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Coming up on Wednesday morning, there’s a collaborative virtual @science.org and Westlake symposium on 2D Materials and Devices featuring Letian Dou, Kin Fai Mak and Jeehwan Kim!

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After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech. I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵

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Human eyes have never seen the Sun’s south pole—until now. Learn more: scim.ag/4lbj7UZ

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Really excellent news. For journalists, access to peer review reports can clarify expert opinion, help us highlight excellent research, and—crucially—lead to accountability. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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🧪chemsky

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Coming up on Wednesday morning, there’s a collaborative virtual @science.org and Westlake symposium on 2D Materials and Devices featuring Letian Dou, Kin Fai Mak and Jeehwan Kim!

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First isolated by Michael Faraday 200 years ago, benzene started as a mysterious liquid with a peculiar aromatic smell and has gone on to transform the landscape of chemistry. #ChemSky

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Headline-content disequilibrium, it's still at the budget proposal stage

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After already killing more than 1700 active grants related to politically charged topics, the National Institutes of Health has flagged another roughly 3200 grants for review and possible termination.

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More on the mass destruction from the Iranian missile strike at the Weizmann Institute from Alex Rif “No one from the government came…. Not the Minister of Education. Not the Minister of Science.”

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New Wall Street Journal about Northwestern and the funding freeze. [Gift link] www.wsj.com/us-news/educ... 1/n

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No one is trapped there as far as I know

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I recommend having kids who make you a home-made frangipane tart for Fathers’ Day

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Direct hit reported in the Weizmann Institute of Science, several people reportedly trapped there.

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Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government. That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.

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Now I've had a chance to read Andrea Sella's article in @chemistryworld.com on why he returned his Royal Society Faraday Medal. I recommend that you read it too. It's inspiring, though inevitably also disturbing, in these troubled times. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/why-...

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Ended up in an elevator in NYC in the 1970s with Muhammad Ali when I was 3 and I asked him what his name was and he said “Muhammad Ali” and my babysitter just about fainted

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Extensive Propublica story about grant terminations Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research… Definitely worth a read projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

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Absolutely stunning work of ⚛️ history in @physicstoday.bsky.social about Ben Lee, the Korean American who was the first head of theory at Fermilab. He hired the first Black woman particle theory lab staff in global history, Shirley Ann Jackson. #BlackandSTEM 🧪 pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

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chemsky🧪

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#ChemRxiv would love your help! Give us your thoughts on preprints in a brief survey (americanchemical.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...), whether or not you've ever posted a #preprint before. Your feedback will help us focus on the best possible ways to support open science in chemistry.

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I'm delighted to present this Science special issue on Plants and Heat! Through a series of Reviews and Perspective articles, covering topics from cell signalling to ecology there is something for everyone here. (1/8)

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What an overwhelmingly bad and dangerous moment we are all living in.

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“In October 2023, a satellite passed over Rafah and photographed […] a large city, a dense mosaic of buildings, solar panels, domes of mosques, roads, public squares, farmland and orchards […] Hardly anything remains.” Gift link from Haaretz www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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"[Research universities] are behind the breakthroughs that shape daily lives. Undermining them doesn’t just jeopardize higher education, it threatens national and global strength," writes University of Rhode Island president Marc B. Parlange in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4ky2K4I

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As the world warms, plants in natural ecosystems and agricultural settings find ways to respond to the heat. In a new special issue of Science, researchers examine how heat affects plants at multiple scales, from the molecular level to the biosphere. scim.ag/44cSw3Z

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A lightning-fast, in-depth look into who RFK Jr selected for the vaccine advisory committee. One of whom was an expert witness against Merck's vaccine, despite RFK's stated reason of reducing conflicts of interest, per @reuters.com. Well done @heidiledford.bsky.social and @rfieldmouse.bsky.social

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Quick vibe check at the NIH, per a staffer there: "We have lost so many people: we have no comms, no HR, no acquisitions, no one to do travel or purchasing. So many people have left that there are chains of email bounces..."

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chemsky 🧪

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Out First Release in @science.org today, Zining Zhang in @donglab.bsky.social swaps out ketones for sulfur in saturated carbon rings through two modes of radical trapping www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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What’s weird about all the >1000 word pieces on “Whither Bluesky?” is that the state of the world is actually what’s problematic right now. If we fixed that, Bluesky would be better. Foreground the foreground. Also who are you really mad at exactly?

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