#chemists — Public Fediverse posts

How #chemists turned #bourbon waste into #supercapacitors
Hydrothermal carbonization can directly convert #stillage into hard or #ActivatedCarbon. Cossio & Guzman used activated carbon as #electrodes, creating double-layer #capacitors by putting liquid electrolyte between them. Proof-of-concept devices were able to store as much as 48W/kg. Built a hybrid device, with one activated carbon electrode and one hard carbon electrode, stored as much as 25 times the energy per kg
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/how-chemists-turned-bourbon-waste-into-super-capacitors/

#SolarPunkSunday musings...

So, in contemplating my own vision of a #SolarPunk community, there are some *jobs* that imho are crucial to running any type of close-knit community /society...

1. People trained in #FirstAid / #MedicalArts -- for both humans and non-humans
2. #Plumbers
3. #Carpenters
4. #Masons
5. #Blacksmiths / #Metalworkers
6. #Architects / #Planners
7. #Foresters / #Foragers
8. #Gardeners / #Farmers / #FoodProducers
9. #Menders / #Cobblers / #Clothiers / #Seamsters / #Tailors
10. #Chemists / #Alchemists
11. #Herbalists / #Compounders
12. #CitizenScientists / #Observers
13. #Potters / #Ceramics experts
14. #Computer / #Technology fixers (especially #electrical and #solar)
15. #Mothers / #Caregivers
16. #Teachers / #Librarians
17. #Cooks
18. #Cleaners
19. #Weavers / #Spinners / #FiberArtists

Other suggestions?

#SolarPunkSunday musings...

So, in contemplating my own vision of a #SolarPunk community, there are some *jobs* that imho are crucial to running any type of close-knit community /society...

1. People trained in #FirstAid / #MedicalArts -- for both humans and non-humans
2. #Plumbers
3. #Carpenters
4. #Masons
5. #Blacksmiths / #Metalworkers
6. #Architects / #Planners
7. #Foresters / #Foragers
8. #Gardeners / #Farmers / #FoodProducers
9. #Menders / #Cobblers / #Clothiers / #Seamsters / #Tailors
10. #Chemists / #Alchemists
11. #Herbalists / #Compounders
12. #CitizenScientists / #Observers
13. #Potters / #Ceramics experts
14. #Computer / #Technology fixers (especially #electrical and #solar)
15. #Mothers / #Caregivers
16. #Teachers / #Librarians
17. #Cooks
18. #Cleaners
19. #Weavers / #Spinners / #FiberArtists

Other suggestions?

#SolarPunkSunday musings...

So, in contemplating my own vision of a #SolarPunk community, there are some *jobs* that imho are crucial to running any type of close-knit community /society...

1. People trained in #FirstAid / #MedicalArts -- for both humans and non-humans
2. #Plumbers
3. #Carpenters
4. #Masons
5. #Blacksmiths / #Metalworkers
6. #Architects / #Planners
7. #Foresters / #Foragers
8. #Gardeners / #Farmers / #FoodProducers
9. #Menders / #Cobblers / #Clothiers / #Seamsters / #Tailors
10. #Chemists / #Alchemists
11. #Herbalists / #Compounders
12. #CitizenScientists / #Observers
13. #Potters / #Ceramics experts
14. #Computer / #Technology fixers (especially #electrical and #solar)
15. #Mothers / #Caregivers
16. #Teachers / #Librarians
17. #Cooks
18. #Cleaners
19. #Weavers / #Spinners / #FiberArtists

Other suggestions?

#SolarPunkSunday musings...

So, in contemplating my own vision of a #SolarPunk community, there are some *jobs* that imho are crucial to running any type of close-knit community /society...

1. People trained in #FirstAid / #MedicalArts -- for both humans and non-humans
2. #Plumbers
3. #Carpenters
4. #Masons
5. #Blacksmiths / #Metalworkers
6. #Architects / #Planners
7. #Foresters / #Foragers
8. #Gardeners / #Farmers / #FoodProducers
9. #Menders / #Cobblers / #Clothiers / #Seamsters / #Tailors
10. #Chemists / #Alchemists
11. #Herbalists / #Compounders
12. #CitizenScientists / #Observers
13. #Potters / #Ceramics experts
14. #Computer / #Technology fixers (especially #electrical and #solar)
15. #Mothers / #Caregivers
16. #Teachers / #Librarians
17. #Cooks
18. #Cleaners
19. #Weavers / #Spinners / #FiberArtists

Other suggestions?

