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Bess Vlaisavljevich

@bessvlai.bsky.social

#CompChem #Radiochem at the University of Iowa. Loves cats and avoiding the news. UMN Alum. Former Air National Guard member.

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Bess Vlaisavljevich @bessvlai.bsky.social · last yr.

Check out our newest preprint with @ewerpointe.bsky.social and Jorge Barroso! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

Dipole Characteristics of Polymers with Main-Chain Polar Rings: Impact of Dipole Strength and Orientation on Reactivity and Material Properties

Dipole-dipole interactions arising from polar side chains can greatly enhance the performance of polymers compared to their nonpolar analogues. Incorporating polar functionality into the main chain wo...

chemrxiv.org

Zahra Fakhraai@zahrafakhraai.bsky.social · last yr.

NSF used to be $8.5b, they are proposing to cut it down to below $4b. The grants funded more 5000 graduate students directly or indirectly and the majority of basic research in natural sciences and humanities. What is our priority?

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doctor eep (alt decorative gourd season)@absolutely-not.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: ice costs 8.5 billion dollars a year, provides no revenue, pays third countries to run concentration camps for deportees, and yesterday trump directed them to hire at least 20,000 additional people, doubling their workforce. i don't think that can cost less than three billion dollars.

Bess Vlaisavljevich @bessvlai.bsky.social · last yr.

New work out by @rcsabya.bsky.social and undergrad co-author Naomi Rehberg! Continuing our interest in actinide-arene and borohydride bonds. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Computational Investigation of the Chemical Bond between An(III) Ions and Soft-Donor Ligands

The chemical bonding of actinide ions with arene and borohydride ligands is explored via quantum chemical methods to understand how the transuranium elements interact with soft-donor ligands. Specific...

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Kit Yates@kityates.bsky.social · last yr.

"We urge all leaders, not to ignore or contradict advice that is supported by a consensus of evidence. We urge policymakers to help boost people’s confidence in vaccines, and not to undermine scientific and medical institutions or the process of research." www.nature.com/artic...

Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them

Nature - Attacks on vaccines and the cancellation of research into what causes vaccine hesitancy puts people in harm’s way.

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Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · last yr.

When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵

A screenshot of a social media post from Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) dated March 4, 2025, at 4:30 AM. The post states: “All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
David Abergel@davidabergel.bsky.social · last yr.

Would like to highlight a paper we published today in @naturephysics.bsky.social, as it's a really big moment for the journal. It's our first primary research paper in Physics Education Research. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bias in physics peer recognition does not explain gaps in perceived peer recognition - Nature Physics

The degree to which students perceive recognition as a physics person from their peers is known to be important. Now, women report lower perceived peer recognition than men, even after controlling for...

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