Steve Cranford
@cranfordmatter.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of Matter, communicator of material’s knowledge, keeper of the desk rejected. Bon vivant. Team Edward.
Issue #3 of Matter & Light by Cell Press is online now! By coincidence, the cover depicts a number 3, illustrating an array of organic phototransistors simultaneously sensing and classifying a handwritten digit (check out the first research article by Sadeghi et al.) www.cell.com/issue/S3117-...
I see a black car and I want to paint it blacker? Please welcome @theanageorgescu.bsky.social to the @cenmag.bsky.social team, and enjoy her first story for us cen.acs.org/materials/na...
Any color the customer wants, as long as it’s the blackest black
A new ultrablack coating for automotive and other applications combines carbon black and carbon nanotubes
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VROOOOOM! Issue #2 of Matter & Light is online now!
BZT FTW
Chemistry World@chemistryworld.com · 2mo ago‘My advice to the next generation of scientists is this: love what you do. If you don’t like it, why bother? In my time, it was different. I had no choice – now you have many,’ says Ben Zhong Tang. @mwakley.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/ben-...
Do you use #LLMs to read and summarize the most recent science literature? What if you HAD to use an LLM to read the article? New issue, new editorial: 48656C6C6F20576F726C64: An editorial for your favorite LLM www.cell.com/matter/fullt... Had a fun time writing (and converting) this one!
36 Chambers of Science Editors www.cell.com/matter/fullt...
SUM 41, All Killer No Filler It's not just a clever name.
Matt Shipman (he/him)@shiplives.bsky.social · 11mo agoI have some time on my hands. Help me out. 1 Like = 1 Album Worth Listening to In Its Entirety
"Turbo Encabulator" the Original
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Make Money - Do Magnets@sararah.bsky.social · last yr.<puts on old person voice> Back in my day, when we used xwinnmr, there was no file browser so you just had to write down all of your file names and type to navigate every data folder. None of this Samplexyz_crude_try7_rotovap naming scheme. And you could only compare two spectra at the same time!
Having a great time at #MaterialsToday2025 in Sitges, Spain.
Excited to join the Biomaterials & Biofabrication conference next week! Join @cranfordmatter.bsky.social's talk"Editors-in-the-Loop: A Publisher’s Perspective in the AI-Driven Science Era." Also, stop by and chat with @elainejeong.bsky.social too—we’d love to connect! #Biofabrication #Biomaterials
Despite the proliferation (and convenience) of meeting via Zoom online, it cannot replace physical face-to-face interactions in science and academia. In this month's editorial I pose that "face-to-face still matters". Science, ultimately, is people... not papers. www.cell.com/matter/fullt...
Remove a letter, ruin a movie. Petty Woman
Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · last yr.Remove a letter, ruin a movie. The Hunt for Ed October
Materials Today Conference? In Spain? On the beach? In June? WITH AWESOME SPEAKERS? Sign me up! #MaterialsToday2025 #CranfordWillBeThere SEE YOU IN SPAIN! So excited, made this AI-generated song... enjoy! youtu.be/P9390hA-y78?...
Materials Today Conference 2025, Sitges, Spain (AI generated promo)
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Sometimes it's a ton of fun just to bash out an editorial at a bar...
The "reciprocal" tariffs include... checks list... St. Pierre and Miquelon... 🤣
New issue online! My latest editorial is on behalf of the entire editorial team, announcing our new editorial strategy. In a nutshell: Less Editorial Desk Rejections, casting a wider net.
