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Research Group of J. Cabana

@cabanachemistry.bsky.social

We conduct research in inorganic solid-state chemistry at University of Illinois Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory. Currently geeking about electrochemistry. Group posts, curated by Jordi.

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Research Group of J. Cabana@cabanachemistry.bsky.social · last wk.

As usual, devil in the details, but looks promising! “The [UIDP I-PhD] is designed to enable students to complete their degrees within four years” “Industry partners will provide matching commitments to cover at least one year of practical experience” www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-par...

NSF partners with universities and industry on pilot initiative for four-year Ph.D. programs with real-world research placements

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a $47 million investment over five years, along with additional financial commitments from nearly three dozen universities and private industry...

nsf.gov

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 2w ago

My read is that "Science: A New Golden Age" is not P2025 (radical new vision with personnel) nor the OMB rule (using CFR to make sweeping changes). It is another in the line of 'golden' science ideas: lots of rhetoric about greatness, but an unclear connex. to specific policy changes.

Research Group of J. Cabana@cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 2w ago

“[F]unding for the [Genesis] mission is low, especially compared with that being raised by private firms. For instance, Periodic Labs, a start-up company in Menlo Park that is focused on building an ‘AI scientist’ that can drive autonomous labs, is likely to raise $500 million”

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 2w ago

White House science policy captured headlines this week, with the announcement of awards for its flagship AI program, Congressional hearings, and a Vannevar Bush-esque report "Science: A New Golden Age." We fashioned the news into one big story—incl. key updates at NSF. Reported w/ Kaia Glickman:

Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social · 2w ago

Obviously you can't and shouldn't separate the report from the administration that produced it, but some of the arguments and ideas could usefully be taken up by a different administration towards different purposes.

Research Group of J. Cabana@cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 3w ago

“One analysis of the published comments, undertaken by STAT and researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, found that around 95% opposed the rule, with just 1% supporting it.” 🧪 www.aip.org/fyi/proposed...

Proposed Grantmaking Reforms Prompt Huge, Negative Response

The response to the OMB’s proposed rule on federal financial assistance appears to be overwhelmingly negative, with strong opposition from science groups.

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Research Group of J. Cabana@cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Well, then… “James Zou has spent “well over US$100,000” on artificial intelligence in the past year.” Not to mention that postdocs actually do experiments. Autonomous labs won’t be cheap! Are we sure the cost of science is going to go down? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

AI bills can be as big as a postdoc salary. Is the cost worth it?

Recent price hikes, usage limitations and unreliable outputs are causing some scientific researchers to think twice about using artificial intelligence.

nature.com

Felix Hamer • electricfelix@electricfelix.eurosky.social · 3mo ago

"This increase in renewable energy is supported by the deployment of batteries, which will be needed to store clean electricity for times when the sun doesn’t shine & the wind doesn’t blow. BNEF increased its projection for global energy storage from 220 gigawatts in 2025 to 2,000 gigawatts by 2035"

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Akshat Rathi@akshatrathi.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Renewables are unstoppable. BNEF's New Energy Outlook for this year says solar is set to be the biggest source of electricity in 2032 and wind will be second biggest in 2034. Both coal and gas displaced from those thrones. This is the business-as-usual scenario. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Rob Cyran@robcyran.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You can tell how far a tech feature has come standard based on modifiers. At first you had to specify solar included storage then eventually everyone assumes it does so you have to specify it doesn’t. In the 60s you said color TV. In the 70s you said black and white TV because that was unusual.

Jenny Chase@solarchase.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Not really the point of this article but I can't believe the editors let us use 'plain vanilla photovoltaics (PV)' to refer to solar without storage.

A screenshot of a BloombergNEF article, including a chart of a load duration curve showing that supplying a rising proportion of hours of the year with solar and storage goes up slowly to about 95%, then more sharply, and goes asymptotic to 100%. This is specifically in Saudi Arabia where the sunshine is pretty constant. Text says, "Solar is the cheapest source of electricity in many countries, including Saudi Arabia, where BloombergNEF estimates a levelized cost of plain vanilla photovoltaics (PV) at $15 per megawatt-hour. This is not necessarily useful to run the ranks of data centers the country aims to host, though, as their high capex means they need to run nearly constantly to amortize that cost. Adding a battery can change that — especially in the Saudi climate, where solar generates a similar high amount of electricity nearly every day of the year. Batteries seldom sit either empty or full for multiple days. BNEF estimates that PV and batteries could supply 99.5% availability for a baseload demand source like a data center, for a cost of just $70 per megawatt-hour (MWh) — more expensive than gas at $40-49/MWh, but not massively so."
C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)@cenmag.bsky.social · 4mo ago

National Lab Research SLAM event brings chemistry to Capitol Hill The Department of Energy annually sends early-career scientists to the Capitol to share their research in just 3 min. This year, chemistry was a focus. #chemsky 🧪

National Lab Research SLAM event brings chemistry to Capitol Hill

The Department of Energy annually sends early-career scientists to the Capitol to share their research in just 3 min. This year, chemistry was a focus

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Research Group of J. Cabana@cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The first step of oxidizing the premier Li-ion battery solvents is simply a “reverse PCET”, but complexity explodes from there. It is a network of intertwined intermediates and products. Even with one solvent/salt! Check out how in our new paper #battchat www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Networks of electrochemical oxidation of common lithium-ion Battery solvents revealed by NMR spectroscopy

Raising the upper cutoff voltage of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) to increase energy density often exceeds the electrolyte’s anodic stability limit, ac…

sciencedirect.com

Research Group of J. Cabana@cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“Here’s what hadn’t changed in those 27 years: the basic model of graduate STEM training still rested on extracting maximum labor at minimum cost, justified as “training” rather than employment” sciencepolicyinsider.substack.com/p/below-mini...

Below Minimum Wage: The System We Built and the System We're Losing

How a back-of-the-envelope calculation adds up to everything we need to fix as we rebuild the scientific structures that are crumbling.

sciencepolicyinsider.substack.com

Research Group of J. Cabana@cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 5mo ago

That’s one Big Battery “The clean energy resources funded through the agreement include a 300 megawatt (30 gigawatt-hour) Form Energy iron-air battery system installation” #battchat newsroom.xcelenergy.com/news/xcel-en...

Xcel Energy to power new Google data center in Minnesota

The project will provide a significant contribution to the state’s economy, including a large buildout of new clean energy projects.

newsroom.xcelenergy.com

Research Group of J. Cabana@cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Now, that is an idea: “The organizers of the [IJCAI] have sought to limit submissions by introducing a policy that requires researchers to pay US$100 for every subsequent paper after their first. These payments then get distributed between reviewers.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science

Preprint repositories and conference organizers are having to counter a tide of ‘AI slop’ submissions.

nature.com