Our team @cenmag.bsky.social turned our scrolling history of chemistry funding story from earlier this year into a video. It's really cool to see how it turned out youtu.be/KlA9YQsNLTU?...

From Alchemy to AI: The Funds that Fueled Chemistry

YouTube video by Chemical & Engineering News

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The World Cup is heating up and so are the temperatures at the stadiums. Here’s our coverage of the biochemistry behind the performances.

Bethany Halford@bethanyhalford.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've got another chemistry article about football/soccer as the #WorldCup is about to start. This one's about the biochemistry that fuels athletes. #chemsky🧪 cen.acs.org/biological-c...

I've got another chemistry article about football/soccer as the #WorldCup is about to start. This one's about the biochemistry that fuels athletes. #chemsky🧪 cen.acs.org/biological-c...

How biochemistry fuels World Cup athletes

Players may be thinking about soccer, but sugar, salt, and sweat contain the chemical secrets to success

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oh help me, I just figured out I can turn my desk into a giant speaker using bone conducting headphones

"Who designed this game, and why are we playing it?" . . . 🚬

signs you might be a science journalist -- one of my primary takeaways from this excellent profile of USMNT goalkeeper Matt Freese is that he's probably not a fan of preprints www.nbcnews.com/sports/socce...

He’s a Harvard grad who comes from a family of scientists. He’s also the goalie who might lead the U.S. to World Cup glory.

Matt Freese once wrote a college research project on penalty kicks. Now he’s competing to be the starting goalie for the U.S. men’s national team at this summer’s World Cup.

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"We need to think about the consequences of a weakened FDA," says Stephanie Springer: #chemsky 🧪

My Chemical Story: Why I left the FDA and fear for its future

Organizational changes and layoffs that began in 2025 make me worry that the agency will struggle to fulfill its crucial mission

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Thermo Fisher has responded to research integrity activists who spotted apparent manipulation in its antibody catalog: "In ... preparing antibody images for publication on our website, some images may have been adjusted to clarify for presentation purposes." More: cen.acs.org/research-int...

They’re here! Introducing the Talented 12 Class for 2026. These early-career scientists are taking on big global #chemistry challenges. Meet the 2026 Class: cen.acs.org/people/profi... #CENT12 #chemsky 🧪

Hi #chemsky were you affected by the Canvas outage? We at @cenmag.bsky.social would love to hear from you for a potential story! My DMs are open!

Copy promoting the use of AI always seems to have come from a prompt like: "Write about how AI can help journalists, in the style of Dr. Seuss if he went to biz school" The language definitely says things, but it's just so oddly empty, with repetition after repetition.

this comic is a very cool example of the new types of things we're trying out at @physicstoday.aip.org. check it out!

Claire Lamman@clairelamman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

So happy to finally share this: I made a long-form comic about Hawking radiation for Physics Today! Although it's a short read, I hope it sucks you in ;) physicstoday.aip.org/features/bla...

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host @craigofwaffles.bsky.social speaks with C&EN editor @scigorski.bsky.social and graphic artist and freelance illustrator Ryan Inzana about their collaborative efforts to make one of C&EN’s most innovative articles to date. #chemsky 🧪

Uncovered: From alchemy to AI, and the funds behind it all

Join us as we dive deeper into a graphic novelesque experience that sheds light on alchemy, chemistry, and the money that paid for it

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Journo request: I'm working on a story on life after a cancer diagnosis -- late effects of treatment, working with a PCP on specific health needs, and so on. Looking to speak with people with direct experience and doctors who can share their experience learning to provide care/ make decisions.

Poutine is one of the great dishes out there, it’s just fantastic

Craig Bettenhausen@craigofwaffles.bsky.social · 6mo ago

But does the KFC poutine squeak? This is a central question, IMO. One oddity: An A&W restaurant by my college in central Arkansas in 2000 served poutine. The owner similarly was baffled why it wasn't already popular US-wide.

Really proud to be part of the team that put this together cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

The funds that fueled chemistry: A visual history

Explore a visual tour through the history of chemistry research funding, from alchemy to AI

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Chris Gorski@scigorski.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Am busy composing alt text for something I'm really excited about publishing next week: "On the left is a man wearing an apron. On the right is a many wearing a top hat and a coat with tails. He’s wearing a monocle and holding a cane." Why yes, it is about chemistry.

