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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · 3d

Very proud of this great paper - a perfect synergy of experiment and theory! Congrats to postdoc Qing Guo ! #compchem #chemsky Mineral dissolution by dimeric complexes | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Mineral dissolution by dimeric complexes | PNAS

Mineral dissolution is typically thought to occur by the detachment of monomeric building blocks of the crystal structure, although direct evidence...

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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · 3d

A much neglected point of discussion in LLMs.
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Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature

Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differences in the workforce.

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 3d

Monica Olvera de la Cruz brings chemical simulations into the real world

This computational chemist unites theoretical and experimental science using physics, biology, and chemistry. #HispanicHeritageMonth

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Monica Olvera de la Cruz brings chemical simulations into the real world

This researcher unites theoretical and experimental science using physics, biology, and chemistry

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Luo Lab @luolab-utah.bsky.social · 5d

New Nano Letters paper online! We studied the #hydrogen insertion into Pd nanostructures enriched with well-defined Σ3(111) #GrainBoundaries. PdGB exhibits dramatically accelerated hydriding and dehydriding kinetics compared with Pd nanoparticles! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Σ3(111) Grain Boundaries Accelerate Hydrogen Insertion into Palladium Nanostructures

Grain boundaries (GBs) are frequently implicated as key defect structures facilitating metal hydride formation, yet their specific role remains poorly understood due to their structural complexity. He...

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING:

"Just landed."

Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

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Olexandr Isayev 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @olexandr.bsky.social · 4d

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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · 5d

ML requires databases - this has been severely lacking in chemical separations - but no more! Introducing the Separations Archive for Elements (SAFE). Super proud of a great collab with Los Alamos Natl Lab and Fordham University #machinelearning #chemsky

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Creation of the Separation Archive for Elements (SAFE) Database

Published in Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · 5d

Every Artist Has a Favorite Subject. For Some, That’s Math. - The New York Times share.google/GEnaHYPrqFWj...

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Utah Chemistry @utahchemistry.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations to the recipients of this year's Distinguished Alumni Award, Dr. Hyung Kyu Shin, Dr. Michael Hunnicutt, and Dr. Sally Hunnicutt!

Read more about the event and each of our awardees:

www.chemistry.utah.edu/awards/2025-...

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Volker Blum @aimsduke.bsky.social · 17d

#chemsky #compchemsky Happy Sunday. I wanted to make this case again for IPAM at UCLA.

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If you work in our field, chances are that an IPAM program contributed to the science you do at some point. AI/ML, molecular science, materials, ...

Consider supporting them.

IPAM NSF funding status - IPAM

Latest Updates: We have been notified that the suspension of our NSF grant DMS-1925919 has been lifted. However, at present NSF is not issuing new awards to UCLA. Frequently asked questions: 1. What i...

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Idaho Capital Sun @idahocapitalsun.com · 22d

Under Congress’s reauthorization of the program through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, all of Utah and Idaho are considered affected areas. That means people who have certain cancers and lived in Idaho for 12 months between 1951 to 1962 are likely eligible for compensation.

Health clinic to host Idaho Falls public meeting to help downwinders apply for compensation • Idaho Capital Sun

In Idaho Falls, a public meeting will discuss a reinstated federal program that compensates people affected by nuclear weapons testing.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22d

Universal childcare wouldn't just relieve working families of a massive cost burden. It improves the whole economy.

"There are a lot of reasons building a child care system that works for everyone is important to our children, to parents, to employers and to economic growth."

How Universal Child Care Could Change the Economy

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Shawn Burdette @scburdet.bsky.social · 27d

Another consequence of the loss of twitter is missing news like this in real time. I came across the obituary while updating my slides for GenChem. The great Darleane Hoffman died earlier this month at 98. A true giant of the field.

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Darleane C. Hoffman, pioneering nuclear chemist and trailblazer for women in science, has passed away at the age of 98 | College of Chemistry

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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · 27d

Want to re-up this on my feed. We are accepting applications until filled. @chemjobber.bsky.social #chemjobs our department is a fantastic place to work, with wonderful colleagues, great students and beautiful mountains to play in.

Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · Aug 21

Come join us! Two awesome faculty positions in experimental physical chemistry and biochemist - all ranks!!! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/186...

Assistant/Associate/Professor for Biological and Physical Chemistry

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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · 27d

Need to add @utahchemistry.bsky.social we have two positions and applicants will continue to be evaluated until positions are filled! employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-ci...

Jobs | University of Utah

Founded in 1850, The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah, and offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 30,000 students. Uni...

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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · 29d

On a positive note - Happy Pythagorean Triple Square Day :) #math #MATH
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On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty

Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.

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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · Sep 8

Big congrats to Josh for his front cover JCP Perspective article on Persistent Homology in chemistry. Great work Josh! #topology #compchem @utahchemistry.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1063/5.02...

Understanding the shape of chemistry data—Applications with persistent homology

Chemical data often have complex and nonlinear patterns in how data points relate to one another. Concurrently, there are many situations where chemical data ar

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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Beautiful science from my colleague Aaron Puri! @utahchemistry.bsky.social

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A molecule that enables microbes to eat methane - @theU

U chemists discover critical step bacteria take to oxidize potent greenhouse gas and how they interact in larger microbial communities

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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · Aug 21

Come join us! Two awesome faculty positions in experimental physical chemistry and biochemist - all ranks!!! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/186...

Assistant/Associate/Professor for Biological and Physical Chemistry

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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · Aug 12

So proud of the IDREAM EFRC team science winners including our own Simantini Paul, Ryan Beck (Xiaosong Li's group at UW) and @pnnl.bsky.social Robert Felstad. Fantastic work all! Amazing science by all at the EFRC PI mtg.

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · Jun 4

Stefan Grimme ( @grimmelab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social ) receives the #ChemistryEurope 2025 Award! 🏆
📍 #IUPAC2025 Kuala Lumpur
🎉 Award Ceremony: Opening Ceremony 14 July
🧪 Award Lecture: 15 July, 8:00–8:45 am
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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · May 30

Is citing nonexistent sources plagiarism or fabrication or both? www.bbc.com/news/article...

US government report cited non-existent sources, academics say

Authors of several studies cited in the report told news outlets they did not write them and the studies did not exist.

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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · May 29

Beautiful day for a run. #running #SLC

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Utah Chemistry @utahchemistry.bsky.social · May 16

Faculty member Henry S. White, a world-renowned leader in the field of electrochemistry and distinguished professor chemistry, has been named the 2025 recipient of the University of Utah’s Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence. Congrats, Henry!👏

🔗Read more:
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Henry S. White Named 2025 Rosenblatt Recipient - Department of Chemistry

Henry S. White, a world-renowned leader in the field of electrochemistry and distinguished professor chemistry, has been named the 2025 recipient of the University of...

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Ross Duncan @rossquantum.bsky.social · May 16

What's this? Some very nice work by my colleagues.
#quantinuum #quantumcomputing #ftqc #quantum
arxiv.org/abs/2505.09133

Quantum Error-Corrected Computation of Molecular Energies

We present the first demonstration of an end-to-end pipeline with quantum error correction (QEC) for a quantum computation of the electronic structure of molecular systems. Using Quantinuum H2-2, we c...

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