#SolarPunkSunday musings...

So, in contemplating my own vision of a #SolarPunk community, there are some *jobs* that imho are crucial to running any type of close-knit community /society...

1. People trained in #FirstAid / #MedicalArts -- for both humans and non-humans
2. #Plumbers
3. #Carpenters
4. #Masons
5. #Blacksmiths / #Metalworkers
6. #Architects / #Planners
7. #Foresters / #Foragers
8. #Gardeners / #Farmers / #FoodProducers
9. #Menders / #Cobblers / #Clothiers / #Seamsters / #Tailors
10. #Chemists / #Alchemists
11. #Herbalists / #Compounders
12. #CitizenScientists / #Observers
13. #Potters / #Ceramics experts
14. #Computer / #Technology fixers (especially #electrical and #solar)
15. #Mothers / #Caregivers
16. #Teachers / #Librarians
17. #Cooks
18. #Cleaners
19. #Weavers / #Spinners / #FiberArtists

Other suggestions?

In a new study, #chemists have developed a novel framework for determining how effectively carbon monoxide sticks to the surface of a #catalyst during conversion from carbon dioxide.
#Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/chm10272501.html

Are chemists being too human centric when they say that water is a universal solvent?
#chemistry #chemists #water #solvents #humans #humancentric #universalsolvent

MIT #chemists have designed a new type of #fluorescent #molecule that they hope could be used for applications such as generating clearer images of #tumors.
#Chemistry #Biomedical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/chm10062501.html

#Chemists develop #four-charge #storage #molecule to advance #artificial #photosynthesis

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-chemists-storage-molecule-advance-artificial.html

#MarineFungi Could Eat #PlasticPollution, Helping to Clean Our #Oceans and #Beaches

Learn more about the marine #fungi that could be conditioned to help clean up #Hawaii’s beaches.

By Monica Cull
Feb 14, 2025 4:00 PMFeb 14, 2025 4:01 PM

"Hawaii is home to some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes. Striking blue waters, lush jungles, and pristine beaches make it a paradise. It’s also home to other unique inhabitants, such as sea turtles, dolphins, and… plastics?

"According to a new study from the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa, plastics are becoming the most prevalent form of pollution in the ocean, which can be detrimental to marine species and their habitat. However, researchers from UH discovered a fungus from Hawai‘i’s nearshore environment that may have the ability to break down plastics, and to top it off, they may be conditioned to do it faster. The findings were recently published in Mycologia.

" 'Plastic in the environment today is extremely long-lived and is nearly impossible to degrade using existing technologies,' said Ronja Steinbach, lead author of the study and a marine biology undergraduate student at the UH Mānoa College of Natural Sciences, in a press release.

"Marine fungi may be a term you’ve never heard before. This is likely due to the fact that less than 1 percent of marine fungi are known to science.

" 'Our research highlights marine fungi as a promising and largely untapped group to investigate for new ways to recycle and remove plastic from #nature. Very few people study fungi in the ocean, and we estimated that fewer than one percent of marine fungi are currently described,' said Steinbach in the press release.

"For this study, the research team looked at marine fungi found in #corals, #seaweed, #sand, and #sponges from Hawai’i’s nearshore. And they hope that the fungi could help degrade plastics in the marine environment.

" 'Fungi possess a superpower for eating things that other organisms can’t digest (like #wood or #chitin), so we tested the fungi in our collection for their ability to digest plastic,' said Anthony Amend, Pacific Biosciences Research Center professor and co-lead author of the study, in a press release.

The Hungry Fungi

"The team exposed the fastest-growing fungi to small dishes filled with #polyurethane, a common plastic, and noted if and how fast the fungi would consume it. The team also 'experimentally evolved' the fungi to see if they would grow and consume more polyurethane the more they were exposed to the plastic.

