Dan Gezelter
@gezelter.bsky.social
Thinks about chemical education, theoretical chemistry, open science, molecular dynamics, and ice. The first “Dr. Who” for the Jmol team, Bagpiper, Dad. Chemistry Professor & Department Chair @ University of Notre Dame. Posts are my own.
Bagpipes - the first defence against alien invaders? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Banbury bagpipes - the first defence against alien invaders?
Oxfordshire piper's tunes could soon make it to the moon under the plans of an space entrepreneur.
bbc.co.uk
Dr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name.
Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏
Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝)@seven.eurosky.social · 2w ago
I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
I hope Mexico beats England today as revenge for Mexico week on the Great British Bake-off
Coming up this month...we've added an alternate/emo set...chose your flyer, we have rocker red or party pink!
Finally, a measured article about what AI can and can't, and should and shouldn't, do in science. By @trantteam.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
The AI Chemist: To be trustworthy, LLMs need to show their work
Good scientists reveal how they do their experiments and report their results; so should any machine-driven research
cen.acs.org
A proposed Office of Management and Budget rule could affect how science is funded, conducted, and shared. ACS President Rigoberto Hernandez explains what's at stake, and why your voice matters. Submit your comment by July 13: buff.ly/iSlX8wI
To the hackers that threaten to "leak everything" from Canvas... Listen, if y'all think you can get somebody to read a g-d- syllabus, more power to ya, buddy. Good luck, godspeed, I'm not entirely sure you thought this all the way through.
We are aiming for a release of Avogadro 2.0 on 06-Feb (06/02 😉) If you are running into bugs or problems, please report them soon! #compchem discuss.avogadro.cc
Avogadro Discussion
Discussion about the Avogadro molecular editor
discuss.avogadro.cc
It's 10-23 day! So we decided to make a new release: - AutoOptimize Tool 🎉 - New charts and spectra - Easier geometry constraints, including for ORCA input - Plenty of bug fixes and tweaks discuss.avogadro.cc/t/avogadro-1...
Greetings, people of @notredame.bsky.social ! I'll be visiting on Thursday for a public lecture on writing about science in these unprecedented times. science.nd.edu/events/2025/...
An Evening With Carl Zimmer, science journalist and book author
Carl Zimmer is an award-winning New York Times columnist and author of 15 books about science. His talk, "Science, science communications and science jo...
science.nd.edu
I'm headed to Notre Dame next week to give a public lecture on Thursday 9/25 about science writing in an age of <waves hands> all this. Details here: science.nd.edu/events/2025/...
An Evening With Carl Zimmer, science journalist and book author
Carl Zimmer is an award-winning New York Times columnist and author of 15 books about science. His talk, "Science, science communications and science jo...
science.nd.edu
Come be my Neuroscience / Neurochemistry colleague at Notre Dame! apply.interfolio.com/173035
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Come be my colleague at Notre Dame! We’re searching for a theorist this year: chemistryjobs.acs.org/job/tenure-t...
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Our new paper on ice-active solutions (de-icers, cryoprotectants, salts) near ice surfaces is out! doi.org/10.1063/5.02... (also on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2508.03591 )
Molecular dynamics of ice-active solutions at ice–water interfaces
Small molecules that interact strongly with water were the subject of this molecular dynamics (MD) study. These solutes include a cryoprotectant (DMSO), a polya
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
This is an amazing demonstration for talking about chirality and polarimetry.
Jochen Brandt@jochenbrandt.bsky.social · last yr.I would like to take this opportunity to mention one of my favourite papers: pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1... We built one for the Great Exhibition Road festival and it worked! x.com/jesswade/sta...
Research software is increasingly recognised as a core research output, alongside publications and datasets. (1/5) #OpenScience #ResearchSoftware #OpenSource
I made a survey over at Mastodon and found that Fusilli are mostly right-handed spirals, but about a third of the brands is left-handed. So far there seems to be no racemic Fusilli brand. Pasta producerst have achieved a degree of enantiomeric purity chemists can only dream of. 🧪 #chemsky
Lars Fischer@fischblog.bsky.social · last yr.What about pasta salad? Are Fusilli enantiomerically pure? And if so, are there brands which sell D-Fusilli and others that sell L-Fusilli? Has anyone ever researched that? #chemsky 🧪
Complementing other communications about the "Restoring Gold Standard Science" Executive Order, here is a statement from COS. Also, see the links to stories from previous attempts to co-opt open science for policies that undermine science and evidence-based policymaking. www.cos.io/about/news/c...
COS Statement on “Restoring Gold Standard Science” Executive Order
The Executive Order issued on May 23, 2025, Restoring Gold Standard Science, references several open science practices championed by COS and the open science and metascience communities more generally...
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