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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 2h

Eusebio Juaristi has spent a career thinking about molecules in 3D

This physical organic chemist has also contributed to the development of organic chemistry in Latin America.

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Eusebio Juaristi has spent a career thinking about molecules in 3D

This physical organic chemist has also contributed to the development of organic chemistry in Latin America

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 3h

Regulatory T cells, or T regs, make up the basis for a slew of biotech companies working to treat immunological diseases. cen.acs.org/people/nobel... #chemsky 🧪

How Nobel-winning T regs fueled a new class of immunology companies

Nobel Prize–winning technology engineered to treat autoimmune diseases and cancer

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 19h

The 2025 Trailblazers guest editor uses computational models to study lung chemistry while building resources that help blind scientists succeed. #NDEAM #DisabledInSTEM

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Mona Minkara uncovers patterns in how our lungs interact with airborne viruses

The 2025 Trailblazers guest editor uses computational models to study lung chemistry while building resources that help blind scientists succeed

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Bethany Halford @bethanyhalford.bsky.social · 1d

When my colleague @maxhenrybarnhart.bsky.social told us he was going to get dengue, I wasn't sure he was thinking clearly (or if @cenmag.bsky.social was paying him enough). But his interesting piece on clinical trials shows he was onto a good story. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...

I was injected with dengue virus to learn about clinical trials

I became a test subject in a clinical trial for a new dengue treatment. Here’s what I discovered

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 19h

Pablo Pastén tracks the chemical legacy of Chile’s mines

This environmental chemist is also working with the government to link science to public policy.

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Pablo Pastén tracks the chemical legacy of Chile’s mines

This environmental chemist is also working with the government to link science to public policy

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 19h

After some biochemical sleuthing, scientists now think they have identified one of the molecular mechanisms that gives these wrinkly darlings their longevity: cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪

The naked mole rat’s molecular secrets to a long life

Just 4 amino acids in an enzyme associated with DNA repair give the rodents longevity

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 1d

What does an accessible lab look like? Many research labs are inaccessible to disabled scientists, but they don’t have to be.

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Making space in STEM for people with disabilities

Many research labs are inaccessible to disabled scientists, but they don’t have to be

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 1d

ACS members take home 2025 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

Frank Leibfarth, professor and C&EN Talented 12 alum, is awarded a $250,000 prize. cen.acs.org/people/award...

ACS members take home 2025 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

Frank Leibfarth, professor and C&EN Talented 12 alum, is awarded a $250,000 prize

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Rowan Walrath @rowanwalrath.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel-winning T regs have fueled a new class of immunology companies. cen.acs.org/people/nobel... @cenmag.bsky.social

How Nobel-winning T regs fueled a new class of immunology companies

Nobel Prize–winning technology engineered to treat autoimmune diseases and cancer

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 1d

Today is #NationalNanotechnologyDay 🔬

Here's a look at some of the big jobs tiny particles can do in @cenmag.bsky.social

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#ChemSky 🧪

This is an infographic explaining the chemistry behind nanotechnology in a few consumer products, including silver nanoparticles for antimicrobial uses, titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles in sunscreens, carbon nanotubes in sports equipment and quantum dots in televisions.

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 1d

Juan Paulo Hinestroza matches nanotechnology with fashion design

This materials scientist creates garments that can change color, filter pollutants, or detect explosives.

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Juan Paulo Hinestroza matches nanotechnology with fashion design

This materials scientist creates garments that can change color, filter pollutants, or detect explosives

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Bethany Halford @bethanyhalford.bsky.social · 1d

Behold the biological beauty of the naked mole rat. These rodents live around 37 years—10 times as long as their relatives of similar size. Scientists have identified one of the molecular mechanisms that gives these wrinkly darlings longevity. For @cenmag.bsky.social

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The naked mole rat’s molecular secrets to a long life

Just 4 amino acids in an enzyme associated with DNA repair give the rodents longevity

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 1d

The future is uncertain, and it always pays to be prepared. It’s good practice to ask yourself if you have recent copies of important information stored someplace where you control access. cen.acs.org/careers/care... #chemsky 🧪

A reminder to be prepared, professionally

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 1d

Many cycling clothing manufacturers are developing materials that go beyond the traditional single layer Lycra to help protect against road rash and other crash injuries. cen.acs.org/materials/Sl... #chemsky 🧪

Sliding and sticking with cycling science

Advances in clothing and tires help cyclists manage the various frictions associated with riding

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 1d

"Inclusive design doesn’t just widen participation; it expands the very structure-function relationship of science itself. We all stand to gain from that."

