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Opinion | The U.S. Deported This Chinese Scientist, in a Decision That Changed World History

From @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“It proved an American misstep, fueled by xenophobia, that would forever alter the global balance of power.”

Kathleen Kingsbury, the editor of Times Opinion, tells the cautionary story of a Chinese scientist who was deported from the U.S. during the Cold War.

#PhDposition in Computational #Astrobiology & #QuantumChemistry! Join us at Chalmers in 🇸🇪. Collab with NASA's JPL and @starsarecalling.bsky.social in 🇺🇸. @astrobiology.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social @bluemarblespace.bsky.social #chemsky #compchem
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🧪 Update: Speaker list announced!

Includes former NIH chief of staff, former NSF program officer, NIH grantee who got a termination, and experts to give a legal overview (but not legal advice).

Spots may fill up (no joke: they did last Fri), so log in early tomorrow: aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@robertpalgrave.bsky.social's meme game is as good as his science!

Call for papers: Frontiers in materials discovery - innovations and challenges in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Submit by 28 March 2025.

⏰ Not long until the submission deadline for this exciting cross-journal collection, Guest Edited by @brgoch.bsky.social, @virtualatoms.bsky.social, @molecularxtal.bsky.social, Kedar Hippalgaonkar and David Scanlon.

Full details on the scope and submission process at blogs.rsc.org/jm/2024/11/2...

Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay.

They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence!
Mustard on the [Be][At] bro.

Happy Black History Month!

Reminder: If you're newer-ish to BlueSky and want to find the accounts that a lot of the people you follow, follow, you can go here: bsky-follow-finder.theo.io. Enter your handle and have it analyze. I particularly like the "sort by proportion," which will get a lot of ppl related to your interests.

RCSA Welcomes 2025 Class of Cottrell Scholars Research Corporation for Science Advancement, America's first foundation dedicated wholly to science, has named 16 early career scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy as recipients of its 2025 ...

RCSA has named 16 early career teacher-scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy as recipients of its 2025 #CottrellScholar Awards. Each awardee receives $120,000. Congratulations to this distinguished class!

My two most common editorial suggestions for manuscripts I handle are: (i) improve writing style by avoiding exaggerated terms, and (ii) ensure machine learning studies include a repository for reproducibility and reuse of models and data #EditorLife #ChemSky

I've taken a tiny step against facism by making a backup of the Department of Energy (NREL, specifically) Laboratory Analytical Procedure documents that I use periodically at work. I can't promise to track document updates or anything, but at least if these are deleted we'll have something. #ChemSky

Tragic.

Attn: 🇨🇦 undergrads + new grads seeking hands-on experience in #AI for science w/top researchers at #UofT this summer ☀️. Be part of a team speeding up the discovery of new materials (eg: life-saving drugs, better batteries, biodegradable plastics). Apply now 🔗 acceleration.utoronto.ca/programs/surp

The latest version of 𝙙𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙙 (and 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆𝑵𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌), our defect modelling python packages, have been released!

Incl:
- Major efficiency updates
- Advanced defect/carrier thermodynamics w/custom constraints
- Auto shallow defect handling
- CC diagram generation
...🧵👇

Abstract submission is open for the 2025 North American Solid State Chemistry Conference (NASSCC)! The event will be held at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa on July 28-31, 2025. 👩🏾‍🔬🌽👨🏼‍🔬
Check out the website for more details: group.chem.iastate.edu/Kovnir/NASSC...
#NASSCC2025 #solidstatechem

Snow days used to be fun! Prepping the lab (and home) for worst case scenario…again. We have this down to an art. #houston

Running - yes, but it has been for a while. I think LLMs etc just made it easier than GUIs already made it. But that doesn’t mean interpreting the results is any easier - and this accessibility could make it more challenging imho. I still see the most basic mistakes.

I made it to #BioSphere2 for the #MateriAlZwinterschool. Thank you @christinabirkel.bsky.social for the invitation. I'm excited to spend the week with talented undergrads from across the country and get to talk about Materials and Chemistry!

#chemsky

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An RSC-branded graphic "Who will you nominate for the PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship? Join in - nominate your winner by 5th April 2025"

Since PCCP doesn't have a BlueSky account just yet, I'm promoting some #PCCP content on #ChemSky

Do you know an emerging physical chemist who deserves recognition? Nominations are now open for the 2025 PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship!

Nominate here: www.rsc.org/journals-boo...

Start of another day of #F24MRS and thick snow on the 30th+ floor of my hotel ❄️ Energy levels are somewhat running low at this point of the week and it’s tempting to crawl back into bed and watch the snow fall, but plenty of great science still to come 💪 #KeepGoing #TravellingScientist

China bans sale of three critical elements and ‘superhard materials’ to the US Export bans on gallium, germanium and antimony could hit semiconductor and weapons manufacturers heard

The critical elements include gallium, germanium, antimony and ‘superhard materials’ such as diamond, cubic boron nitride and other related materials.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/china-b...

Heading home from #F24MRS where I saw a ton of cool new research (especially in explainable AI) and also learned I’m not cut out for the cold anymore!

Want to work on oxides for power electronics? We have a 3.5 year DPhil (PhD) project on gallium oxide available in our group starting Oct 25 🙌 Do get in touch if you have any questions 💡

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China Announces a Ban on Rare Minerals to the U.S. The move escalates supply chain warfare and comes a day after the Biden administration expanded curbs on the sale of advanced American technology to China.

chemsky 🧪

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/w...

The font of chemical knowledge Nature Chemistry - The font of chemical knowledge

This was published a little while ago in @naturechemistry.bsky.social, but has just popped up in my issue e-alert. This is a delightful correspondence about fonts and chemistry; very much appealing to my inner chemistry nerd 🤣 #Chemsky

The registration deadline for the @roysocchem.bsky.social Solid-State Chemistry Group Christmas meeting is this Sunday, the 1st of December

#chemsky #compchem