Doing a polymer hydrogel lab for mechanical engineers, and 9 out of 10 ask if they can eat it. And one actually did.

A scientist from Zambia who loves — LOVES! — chemistry runs a lab in South Africa that is being hailed for "extraordinary" work. n.pr/4spvLU2

Inside a rare lab that's blazing a bold trail as it hunts for new drugs

A scientist from Zambia who loves — LOVES! — chemistry runs a lab in South Africa that is being hailed for "extraordinary" work.

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On the other hand, the cow is happier and so is our climate. Oat milk goes perfect with coffee!

C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)@cenmag.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Your soy-milk latte not only tastes different than the whole-milk version—it flows differently too. How milk flows affects everything from how long it lasts on a shelf to how it feels in your mouth. #chemsky 🧪

This is an extremely valid point. I use AI, and my students do (too much unfortunately) as it can be good. But you must know how to learn first!

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The purpose of studying anything isn't the subject itself but to learn how to *think* like an expert about it. People outsourcing their thinking to genAI are not learning how to think, at all. Part of the cognitive atrophy that genAI immediately induces is no longer being able to understand this

I'm devoping a free,, OS, chem. Research org. System (ELN with mol. Drawing, inventory etc) and would be looking for beta testers and bug finders soon. If interrested write to jonsun at dtu.dk

But hey, it's Nature!

Johannes Gierschner@gierschner.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🤦‍♂️Not again: Nature's "Scientific Reports" is spamming me exactly in the same way as all the predatory journals out there... ...the 'Guest Editors' not even made an effort to look up the names of the "Dear Professor", nor their expertise #ChemSky #CompChemSky #PiSky #ResearchIntegrity

📢We are delighted to share the latest in our series of Tutorial Review articles: "A beginner's guide to spin crossover" by Phimphaka Harding and David Harding. Read it here👇 doi.org/10.1039/D6CE... 📍Suranaree University of Technology @groupharding.bsky.social #Chemsky 🧪

Hey, did you know we got Co2 electrolysers that can turn waste gas into useful chemicals? We could just set up a circular manufacturing economy if we want to skip all that war for oil stuff. Anyone? #EnergySky #ChemSky 🧪 engineering.washu.edu/news/2025/In...

Inexpensive materials transform waste carbon into energy-rich compounds

Feng Jiao’s lab provides alternative to boost compatibility with renewable energy

engineering.washu.edu

If you like blues rock and jam-bands, Tedeschi Trucks Band just released 'Future Soul' and it is REALLY good (and it has a robot on the cover, robots are always cool). Available on most streaming services ffm.to/ttb-futuresoul

FUTURE SOUL

Out now!

ffm.to

Flight books, hotel reserved, Material Society Spring Meeting is less than .... a few weeks away. (This will be my only long-trip this year, and did none last year so I feel I can do it with some semi-good conscientiousness)

We are still looking for members, admins and moderators. Anonymous or not. :)

Jonas Sundberg@sundberg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We have established a neurodivergent community on Discourse, autistic-academics.discourse.group, and we're still looking for people interesting in helping moderating/administration AS well as being members of the community. Please spread! #chemsky

I don't drink anymore. But my anti-anxiety meds get me wired up some times. So now I have a photo frame of Waylon Jennings on my office wall. Greatest country singer of all time! #chemsky

Are you an autistic student, researcher, or faculty member? Join our peer-led community at Autistic Academics! 🎓🌿 ✅ Self-diagnosis validated ✅ Anonymity welcomed ✅ No masking required Find your people: autistic-academics.discourse.group #ActuallyAutistic #AcademicSky #AcademicTwitter

Avogadro 2.0 drops April 1st — and no, that's not a joke! 🧪⚗️ Now's the perfect time to help improve translations before release. Every language matters for chemistry worldwide. #opensource #openscience hosted.weblate.org/engage/avoga...

Students do not appreciate irony when related to grades.... first complaint of the year. 💣

We have established a neurodivergent community on Discourse, autistic-academics.discourse.group, and we're still looking for people interesting in helping moderating/administration AS well as being members of the community. Please spread! #chemsky

Autistic Academics

autistic-academics.discourse.group

Jonas Sundberg@sundberg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Me and @stecanossa.bsky.social is trying to setup a community for autistics and NDs? Anyoneome wanna join? Discord or similar.

Me and @stecanossa.bsky.social is trying to setup a community for autistics and NDs? Anyoneome wanna join? Discord or similar.

Mid-term evaluation week is coming up!

Is there any autisttic/ND community established on e.g. Discord? If not, interest in? #chemsky

I put up the code on github.com/sfmlab/mole2d for anyone wanting to test it. It's full f bugs, but works if you just need to draw a molecule here and there. :) And I'm working on making it much better (and part of a bigger suite)

GitHub - sfmlab/mole2d: mole2d demo software

mole2d demo software. Contribute to sfmlab/mole2d development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Jonas Sundberg@sundberg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

But in principle, a chem/mol-drawing software is just a vector draing program with specific constraints so....

Is anyone using GitHub/CoPilot to develop chem-based apps? I'm not decidedly pro or anti AI, but we lost license to ChemDraw and it took me less than a day using Github with GPT model to create a ChemDraw clone that serves 99% of my purpose. It writes, tests, and corrects the code autonomously....

#ozchem #chemsky

Nicole J. Rijs@njrijs.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Happy Friday! 🌞 We're recruiting a PhD candidate here in Sydney! Link with detail below. If this sounds like it might be a fit for someone in your network, please reshare. Interested applicants are welcome to reach out to me with questions. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Love this instruction on how to make soup from your smoothie. 1. Open bottle. 2. Pour in bowl.

Just wrote an email basically asking to be depromoted. Fighting all my life to get where I am. Not sure how to feel.

New UV/Vis from Ocean Optics arrived today. It really lives up to the compact product name. Oo Will ultimately be setup for in-line flow measurements for adsorption and continous flow synthesis. 💣

I think we should normalize a 10-year productivity drop after becoming a parent. I barely keep my head above water and it's all thanks to my fantastic partner who does most of the heavy lifting.

ChemistryViews@chemistryviews.bsky.social · last yr.

Supporting Active Parents in Academia: A Plea for a Better Future Is it possible to build a successful scientific career while being an active parent? Takeaways from the Global Women’s Breakfast event at Wiley-VCH www.chemistryviews.org/supporting-a...

Whya are IDEX fittings etc so expensive? I know it's PEEK but still. Buying regular stuff, some connectors, a check valve and then BOOM 10K EUR.... :,(

I got a new office. Quite big. What should I get? Bean bag? Large banana plant? Pinball machine? Something else? And how do I justify it on my uni. card?

I have not been active on Bluesky for quite some time, but I think it's time to come back. Hopefully the #chemsky community still is alive and kicking. :)

This summer, the 46th ICCC will take place in Denmark. As part of the conf., @carolhua.bsky.social and I are org. a symposium on chemical sensing using inorg. and hybrid materials (inc. MOFs). We would be happy to see contrib. from researchers at all stages of their careers. Please share! #chemsky