#NDEAM #DisabledInSTEM #chemsky 🧪
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The tools we build become the questions we ask

Why inclusive design is good for more than access—it expands the boundaries of discovery

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 2d

Human serum albumin (HSA) is China’s top-selling hospital drug, yet most of it still comes from North American and European firms. Now a biotech start-up in the country has found an alternative source of albumin: rice. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪

Albumin made from rice could be game changing. But can the start-up that makes it survive?

China relies on blood donors overseas to meet a critical medical need. Healthgen Biotech has an alternative

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 2d

In October 2025, we celebrate the 80th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month #NDEAM. Meet the 2025 C&EN Trailblazers, chemists with disabilities who rethink how we do science: cen.acs.org/people/profi...

#DisabledInSTEM #chemsky 🧪

Trailblazers: Chemists with disabilities rethink how we do science

C&EN’s 2025 Trailblazers issue, curated by guest editor Mona Minkara, looks at how chemists can solve problems in new ways

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 2d

Business briefing for October 7: BASF to keep catalyst unit longer, BP and ExxonMobil join European ethylene suit, Ansa raises more money for DNA synthesis, and more. cen.acs.org/business/Bus... #chemsky 🧪

Business briefing for October 7

BASF to keep catalyst unit longer, BP and ExxonMobil join European ethylene suit, Ansa raises more money for DNA synthesis, and more

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 2d

Joel Yuen-Zhou harnesses photons to control chemical reactions and properties

This theoretical chemist uses light and mirrors to fuel reactions and is making science more inclusive.

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Joel Yuen-Zhou harnesses photons to control chemical reactions and properties

This theoretical chemist uses light and mirrors to fuel reactions and is making science more inclusive

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 2d

Scientists recently discovered that a MOF studded with zinc hydride can reversibly capture carbon dioxide between 200–300 °C. The finding offers a way to sequester the greenhouse gas without having to cool it, which can be an expensive and energy-intensive process. cen.acs.org/materials/me... 🧪

This MOF is hot to go

A ZnH-studded material that works at high temperatures could snatch CO<sub>2</sub> from industrial exhaust

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 2d

Metal-organic frameworks are so hot right now, and we wanted to know why. In our first full-episode of Stereo Chemistry, we talked to Omar Yaghi, one of the 2025 #NobelPrize laureates: cen.acs.org/articles/96/... #chemsky 🧪

Feast your ears on the first episode of our new podcast, Stereo Chemistry

Hear from some of the leaders in the field of metal-organic frameworks as we learn why MOFs are having a moment

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 2d

Building a better gas mask: In addition to trapping toxic gases, some MOFs can neutralize the poisons chemically. cen.acs.org/articles/92/... #chemsky 🧪

Building A Better Gas Mask

Driven by materials chemistry, today’s masks provide ever-broader respiratory protection

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 2d

Researchers led by #NobelPrize laureate Omar Yaghi have trained ChatGPT to create a chemistry lab assistant that summarizes information about metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) cen.acs.org/materials/me... #chemsky 🧪 #ChemNobel

ChatGPT lab assistant accelerates MOF synthesis

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 3d

#NobelPrize laureate Omar Yaghi co-founded a start-up to store hydrogen at mild pressure and ambient temperature by using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Read more: cen.acs.org/energy/energ... #chemsky 🧪 #ChemNobel

H2MOF comes out of stealth with hydrogen storage material

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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 3d

MOFs are pretty darn cool. Here's our story, in @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks

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