not in the way you might think. cen.acs.org/safety/happe... by @elizabethewalsh.bsky.social

Sorry summer but I'm over you -- already thinking about fall. Loved this story about the chemistry of pumpkin spice by @carmendrahl.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social. And now I know what cinnamic aldehydes are! cen.acs.org/articles/92/...

In one of only a handful of studies about heavy metals in reptiles, scientists have made a sobering discovery. cen.acs.org/biological-c... by @joshualearn.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social

Join us for the Careers in Science Communication panel at #ACSFall2025 (11:15 am-12:00 pm). CSC-ACS will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. All activities will be in Marriot Marquis Washington, Shaw room. Panel participant: @cdellamore.bsky.social, C&EN www.comscicon.org/comscicon-ac... #scicomm

This blew my mind: Around 35,000 plant species are used in human medicine, but fewer than 1,000 have been analyzed for their phytochemical properties. We need chemists to study these plants NOW before they disappear. by @bittelmethis.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...

Come for the chemistry, stay for the vivid imagery of carpet bombing, sarcophagi, and dismemberment. cen.acs.org/biological-c... By Soumya Sagar for @cenmag.bsky.social

When life hands you lemons -- use them against bugs! Citrus oil contains limonene and linalool, aromatic compounds that have evolved to protect plants from harmful insects, including aphids and mites. cen.acs.org/environment/...

Critics of scientific publishing suggest reform is needed to resolve the #PeerReviewCrisis. We want to know—What do you think could improve peer review? Are the comments you receive useful? Have you been retaliated against? Share your experience here: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪

So what actually happened with that retracted Science paper on arsenic life? @bribarbu.bsky.social offers a clear rundown on what you should know for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

Turns out there's a lot of chemistry involved in how flash floods come to be—especially in a warming world. Myriam Vidal Valero took a closer look at the connections. cen.acs.org/environment/... #floods #texas #chemsky

Check out our snazzy new site!

Discover the redesigned C&EN website! The site is built to help you stay informed about chemistry, with a streamlined layout, smarter navigation, and curated selections from our editorial team. (I personally think it looks pretty darn snazzy.) cen.acs.org

We all remember how the COVID-19 virus mutated so often. Can the measles virus also do that? @maxhenrybarnhart.bsky.social and @elizabethewalsh.bsky.social delve into the more undercovered aspects of measles for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/biological-c...

C&EN has a full lineup of events planned for #ACSFall2025, and we’d love for you to join us. You’ll find opportunities to connect with peers, hear from leading voices in chemistry, and explore new ideas shaping the field. RSVP here: connect.discoveracs.org/ACS-Fall-202... #chemsky #chem #chemistry

"Though photos are available, we judged the details are best left to the reader’s imagination." ... @laureloldach.bsky.social, I want the gory details, please

It's hard to capture the National Organic Symposium in words. But @cenmag.bsky.social made my try, because it was the conference's 100th birthday ( it doesn't look a day over 49) and also it's my job to capture things in words which is why they paid for me to be there: cen.acs.org/acs-news/mee...

Fun bird ID moment while reading a French bird book in Paris recently. "What's a héron garde-bœufs -- a heron that guards beef?" I mused to my husband. We both imagined a leggy avian standing over a steak. He took a minute and it came to him. "Cattle egret!" OHHHH. Right. #birding

Just in time for Father's Day: I wrote about a postdoc whose baby rejected pumped & frozen milk. His solution? Pitch a project to his PI, do a high-throughput screen for food compounds that block milk fat globule breakdown, and launch a company to develop the result. cen.acs.org/biological-c...

In my first story for @cenmag.bsky.social, I explored how Mozart can boost mice immunity and fungal infections can come from very unexpected sources. cen.acs.org/biological-c...

"Generally, I don’t like to sign things, but ... the future of our research enterprise .... is at stake here." NIH staff spoke frankly to @laureloldach.bsky.social at @cenmag.bsky.social about their decision to sign an open letter asking for a reversal of funding cuts. cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

Fellow Washingtonians -- do you know of any Eritrean scientists, particularly chemists, in the DMV that I could contact for a story? #Chemsky #eritrea

As a cancer survivor, I will 💯 be getting the Moderna vaccine this fall. My colleague @rowanwalrath.bsky.social has the scoop on the updated vaccine and what's been going on lately at FDA. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... for @cenmag.bsky.social

Peter Jaffé has been studying the transport and remediation of pollutants in the environment for 40 years at Princeton University. But now he’s worried about the future of some of his research. cen.acs.org/people/profi... #chemsky 🧪

Ever thought about how an insect gets its green camouflage? It's actually an incredible example of nature's efficiency. Read the story by @bethanyhalford.bsky.social cen.acs.org/biological-c...

Met this charming Scottish Highland cow today at Parsons Farm in Delaware. Validated my decision not to eat beef (since 1998!)

Boated through the northernmost stand of bald cypress in the U.S. today in Delaware’s Trap Pond State Park. Phenomenal. And no mosquitoes, thanks to the bountiful dragonflies, warblers, and flycatchers!

Watership Down. Omg.

Deaths from cancer associated with alcohol use are highest in Washington, D.C. Very curious about why, considering the city has excellent health care. apple.news/A5iFxqNmISmW...

Pretty please?! Our native bees say thank you very much.

Nominate this year's @cenmag.bsky.social Trailblazers! We will be featuring the work of chemists with disabilities and highlighting how they make their workspaces accessible. Before June 4, use this form to tell us about who inspires you—maybe even yourself? :) forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

More recognition for @cenmag.bsky.social: the mag won Best Climate Change Coverage at this year's Neal Awards. 👏 to Matt Blois and Alex Scott whose stories we put forward in our application. Read them here: 🧪 cen.acs.org/environment/... 🧪 cen.acs.org/environment/... 🧪 cen.acs.org/business/bio...

Arsenic in rice (a thread)

What a fascinating story. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/s...

Happy #MothersDay to human & non-human mothers alike! ❤️ Recently this mama opossum came to us in very bad shape. She had puncture wounds on her back & face, lead poisoning, & she was emaciated to top it all off! Despite this, she had 9 healthy joeys growing in her pouch! 😯 #wildlife #rescue

Tuesday evening thought: Shouldn't science journalism editors have their own award? We need some more appreciation about our magic behind the scenes. The Word Magician Award? :) #sciencejournalism

Congrats to the @thebaltimorebanner.com for their Pulitzer! #proudmarylander

The first study to find that children's mattresses are leaking semi-volatile compounds into the air has some sobering takeaways for parents. But experts remind @cenmag.bsky.social that we do have some power over our health. cen.acs.org/safety/consu...