Mastodawn

Mark Peplow Dec 16, 2022

Matt Hartings Dec 16, 2022

I am posting an open letter to the membership of the @AmerChemSociety, signed by current/former Advisory Board & Editorial Board members, detailing our deep concern at the recent upheaval Chemical & Engineering News punctuated by the firing of Dr. Bibiana Campos Seijo & Dr. Jyllian Kemsley
#chemistry, #chemtoots, #chemiverse, #journalism
https://kitchenchemistry.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-the-membership

An Open Letter to the Membership of the ACS regarding Chemical and Engineering News

An open letter to the membership of the American Chemical Society This letter is meant to inform the membership of the American Chemical Society (ACS) about the detrimental changes that have been made to the operations of Chemical and Engineering News

Kitchen Chemistry

Mark Peplow Dec 16, 2022

Stuart Cantrill Dec 15, 2022

Nature Chemical Engineering, launching in January 2024, is looking for three Associate/Senior Editors.

For details of the broad areas of expertise we're looking for in candidates, please take a look at the job ad here: https://careers.springernature.com/job/London-Associate-or-Senior-Editor%2C-Nature-Chemical-Engineering/882724901/

Closing date for applications: Jan 16, 2023

Locations: London, New York, Berlin, Shanghai or Beijing

Boosts appreciated!

#Chemistry #Engineering #ChemicalEngineering #ChemiVerse #Editorial #Publishing #Jobs

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Chemical Engineering

Mark Peplow Dec 13, 2022

Corey S Powell Dec 13, 2022

You're about to hear a lot about #NuclearFusion. I've followed the field for years & can offer context. Top line:
- NIF's "breakeven" does not generate more power than it consumes
- NIF is not a model for a commercial fusion reactor
- This news is a big deal all the same. 1/n

Mark Peplow Dec 13, 2022

Charles Seife Dec 12, 2022

My piece putting tomorrow's #fusion announcement in context has just come out:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/department-of-energy-nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-nif-livermore/672439/

(Paywalled, but 12ft.io works as a bypass.)

Quick summary: if this is really is 2.1 MJ laser light in to 2.5 MJ fusion energy out, then it really is achieving a decades-old definition of ignition in this type of fusion reaction (ICF, as opposed to magnetic fusion.) It'll be the first defensible claim of producing net fusion energy in the lab. BUT....

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One (Tiny) Step Closer to Fusion Energy

This week’s big news amounts to a symbolic achievement—and symbols matter.

The Atlantic

Mark Peplow Dec 8, 2022

Richard Van Noorden Dec 7, 2022

DNA that's *2 million years old* [the oldest ever] recovered from frozen soil in Greenland, shows was then a forested ecosystem home to mastodons and reindeer. Work from Eske Willerslev's lab. by @[email protected] | @[email protected] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04377-x

Oldest-ever DNA shows mastodons roamed Greenland 2 million years ago

Genetic material collected from permafrost shows northern part of the island was once a lush forest, home to poplar trees and other surprising organisms.

Mark Peplow Dec 8, 2022

For those who like molecules: feast your eyes on these lovely 'Molecules of the Year' from C&EN: https://cen.acs.org/synthesis/Check-CENs-molecules-year-2022/100/i44
#chemistry #chemtoots #science

Mark Peplow Dec 8, 2022

Krishnan Guru-Murthy Dec 7, 2022

RT @[email protected]

We're seeing a "climate crime against humanity."

Green Party MP Caroline Lucas MP tells @[email protected], "I've never been as desperate as I feel right now," as a new coal mine in Cumbria gets the go-ahead.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1600576168838647808

Channel 4 News on Twitter

“We're seeing a "climate crime against humanity." Green Party MP Caroline Lucas MP tells @krishgm, "I've never been as desperate as I feel right now," as a new coal mine in Cumbria gets the go-ahead.”

Twitter

Mark Peplow Dec 8, 2022

Gaia Vince Dec 7, 2022

I'm flabbergasted that the UK is building a new coal mine. Despite everything. It is truly shocking!

Mark Peplow Dec 8, 2022

Yorkshire Bylines Dec 5, 2022

This report is ambitious and broad reaching. Gordon Brown should be commended for trying to do something that has been sadly missing from public life for years – articulating the problems and what good could look like for the whole of the UK | Jane Thomas

#Bylines #NewBritain #Labour #GordonBrown #KeirStarmer

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/labour-comes-to-leeds-to-unveil-plans-for-a-new-britain/