Going by the researchers’ results, this Newscriptster wondered what chemistry words sound like swear words and turned to Twitter for a scientific sampling. Predictably, many of the suggestions from the chemistry community were chemistry terms that sound like actual English swear words—or just naughty phrases.
by Leigh Krietsch Boerner | January 13, 2023
To commemorate the program’s 3 decades, ACS highlighted a different landmark each day throughout November via posts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. To date, 95 chemical landmarks have been designated, principally in the US. The first, in 1993, honored Leo Hendrick Baekeland and the invention of Bakelite, the world’s first completely synthetic plastic.
by Sophie Rovner, ACS staff | December 16, 2022
—What will chemists do if Twitter goes down? “Volatility has prompted some chemists to migrate to Mastodon and other social media sites” Changes to Twitter made by the social media site’s new owner, Elon Musk, have led some members of the robust community of chemists who use the platform to edge toward the exits, while others wait to see what will happen next.
by Laurel Oldach | November 22, 2022
—Celebrating #InclusiveChem for the 2022 #RealTimeChem Week “Chemists across Twitter highlighted inclusivity in the central science” Chemists across the Twittersphere connected to highlight inclusivity in chemistry during the 2022 #RealTimeChem week. #RealTimeChem is a hashtag used by chemists on Twitter to share their work in real time, and was started by blogger Doctor Galactic in 2012.
by Arminda Downey-Mavromatis | November 21, 2022
Dubbed #WholeLatteDecay on Twitter, Kasson’s investigation looked at how 17 species of fungi fared when their growth media contained each of three pumpkin spice food sources—pumpkin pie spice from the supermarket, canned pumpkin puree that he added pie spices to, and a Starbucks pumpkin spice latte.
by Brianna Barbu | October 15, 2022