- One of the best things that ever happened to me (bit by bit), as someone who used to have such an exclusive interest in #chemistry that I'd not be able to talk about anything else—I think anyone #neurodivergent and easily fascinated with "special interests" knows that feeling—was that I was basically compelled by circumstances to make friends with people who didn't know the slightest thing about chemistry, and probably never would ever take an interest in the subject. That hurts a bit of course…I can't deny that. (cont'd)
- Scientists synthesized #potassium cobalt arsenate, a new magnetic #honeycomb lattice material where structural distortions cause #cobalt spins to strongly couple and align, serving as a stepping stone toward #quantum spin liquids.#MaterialScience #Chemistry #Physics #sflorghttps://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ms01162601.html
- Researchers engineered a virus-mimicking dual-layer nanoparticle to condense and protect #nucleic acids, then subjected the formulation to #lyophilization (freeze-drying) and storage at -20°C to validate its stability and rehydration properties. #Oncology #Chemistry #Pharmaceutical #Nanotechnology #sflorg https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ongy01162601.html
- Today in the classroom:We had a snow day yesterday, which helped me recover some energy & vigor.First year chem will review for their bonding test next week.Second year chem is starting kinetics. We'll look at the overall principle and write some reaction rate expressions. We'll also connect it to stoichiometry and consider rate ratios for products and reactants. They'll also finish their gases homework if we have time.#teaching #chemistry
- 🐎 'Proteins are the workhorses of our cells.'🔎 Using nanopore technology, Prof. Giovanni Maglia developed a method to identify exactly which proteins are important to our health.🏆 For his research, he won the FSE Impact award.Curious? Read more 👇🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/health-and-life/getting-to-grips-with-the-workhorses-of-our-body🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #proteins #nanopores #technology #biophysics #chemistry #molecular #biology #research #Impact #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen
- FAIR4Chem-Awardees 2026 nominated 🎆The winners are: 🥁Marius Michael Engler, Technische Universität Ilmenau&Johannes Schenk, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität JenaCongratulations!https://nfdi4chem.de/fair4chem-awardees-2026/#chemistry #Chemie #rdm #fdm #researchdata #openscience
- Hoarfrosted web. This occurs when water vapor in the air skips the liquid stage and turns directly into ice crystals (deposition) upon touching a freezing surface. Because spider silk is so thin, it cools down very quickly, making it a great anchor for ice crystals to grow. #nature #science #chemistry #science #winter #photo #biology
- @RickiTarr “Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.” – Albert EinsteinSpeaking of things that *most people* find hard to comprehend, molecules are beautiful, too! https://www.youtube.com/live/Wlp8sqUmQ18#Chemistry #Science #SciViz #MolViz
- In the #Chemistry Department at #Texas A&M ‘University’ is it still allowed to describe shapes of some molecules as “Platonic solids” if they have the #symmetry of a tetrahedron, octahedron, cube, etc…? 🤔 https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/01/14/plato-professor-texas-am#Resist #censorship.Protect #AcademicFreedom.
- 🍁 Each spring, sugar maples perform liquid alchemy. When nights freeze and days thaw, trees turn temperature swings into pressure, pushing sweet sap through vessels. From dozens of gallons of clear elixir comes one gallon of amber syrup, concentrated sunshine born of patient physics and fire.Explore the sweet science: 📖 https://TPC8.short.gy/7sULKHdN✨ Trees share their stored sunshine with those who wait.#MapleSyrup #Trees #FoodScience #Nature #Physics #Chemistry #Spring #Science #Forests #TPC8
- Today in the classroom:First year chem is wrapping up ionic and covalent bonding. We'll draw some Lewis structures together on whiteboards and then they'll have time to work on their review materials for the test on Friday.Second year chem is wrapping up gases. We'll do AP Chem practice multiple choice questions and a couple calculations before they finish up their weekly homework. No test this week, we'll move into kinetics tomorrow.#chemistry #teaching
- I have put together a webapp called Q-Shape. It is a browser-based tool for quantitative coordination geometry analysis. Q-Shape has results parity with the classic SHAPE software, but aims to be much easier to use. Tests and feedback are welcome.https://github.com/HenriqueCSJ/q-shape#CompChem #Chemistry
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