Ruth Maust
@ruthmaust.bsky.social
materials science & multimedia art embracing dispersity & diversity ruthmaust.com
This shape-shifting liquid, soaks up sunlight, stores energy, and releases it on demand. Northwestern engineers built a self-assembling liquid that morphs into an energy-storing gel and resets with nothing but air—no metal, no plastic, no battery casi https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=241949
This shape-shifting liquid stores solar energy, and releases it on demand
Northwestern chemists created a liquid that morphs into an energy-storing gel and resets with nothing but air—no metal, no plastic, no battery casing required.
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Good read from @ajc.com: www.ajc.com/sp/forever-c... #ForeverChemicals #EverywhereChemicals
Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire and its toxic legacy
The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.
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Researchers dissolved PFAS in the electrolyte solution of a lithium-containing electrochemical cell. They found that lithium indeed helps break 95% of the strong carbon-fluorine bonds in perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a common PFAS. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
All of these senators pushing "reforms" need to explain how they will enforce them given the fact that ICE is a lawless band of Klansmen that breaks the law constantly.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6mo agoAn extraordinary document. Read it. “Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
Minnesotans don’t want ICE to abduct our neighbors a little differently. We want all of it to stop. And we’ll keep doing everything we can to make that happen. If you’re outside of the state, you should too.
Please reshare! Here's the first in a series of science writing resources I'm posting to my website: A list of science writing/communication internships & fellowships. brittanytrang.com/science-jour... #sciencejournalism #scicomm #scicommjobs #journojobs #sciencewriting #sciwri #stem
Thoughtful people are capable of asking themselves: - do I think gatekeeping is the path to shared safety? - do I think x degree is the only way to select for y behavior? - is there a reason I think Being Technical never has to be explained or defined? - who is the one who gets to enforce it, then?
FINAL DAY of this week on this giving circle for six families & a displacement camp. My appeals no longer make a difference: support only comes from people who clicked “weekly” on a coffee. Join in for emergency medical care for three women, our current priority. chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keeping sustainability work sustainable through creative restoration 💕 nikooshcarlo.kit.com/posts/work-t...
🌐 Work That Lasts 010 | Finding Your Creative Current
Discover how disconnecting from digital overwhelm can unlock your most innovative climate solutions through creative practice and mindful attention.
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Most science degrees never require students to learn how to communicate their work to the public. That gap fuels confusion, mistrust, and missed opportunities to protect lives. Let's change it. Sign the petition to make communication + public engagement training a degree requirement. bit.ly/3LbnfHB
9Zero folks in Seattle -- if you, like me, are into both art & science and you're excited about what that combo can offer climate/sustainability work, come hang out over lunch on Thursday, Nov. 13! luma.com/obuctqn5 🧪 🎨 ✨ (Event also open to people new to 9Zero!)
Lunch and Learn - Artist/Scientist Ruth Maust · Luma
Come hear the story behind the artwork by Ruth Maust in the climate innovation space! Ruth is a mixed media artist who derives insights and influences from her…
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This science story has everything: - a superheroic scientist who has the condition she is battling to drive work on - a riveting scientific breakthrough story (I was gasping) - an absolute gutpunch about whether her work will be defunded www.science.org/content/arti...
Driven by the pain of endometriosis, this scientist is uncovering clues to its causes
Katie Burns is helping reveal the immune system’s role in the long-neglected disease
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This is hands down the best, most enjoyable, and far-ranging discussion that I have had in recent memory. Katie brought so much to this interview about vibecessions, “finance guy” memes as politics of social reproduction in casino capitalism, Bama Rush and DSA. moneywithkatie.com/status-power...
6.25.2025 | A Masterclass on Status, Power, & the Economy with Tressie McMillan Cottom — Millennial Money with Katie
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"The global community must demand accountability for the greenhouse gas emissions and environmental degradation caused by war and the military-industrial complex, particularly as it relates to the destruction of ecosystems, biodiversity, and the atmosphere." www.iuscientists.org/militarism-a...
Militarism: A Leading Cause of Environmental and Climate Crises
By Manabendra Nath Bera. Synopsis - The climate and environmental impacts of war and military operations are often neglected in global climate negotiations. This article highlights how war, being the...
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Raffaele Mezzenga has turned chicken feathers into fuel cell membranes, found myriad purposes for the milk protein whey, and used black bean proteins in aerogels for capturing carbon dioxide from air. cen.acs.org/food/food-sc...
This materials scientist is finding new uses for food waste
Processed proteins can purify water, recover metals, produce energy, and more
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My #Seattle people - come check out my first ever solo art show at foggy tea cafe in pioneer square April 3-26!
MIT professor Desirée Plata designs novel materials to tackle challenging environmental problems and has cofounded two climate- and energy-related start-ups: Moxair and Nth Cycle. cen.acs.org/people/profi... #chemsky🧪 #scinews
Desirée Plata: Chemist, oceanographer, engineer, entrepreneur
MIT professor is passionate about reducing the chemical industry’s impact on the environment and human health
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😡 angry for the folks dealing with this
Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 2y agoApparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.
Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions
Interest piece on career transition from academia to industry
Chemistry World@chemistryworld.com · 2y agoThe decision to shift from academia to industry is not easy and can be accompanied by a sense of loss. For those going through it, Matteo Tardelli asks 'How do you re-establish a scientific identity in an industry context?' www.chemistryworld.com/careers/re-e...
If you’re not in LA, please consider sharing this link for mutual aid resources those impacted by the fires: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
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2024 podcast rundown “Your top podcasts [spotify] 1 Normal Gossip 2 The Stoop 3 Coaching Real Leaders 4 Hidden Brain 5 Called to be Bad”
Ruth Maust@ruthmaust.bsky.social · 2y ago🎧 Personal faves this summer/fall: Beyonce — BODYGUARD Billie Eilish — everything i wanted Cleo Sol — Mother (album) Uncle Kenny Kendrick Lamar — GNX (album)
🎧 Personal faves this summer/fall: Beyonce — BODYGUARD Billie Eilish — everything i wanted Cleo Sol — Mother (album) Uncle Kenny Kendrick Lamar — GNX (album)
And this will become more problematic with the limitations of this backward-ass Google AI nonsense. Look at this screenshot. I've asked Google if male foxes stay single. It's definitive in its response. And it's response comes from the same webpage above, which argues _against_ this idea!!!!!
