Laura Howes

@L_howes
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Science journalist for Chemical & Engineering News focusing on the molecules of life, and what we can learn from them. Dusting off this account following the news from the bird app. Views are mine, all mine.

Interests: #Chemistry, #ChemicalBiology, #Proteins, #Proteomics, #StructuralBiology, #Genes, #Smells, #DrugDiscovery and more

Me @ C&ENhttps://cen.acs.org/staffDirectory/Laura-Howes.html
Bird Apphttps://twitter.com/L_Howes
Verified Journalisthttps://www.verifiedjournalist.org/people/@L_howes@mastodon.social
Laura HowesJul 29, 2024
Show threadShredderLivesOnJul 29, 2024

Just when I thought the story couldn't get any better.

Crystal has offered to put Nicky Doll in touch with their lawyer, who shafted Fox last time.

Laura HowesApr 6, 2024
Crosspost to Chemistry mastodon (cc@chemistry@a.gup.pe): I used to be more tapped into the UK chemed than I am these days, so when a friend (40s) asked about sites to brush up on their A-level chem, I realised some of my ideas were a bit out of date. Can you help? Thanks in advance
Laura HowesJan 23, 2024

Form to become german:
How will your professional existence be secured in the long term?

Mates, I work in science journalism. I DON'T KNOW

Laura HowesJan 12, 2024
Deutscher Journalisten-VerbandJan 12, 2024

Silke Schröder, Vorständin beim Verein Deutsche Sprache, fordert die "Remigration" von Journalist:innen. Dieser rechtsextreme Kampfbegriff bedeutet nichts anderes als Deportation. Schröder war auch bei einem konspirativen Treffen, das @correctiv_org aufgedeckt hat.

DJV-PM: https://www.djv.de/startseite/profil/der-djv/pressebereich-download/pressemitteilungen/detail/news-klare-kante-notwendig-1

Klare Kante notwendig

Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband fordert vom Verein Deutsche Sprache (VDS) deutliche Konsequenzen für das Vorstandsmitglied Silke Schröder und eine klare Distanzierung von deren Aussagen.

Laura HowesJan 12, 2024
Dad's on a Flixbus from Munich to Innsbruck today due to the train strikes in Germany. I'm fascinated to think of my dad on a Flixbus TBH, can't really picture it
Laura HowesDec 14, 2023
Free Use BunnyDec 14, 2023
The great thing about Mastodon is that when I get unfollowed or no engagement, I can't blame an algorithm: my toots are just *that bad*.
Laura HowesDec 13, 2023
AnanyoDec 13, 2023
"Maths is the lifeblood of scientific and technological progress. Maths has quietly shaped our economy and society. Even the way we view political questions or, in some circles, imagine life to be some sort of optimisation problem—these are ways of thinking inflected and infected by mathematics. Yet maths remains possibly the only subject where one can leave school and have absolutely no idea what an academic or professional specialising in the subject actually does!"
More:
https://ananyo.substack.com/p/why-do-people-hate-maths
Why do people hate maths?

And what should we do about it?

Confections & Reputations
Laura HowesNov 24, 2023
Train math: OEBB just refunded me the (almost ?) whole ticket price for our delayed sleeper to Budapest a couple of weeks ago. So that's half our train back to the UK for Christmas paid for.
Laura HowesNov 23, 2023
I'm using these quiet days in the office to catch up on reading and thinking time. The first paper I've gone through is this on the changing landscape for med chemists in industry (HT Keith Hornberger) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c02035# What other papers/editorials/articles would the #chemistry crew here recommend?@chemistry
Laura HowesNov 21, 2023
SellaTheChemistNov 21, 2023
Hello chemists! Do any of you have experience of growing #crystals of sulfur? I'm helping an artist to grow some - does anyone have a suggestions for strategies for getting blocks? #chemistry #sulphur #Sulfur #nfernuveru