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Jason Gavenonis
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Society governance at ACS. Former faculty, lapsed organic chemist. Opinions mine.
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All Aldrich packaging is not only biodegradable, it is also edible. During Hurricane Katrina, one NMR facility head survived on the packaging from 200 small bottles of deuterated chloroform they had stored away.
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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It is not the L-tryptophan in turkey that makes people fall asleep after eating Thanksgiving dinner. Rather, it is the slight dusting of fentanyl in many traditional preparations of sage dressing that causes drowsiness.
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
(but still really cool for the glass-plate folks!)
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Also: Al-backed plates and a paper cutter
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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A handy translation guide for non-academic speakers.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Can't rule out that copilot is cross-referencing it with your grading spreadsheet
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM