Craig Bettenhausen
@craigofwaffles.bsky.social
Science business journalist on staff at Chemical & Engineering News covering sustainability, specialty chemicals, industrial gas, and a fair amount of etcetera.
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I know #chemsky was dabbling in the #mincup @mineralcup.bsky.social . Now we have our own bracket. Vote for your favorite chempics!
We're getting to the end of 2025, so why not: We made a bracket. VOTE on our best science photos. These scientists ... man, are they doin' some wild stuff! #CENChempics @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/education/sc...
Our first-ever Chempics Bracket is here. Vote for your favorite science photo
Only one photo will emerge victorious
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November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I know #chemsky was dabbling in the #mincup @mineralcup.bsky.social . Now we have our own bracket. Vote for your favorite chempics!
Reposted by Craig Bettenhausen
Personal opinion that I am proud to have managed to get through as the lede of this story: differentiating between diastereomers is better left to chemists than Congress.
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Why synthetic cannabinoids appear in the US funding bill
The law that ended the federal government shutdown also closes a loophole in cannabis regulation
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November 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Personal opinion that I am proud to have managed to get through as the lede of this story: differentiating between diastereomers is better left to chemists than Congress.
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Green hydrogen: Topsoe cut the ribbon on a major factory making solid oxide electrolysis cells. It's a step up in scale for a tech type that may challenge the dominance of PEM and alkaline H₂ generators.
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#hydrogen #H2 #chemsky #news
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Topsoe plant promises 30% efficiency boost for green hydrogen
Facility that makes solid oxide electrolysis cells is a new entry in a challenged market
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November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Green hydrogen: Topsoe cut the ribbon on a major factory making solid oxide electrolysis cells. It's a step up in scale for a tech type that may challenge the dominance of PEM and alkaline H₂ generators.
Read more in @cenmag.bsky.social
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#hydrogen #H2 #chemsky #news
Read more in @cenmag.bsky.social
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#hydrogen #H2 #chemsky #news
Shutdown impacts on food aid are hurting people in real time. I spoke with directly affected #science and #engineering students at JHU. Remember, SNAP dollars are currently NOT flowing to those in need, despite progress on a deal in DC. @cenmag.bsky.social #chemsky
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SNAP disruptions weigh on science and engineering students
Lapse in federal food aid strains some researchers and undergraduates
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November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Shutdown impacts on food aid are hurting people in real time. I spoke with directly affected #science and #engineering students at JHU. Remember, SNAP dollars are currently NOT flowing to those in need, despite progress on a deal in DC. @cenmag.bsky.social #chemsky
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Go to a Penguins game with a bunch of PPG people and you'll learn some hockey #science trivia. Or, at least, I will. @cenmag.bsky.social #video
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Go to a Penguins game with a bunch of PPG people and you'll learn some hockey #science trivia. Or, at least, I will. @cenmag.bsky.social #video
Thermite is rad. There's also a start-up called Found Energy that's exploiting the reductive power of elemental aluminum. Been looking for an excuse to mention them cen.acs.org/education/un...
Chemistry in Pictures: Unleashing the power of thermite
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN): Keeping you up to date with the chemistry news that matters most. Published by the American Chemical Society.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thermite is rad. There's also a start-up called Found Energy that's exploiting the reductive power of elemental aluminum. Been looking for an excuse to mention them cen.acs.org/education/un...
Learned tonight that a #chempics participant who used their publication in @cenmag.bsky.social's photo feature in their skilled visa application got accepted. Humbled and thrilled that this thing we production editors at the magazine made is having such a positive impact in the lives of chemists!
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Learned tonight that a #chempics participant who used their publication in @cenmag.bsky.social's photo feature in their skilled visa application got accepted. Humbled and thrilled that this thing we production editors at the magazine made is having such a positive impact in the lives of chemists!
The interesting question now being posed by the US Army is, can the strange and singular economics of the US military push new #nuclear power (and maybe also #DAC and e-fuels) from chemical possibility to economic feasibility?
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US Army wants to deploy small nuclear power plants
The Janus Program aims to put commercial reactors into military service by 2028
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October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The interesting question now being posed by the US Army is, can the strange and singular economics of the US military push new #nuclear power (and maybe also #DAC and e-fuels) from chemical possibility to economic feasibility?
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ChemFORWARD's latest report on safer chemistry in cosmetics and personal care is out and interesting patterns are emerging, like that lipstick is a problem area.
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#chemistry #consumerProducts #safety
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#chemistry #consumerProducts #safety
Cosmetics are getting safer, report says
But problematic ingredients are still in many personal care and makeup products
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October 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
ChemFORWARD's latest report on safer chemistry in cosmetics and personal care is out and interesting patterns are emerging, like that lipstick is a problem area.
read more in C&EN
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@cenmag.bsky.social
#chemistry #consumerProducts #safety
read more in C&EN
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#chemistry #consumerProducts #safety
Coatings, cryogenics, black soldier fly larvae, and more in this week's C&EN business briefing.