" 'We were shocked to find that more than 60 percent of the fungi we collected from the ocean had some ability to eat plastic and transform it into fungi,' Steinbach said in a press release. 'We were also impressed to see how quickly fungi were able to adapt. It was very exciting to see that in just three months, a relatively short amount of time, some of the fungi were able to increase their feeding rates by as much as 15 percent.'

"The research team is currently working to see if these marine fungi can break down other forms of plastics, such as #polyethylene and #PolyethyleneTerephthalate. They’re also trying to understand how, at a molecular level, these fungi can degrade these plastics.

" 'We hope to collaborate with #engineers, #chemists, and #oceanographers who can leverage these findings into actual solutions to clean up our beaches and oceans,' said Steinbach in a press release.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/marine-fungi-could-eat-plastic-pollution-helping-to-clean-our-oceans-and

#SolarPunkSunday #PlasticPollution #Pollution #PollutionSolutions

#solubility question for all the #chemists out here in the #chemiverse. do you distinguish between slightly and sparingly in terms of solubility? in either case, at what weight percent would you use these descriptors? at what weight percent would you consider something insoluble? for example, at 20 °C, benzoic acid is determined to have a solubility of 0.29 g/L #askfedi

Nostalgic toot warning! ⚠️

We often celebrate birthdays 🎂 of #scientists whose research was impactful on our lives.

But is marking the publication anniversary of research that was a #TurningPoint in our #science career a thing? 🤔

If so, a 40th anniversary toot to a #JACS paper that will remain relevant as long as #chemistry students learn about Ron Gillespie’s #VSEPR model and #chemists use it to intuitively understand the shapes of molecules.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja00318a009

3 days of antibiotics from pharmacists could lead to chronic UTIs, experts warn
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/3-days-of-antibiotics-from-pharmacists-could-lead-to-chronic-utis-experts-warn/ar-BB1hHNyI?cvid=ced4fc8c028a458efdfbdfc08d7a77c8&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=8

#Antibiotics
#Pharmacy
#Chemists
#UTIs
#NHSPharmacyFirstScheme
#PharmacyFirstScheme
#ChronicUTIs
#Cystitis
#NICE
#Women
#PharmacistsDefenseAssociation
#BladderHealthUK
#InadequateCourseLength

TIL about alkahest, both the #alchemical concept and the modern repurposing of the term by #chemists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahest
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja4084336

#Cancer trial results show power of weaponized #Antibodies : Nature

The #Uselessness of Useful #Knowledge : Quanta Mag

How #Chemists are tackling the #Plastics problem : Tech Review

Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

Pharmacists sound the alarm over ‘devastating’ condition of community amid medicine supply issues | The Independent
#Pharmacists
#Chemists
#MedicineSupply
#PharmaceuticalServicesNegotiatingCommittee
#PSNC
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/medicine-supply-shortages-uk-pharmacy-b2318907.html

From the "I'm not #vegan but I do all the #cooking for one" department:

Once the #food #agriculture #conglomerates get on the #plantbased wagon, everything starts stampeding towards #vegetarian and #vegan offerings (good!). Once you have a whole #NewJersey full of #foodscientists and #chemists working on making plant-based taste indistinguishable from, and #economiesofscale kick in, and cost parity is reached its just a matter of time.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/07/business/vegan-reeses/index.html

#Chemists managed to synthesize, study, and improve the properties of layered #barium #stannate. This material can be used in #fuel cells and electrolyzers. They are used to produce #hydrogen or #electrical #energy.
#Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/02/chm02102301.html

An interesting point on #drugdiscovery
“.... How do we truly define a #smallmolecule #drug today? ... Are #chemists making the “wrong” kinds of molecules?
Or have we entered a new era of drug modalities?
.... And just to prove chemists can continue to make the “right” kinds of molecules, here are some recent low Mw drug #approvals -
-       Tecfidera (Mw 144), #FDA approved 2013
-       Tavaborole (Mw 151), FDA approved 2014
-       Avibactam (Mw 265), FDA approved 2015
-       Benznidazole (Mw 260), FDA approved 2017
-       Migalastat (Mw 163), FDA approved 2018
 
How many novel small molecule drugs Mw<300 are yet to be discovered?”

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/trevor-brett-a09721131_medicine-pharmaceuticals-healthcare-activity-7003780928837672960-lqc1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

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