There is no product which is so completely destined to become micro plastics than a spool of weed whacker cord

I'm reviewing a paper and can't seem to find the ratings of mid, real, and sus.

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Don't trash kids' artwork when stored in the garage it's a serviceable carbon sink.

The feature on my AirPods that turns off the volume when I talk needs to use AI to know when I'm talking to my cat.

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Out of all the modern tech stuff--streaming, smart watch/fitness tracking, phone, social media, podcast addiction etc.--my AI usage is the one that makes me feel the least shitty.

I'm interviewing synthetic organic chemists for a postdoc position in my lab at the beautiful University of Rochester in electronic polymers for applications in haptics and materials for space....

The best free attraction in America is the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton Ohio. You're welcome :-)

Congrats to Debika Datta and colleagues at the UC San Diego MRSEC for this work: use of cyanobacteria for the green catalytic polymerization of a printable form of conductive PEDOT (in complex with PSS), a ubiquitous electrode for bioelectronics. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Polymerization of 3D Printable PEDOT:PSS Catalyzed by Cyanobacteria

Sustainable chemical synthesis is important to reduce hazardous reagents and minimize their environmental impact. Most biocatalytic approaches rely on purified enzymes or engineered microbes. In contr...

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How to turn commercial silicone PDMS elastomers like Sylgard-184 into photoresists using additives most labs already have on hand: direct patterning of microfluidic devices and cantilevers for measuring contractions of mechanically active cells. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Simple Method for Photopatterning Commercial PDMS Using an Off-the-Shelf Photodeactivated Hydrosilylation Inhibitor

This paper describes a method of micropatterning commercial silicone elastomers using a photodeactivated hydrosilylation inhibitor. The method uses small doses of 365 nm light and is compatible with c...

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Bowie arrest day is practically a holiday in my hometown. 50th anniversary today.

Streak from Manly Battleships@manlystreak.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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Work life integration. Fluid flow in metallic tubes, friction, and organic lubricants playing John Williams on a Saturday at University of Rochester.

An advantage of moving from a quarter system to semester system is that I can finally get to the last three chapters of Israelachvili.

The biggest change on a recent visit to my high school is the ubiquity of water bottles on every student's desk. It's as if they wanted us anhydrous.

I made a build with compute because taste

If I call sewing a homemade stuffy with my kid a "build," can i keep my engineering credentials?

Encalmed by the knowledge that when I lost an anxiety pill between the seat and the gear shift, I could total synthesize a new one.

If my prepared meat ever made it into a sandwich, I think I would like it to be pulled.

My first live performance of the derivation of the Derjaguin approximation in 9 years. A solid B+

Olympic biathlon considers beta blockers to be performance enhancing drugs, yet classical musicians take these all the time for auditions and big concerts. Yay or nay for scientific talks?

Apparently many seasonal Reese's peanut butter candies like pumpkins, hearts, etc., are not made with cacao but with "chocolatey" coating. I wonder if we can also save money by affecting reactions with "palladiumy" catalysts.

The safest place in the house.

Is there another way to be committed other than deeply?

What level of percolation or entanglement theory do I need to predict how long hair has to be before it clogs the shower drain?

The CITI research security training had one question: I have completed the research security training (yes/no). Yes. Correct!

When I authorized an electrical shutdown in the building, I asked the entire department if the date was OK, except, apparently, my own lab. Now I'm down a $3000 GPC column and no dept chair I can blame.