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#chemistry
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#chemistry
Business briefing for October 14
BASF finds buyer for coatings business; Ineos makes further cuts in Europe; biotechs Soufflé, Nilo, and Expedition launch, and more
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October 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Coatings, cryogenics, black soldier fly larvae, and more in this week's C&EN business briefing.
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#chemistry
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#chemistry
Stressful day at the office, so I'm treating myself to an oat milk tumeric and black pepper latte made with scientifically enhanced #coffee beans (which i wrote about here: cen.acs.org/business/con...). Because some days I own my #millennial identity #science
October 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Stressful day at the office, so I'm treating myself to an oat milk tumeric and black pepper latte made with scientifically enhanced #coffee beans (which i wrote about here: cen.acs.org/business/con...). Because some days I own my #millennial identity #science
#Cleantech firms are reeling from the recent round of funding cancelations at the US Dept of Energy. Sec. Chris Wright says more are coming.
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#energy #chemsky #funding #startups
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#energy #chemsky #funding #startups
US energy projects in limbo after Trump administration revokes $7.5 billion in funding
The Department of Energy wants to terminate 321 funding awards mostly related to clean energy and grid stabilization
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October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#Cleantech firms are reeling from the recent round of funding cancelations at the US Dept of Energy. Sec. Chris Wright says more are coming.
read more in C&EN cen.acs.org/business/inv...
#energy #chemsky #funding #startups
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#energy #chemsky #funding #startups
This is off topic, but it seems like mopping with a single bucket should, at best, flatten the distribution of grime on the floor. What am I missing?
October 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is off topic, but it seems like mopping with a single bucket should, at best, flatten the distribution of grime on the floor. What am I missing?
Climate Week NYC was full and energetic; read the highlights of what I saw and learned in C&EN :
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#ClimateWeekNYC #climateChange #business @cenmag.bsky.social
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#ClimateWeekNYC #climateChange #business @cenmag.bsky.social
Climate Week comes to New York City
Attendees focused on concrete solutions and workable business plans
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October 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Climate Week NYC was full and energetic; read the highlights of what I saw and learned in C&EN :
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#ClimateWeekNYC #climateChange #business @cenmag.bsky.social
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#ClimateWeekNYC #climateChange #business @cenmag.bsky.social
The photographer at House of Scientista got me on-brand, taking notes for potential coverage in @cenmag.bsky.social during #ClimateWeekNYC
September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The photographer at House of Scientista got me on-brand, taking notes for potential coverage in @cenmag.bsky.social during #ClimateWeekNYC
The menu at the House of Scientista event at #ClimateWeekNYC. I think I'm in the right room here :) @scientistas.bsky.social @cenmag.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The menu at the House of Scientista event at #ClimateWeekNYC. I think I'm in the right room here :) @scientistas.bsky.social @cenmag.bsky.social
Quick #chemsky poll: If I say marine fuel "bunkering", do you actually know what that means? And would you want a short explainer?
#energy #ClimateWeekNYC #boats #decarbonization
#energy #ClimateWeekNYC #boats #decarbonization
September 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Quick #chemsky poll: If I say marine fuel "bunkering", do you actually know what that means? And would you want a short explainer?
#energy #ClimateWeekNYC #boats #decarbonization
#energy #ClimateWeekNYC #boats #decarbonization
"This levy on luxury avation is not a silver bullet, but it is a bullet,"--Benoit Faraco, French Climate Ambassador, on the climate impact of a proposed multinational tax on private jet flights #ClimateWeekNYC
September 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"This levy on luxury avation is not a silver bullet, but it is a bullet,"--Benoit Faraco, French Climate Ambassador, on the climate impact of a proposed multinational tax on private jet flights #ClimateWeekNYC
"80% of the world is still moving incredibly fast on the energy transition,"--Jon Creyts, RMI at #ClimateWeekNYC
September 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"80% of the world is still moving incredibly fast on the energy transition,"--Jon Creyts, RMI at #ClimateWeekNYC
"The atmosphere doesn't care how many solar panels we build. it cares how many fossil-fuel burning plants we don't," Tzeporah Berman, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative at #ClimateWeekNYC
September 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"The atmosphere doesn't care how many solar panels we build. it cares how many fossil-fuel burning plants we don't," Tzeporah Berman, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative at #ClimateWeekNYC
Trouble with 2nd-day news coverage is there are SO MANY threads one could pull on. Here's my tug on the situation with Air Liquide and #Russia. #Ukraine #industrialGas #chemicals #industry #history #war
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Putin seizes Air Liquide assets in Russia
Roughly $700 million in property is taken from French industrial gas firm
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September 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trouble with 2nd-day news coverage is there are SO MANY threads one could pull on. Here's my tug on the situation with Air Liquide and #Russia. #Ukraine #industrialGas #chemicals #industry #history #war
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