Thursday, April 10, 2025

Job posting: Formulation Chemist/Chemical Engineer III, Perimeter Solutions, Green Bay, WI

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Via ACS Chemistry Careers:   The Formulation Chemist III will report to the R&D Manager and work closely with the laboratory and other d...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025

TIL Antoine Lavoisier made gunpowder for France

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Via Smithsonian Magazine :   In March 1776, Congress’ Committee of Secret Correspondence dispatched Connecticut politician and merchant Sila...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List: 502 research/teaching positions and 94 teaching positions

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The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List (curated by Andrew Spaeth and myself) has  502 research/teaching positions and 94 teaching positions . ...
Monday, April 7, 2025

C&EN on the second Trump Administration tariffs

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Via C&EN's Alex Tullo:   The Donald J. Trump administration is imposing the toughest trade barriers in generations, levying new duti...
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Friday, April 4, 2025

Have a good weekend

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Uh, I don't think I had a good week, even though I tried mightily to move my 300 balls forward. I hope that you had a good week, and tha...

Trump: Pharma tariffs to start

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Via the Wall Street Journal on Thursday :  President Trump reiterated his pledge to impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals and semiconductors dur...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List: 501 research/teaching positions and 94 teaching positions

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The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List (curated by Andrew Spaeth and myself) has  501 research/teaching positions and 94 teaching positions . ...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Celanese plant has acid spill on March 20

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Via WDBJ:   NARROWS, Va. (WDBJ) - Six people were injured Thursday morning in an acid spill at the Celanese Corporation chemical plant in Na...
Friday, March 28, 2025

Have a good weekend

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Well, this was a fun week, even as I am enthusiastic for the weekend. I hope you had a week with less driving than I did, but I can't sa...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Job posting: Principal Chemist - Research, Development and Engineering (RDE), ChampionX, Sugar Land, TX

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Via ACS Chemistry Careers:   The Chemical Technologies RD&E team is seeking a Principal Chemist to support new product development relat...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Pick up the phone?

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Via this week's C&EN, this letter to the editor:   Reproducibility of scientific findings I found the timing and tone of the article...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List: 500 research/teaching positions and 93 teaching positions

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The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List (curated by Andrew Spaeth and myself) has  500 research/teaching positions and 93 teaching positions . ...
Monday, March 24, 2025

C&EN: "Trickles of layoff plans at EPA, NIH hint at big cuts"

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Also in this week's C&EN , this summary of cuts at EPA and NIH (article by Leigh Krietsch Boerner and Rowan Walrath) Federal agenci...

C&EN: "European states push Critical Chemicals Act"

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In this week's C&EN , this news (article by Alex Scott):  Led by Marc Ferracci, France’s minister for industry and energy, eight Eu...
Friday, March 21, 2025

Have a great weekend

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This has been a very long week, with a lot of ups and downs. Hopefully you had a great week. I can't wait to get home, and I can't w...
Monday, March 17, 2025

Letters to the editor: "Federal layoffs"

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In this week's C&EN , this letter to the editor:   The Feb. 24 report on the dismissal of employees from US regulatory and science f...
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