The color-changing pigment xanthommatin may also lead to better, petroleum-free paints. What can't octopuses do?! 🐙 @theoceanwriter.bsky.social has the story for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/biological-c...

I've been adding kefir to my fruit smoothies for years. We did a deep dive into the research of why it's so good for you. cen.acs.org/food/ferment...

Our inaugural Year in Pictures at @cenmag.bsky.social takes a visual look at how chemistry shaped the world—and vice versa—in 2025. cen.acs.org/education/sc...

November rose. My house in D.C. came with several rose plants, and they bloom at unexpected times — even apparently in 44-degree weather.

What a story! Now this is good journalism. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Sports + science fans, rejoice! @cenmag.bsky.social has a bracket -- for chemistry pictures. Check out our cool new feature. cen.acs.org/education/sc...

Help! In the last 24 hours I've been mass followed by hundreds of accounts, most of which I suspect are bots. Has this happened to anyone?

We only saw a light red blush from our neighborhood before it got cloudy last night, but friends in Colorado sent me amazing photos of red and green pillars. There’s another CME on the way, and depending on when it arrives, we might see the #aurora again tonight

The next big breakthroughs in chemistry start here. Explore 10 innovative start-ups in fields including food, agriculture, industrial chemicals, textiles, energy, mining, and drug discovery: cen.acs.org/business/sta... #10StartUpsToWatch #chemsky 🧪

As a mom to a 7yo who grins impishly whenever I ask what 6-7 means, I enjoyed this read! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...

Reading Frankenstein made him want to be a chemist!?! At this year's ACS fall meeting, Victor Olet said this and caught the attention of several of our editors. What a thrill to work with him on this piece about what he's gained by reading the book 25 times cen.acs.org/people/Chemi...

No one has ever photographed a will-'o'-the-wisp, and their origins have been shrouded in mystery. Until now! @annieroth.bsky.social has the spooky season tale for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/environment/... #halloween #spookyseason #chemsky

What makes civet coffee so special -- from a chemical perspective? @maxhenrybarnhart.bsky.social has the story for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/food/ferment...

Here's why we FALL for pumpkin spice every year.

Amen. They have a right to live on this planet just like us.

"Ok, these ROCK!... Very easy and delicious fall treat - I will definitely make them again." These pumpkin chocolate chip bars are made for this season.

Formic acid, the chemical defense for ants in the Formica genus, lends a zesty, citrusy flavor to yogurt made with ants. Would you try it? Liz Langley writes about a traditional Balkan recipe for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/food/ferment...

Primatologist Jane Goodall's recent passing left an incredible legacy that transformed our understanding of chimpanzee behavior and intelligence. New insights show that great apes use medicinal plants to treat wounds like humans. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪

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...