@kakape I've been moved to re-read his old "Things I won't Work With" posts. Here's a wee taster:
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-chlorine-azide
😊 🤓 😁
Wonderful writing. 🤩 There are plenty more:
https://www.science.org/action/doSearch?AllField=%22Things+I+won%27t+work+with%22
Sleep: It All Comes Down to the Mitochondria
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/it-all-comes-down-mitochondria
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44732020
#DerekLowe
Mitochondrial origins of the pressure to sleep
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09261-y
#mitochondria #OXPHOS #metabolism #sleep #CellBiology #MolecularBiology #ATP
Derek Lowe: his posts are always a hoot.
Things I Won't Work With: Dimethylcadmium
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-dimethylcadmium
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41211540
Derek Lowe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Lowe_(chemist)
"Things I Won't Work With" series:
https://www.science.org/topic/blog-category/things-i-wont-work-with
* Sand Won't Save You This Time: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/sand-won-t-save-you-time
* "How Not to Do It" series: https://www.science.org/topic/blog-category/how-not-to-do-it
#science #DerekLowe #chemistry #dimethylcadmium #LaboratorySafety
Addendae 4
Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/room-temperature-superconductor-new-developments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36957678
Derek Lowe provides SotA update/discussion:
* guardedly optimistic
* await more replication data, with more than just social media videos
* most believable shot at RT/pressure superconductivity world has seen
* coming days/weeks to be extremely interesting
Derek Lowe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Lowe_(chemist)
* awesome posts: https://northboot.xyz/search?q=site%3Ascience.org+%22derek+lowe%22
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