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    Jan 8

    PLA plastics have been popping up more and more lately because this stuff can be biodegradable. Here's how:

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    Jan 8

    Five years ago, I started as a passion project. Since then I’ve made four seasons for , two doco series with and more. Aaand I’m fresh out of funding for 2019. So, I have a new Patreon! Please take a look 🧠🙏

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  3. Jan 11

    Hey hey hey we're looking for some freelance science writers! Hit us up at [email protected] with samples if you're interested.

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  4. Jan 10

    A recent study in the journal Environmental Science & Technology shows that blends of multiple types of plastics can do what PLA can’t. A blend of PLA and small amounts of another type of plastic called polycaprolactone CAN break down in a home composter:

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    Jan 9

    Chemistry, arranged by purity.

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    Jan 9

    Chemistry couples: How did you meet and fall in love? Share your story with us at [email protected] for a chance to be featured in a Valentine’s Day episode of our Stereo Chemistry podcast. One lucky couple could win a $100 in Amazon gift cards! Submit by January 15th.

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    Jan 9

    A Periodic Table of Macromolecular Crystals we have in our lab!

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    Jan 8

    Can Be Composted? Are green plastics the solution to our throwaway lifestyle? Well -- it’s complicated. via

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    Jan 7

    First tweet. Showing off my sweet periodic table puzzle that is framed in my office. Chemistry is such a puzzle...

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  10. Jan 7

    In 2009, a team of chemists lead by researcher Yuegang Zuo at Umass Dartmouth used a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer to discover that roughly 90% of paper money in the US has cocaine residue on it, and 95% of the bills in Washington, DC carrying cocaine.

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    Jan 5

    The periodic table with elemental samples was painted on the wall of Minnetonka Middle School west by our team of dedicated science teachers (including yours truly). A great visual to inspire the 6th graders in physci!

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    Jan 4

    The chemistry of low-dose aspirin, thanks to

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  13. Jan 4

    The reason antarctic fish don't freeze to death out there in those chilly waters is because they have antifreeze in their blood. Seriously.

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  14. Jan 4

    Albert Hoffman accidentally discovered LSD while trying to make a more stable form of lysergic acid to be used as a medicine. On his 25th attempt, he made lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD-25. On 4/19/43, he dosed himself at 4:20pm and the rest is history.

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  15. Jan 4

    For the answer:

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  16. Jan 4

    Who was the first person to publish a version of the periodic table? Hint--it's not who you probably think it is.

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  17. Jan 4

    The human eye can see light between ultraviolet & infrared radiation. Fluorescence is a trippy happening related to absorption. It gives us access to colors normally outside the visible spectrum so you’re kind of seeing a secret world beyond normal vision.

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    Jan 3

    Hey science writing students and recent grads! We're looking for an intern for C&EN's science team. You get to be a full-time reporter here for six months. And we pay! More info at the link.

    Students/recent grads, come work with me at C&EN! Apply for our paid editorial fellowship where you'd get to write cool chemistry multimedia stories: cc
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    Jan 3

    I've decided to randomly select elements for my posts! Today is element 113, nihonium, Nh. Not much is known about this radioactive, synthetic element discovered by Kosuke Morita et al, but it's name is a way of saying Japan in Japanese, & means "land of the rising sun"

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  20. Jan 3

    Since 1897, we’ve used aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid, ​as a pain reliever. ​​But it's not limited to relieving pain; ​it also include reducing inflammation and preventing blood clots:

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