Early in 2025 we started talking about how our team @cenmag.bsky.social could present immersive scrolling stories. This story is what came out of those brainstorming sessions. We've told a broad story about how chemistry research has been funded over the centuries cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

The funds that fueled chemistry: A visual history

Explore a visual tour through the history of chemistry research funding, from alchemy to AI

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Am busy composing alt text for something I'm really excited about publishing next week: "On the left is a man wearing an apron. On the right is a many wearing a top hat and a coat with tails. He’s wearing a monocle and holding a cane." Why yes, it is about chemistry.

Great advice applicable to far more than journalism

Jason GRIZZLED Bittel@bittelmethis.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Anyway, I guess what I'm trying to say is that life is better when you PRESUME WONDER. Share the thing you think is neat. Listen to the person excitedly share the thing THEY think is neat. Even if you already know it, enjoy their enjoyment of sharing. There's nothing more human. 🧪

This essay is incredible. A drop everything and read this piece on learning and thinking

Sumi Madhok@sumimadhok.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Beautiful writing. “…close reading is not magic. Its power lies in argument: always vulnerable, nothing simpler and yet nothing harder. And to clarify my stakes: the way that close reading is powerful is that it lays claim to power.” www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

So, remember that MAHA summit 2 weeks ago that @statnews.com broke the news of and @maxkozlov.bsky.social somehow got into for Nature, even though it was closed to the press? The organizers posted the entire 6.5-hour conference proceedings to YouTube last week. cen.acs.org/policy/MAHA-...

At MAHA Summit, the NIH head pushes for research that risks failure

And 4 other takeaways for life scientists from the ‘off-the-record’ Make America Healthy Again conference

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Love it when I look at a list of important tasks I jotted on a post-it note. Item 4 full text: "Think about this" Super helpful past Chris. Well done.

#chemsky, what made you want to be a chemist? How did you overcome a difficult obstacle? What did it feel like to solve a problem you'd been working on for years? I'm editing this series about how life and chemistry interact. Reach me at c_gorski@acs.org, or encrypted at contactcen@protonmail.com

Chris Gorski@scigorski.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Reading Frankenstein made him want to be a chemist!?! At this year's ACS fall meeting, Victor Olet said this and caught the attention of several of our editors. What a thrill to work with him on this piece about what he's gained by reading the book 25 times cen.acs.org/people/Chemi...

Fifth-Grade Science Paper Doesn't Stand Up To Peer Review

Fifth-Grade Science Paper Doesn't Stand Up To Peer Review

DECATUR, IL—A three-member panel of 10-year-old Michael Nogroski’s fellow classmates at Nathaniel Macon Elementary School unanimously agreed Tuesday that his 327-word essay "Otters" did not meet the r...

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The fine print on this entry is interesting: "The content is adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License." grokipedia.com/page/Heterog... It looks a lot like a copy of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterog...

Will Oremus@willoremus.com · 9mo ago

New: Elon Musk appears to have just launched "Grokipedia," billed as a more right-leaning rival to Wikipedia: grokipedia.com Story to come. If you try it out, I'd be interested to hear what you find.

Working on this with Victor for @cenmag.bsky.social was fascinating

Chris Gorski@scigorski.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Reading Frankenstein made him want to be a chemist!?! At this year's ACS fall meeting, Victor Olet said this and caught the attention of several of our editors. What a thrill to work with him on this piece about what he's gained by reading the book 25 times cen.acs.org/people/Chemi...

Reading Frankenstein made him want to be a chemist!?! At this year's ACS fall meeting, Victor Olet said this and caught the attention of several of our editors. What a thrill to work with him on this piece about what he's gained by reading the book 25 times cen.acs.org/people/Chemi...

My Chemical Story: How ‘Frankenstein’ made me want to be a scientist

The book is more than a tale of horror; it’s a psychological drama about the drive to develop knowledge and be seen

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Very happy about today’s little library findings

cen.acs.org/environment/... At long last, scientists have figured out what causes will-o’-the-wisps. It’s not ghosts or ghouls, but a newly discovered phenomenon called “microlightning.” Learn more in my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social

Spooky will-o’-the-wisps finally explained

A newly discovered molecular phenomenon is responsible for the spectral balls of light seen in swamps and cemeteries

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Reading the novel ‘Frankenstein’ made Victor Olet want to be a scientist working in this was so much fun cen.acs.org/people/Chemi...

My Chemical Story: How ‘Frankenstein’ made me want to be a scientist

The book is more than a tale of horror; it’s a psychological drama about the drive to develop knowledge and be seen

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