Julian R. Silverman
@manhattanscientist.bsky.social
⚗️ teaching science @ the Fashion Institute 🧼 researching waste-derived materials 🌈
Forthcoming from RSC Books: How and Why Soap Works
#pigments #inks #mordants #paper fan of #gardenindicators
https://sites.google.com/view/sustainable-materials-lab/home
Forthcoming from RSC Books: How and Why Soap Works
#pigments #inks #mordants #paper fan of #gardenindicators
https://sites.google.com/view/sustainable-materials-lab/home
Pinned
Saw some beautiful Stibnite minerals at the @brucemuseum.bsky.social in Westport CT.
While you could grind these into dust for kohl I’m glad they are safely behind glass.
While you could grind these into dust for kohl I’m glad they are safely behind glass.
Always a pleasure to discuss the wonders of lignin.
Note: it’s not suggested to hug the big ball of Twine in Cawker City KS. It’s rumored the locals pee on it.
With that said it has over a literal ton of lignin in it.
Note: it’s not suggested to hug the big ball of Twine in Cawker City KS. It’s rumored the locals pee on it.
With that said it has over a literal ton of lignin in it.
🍂 From acorns to lignin — chemistry, creativity, and a dash of twine.
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Always a pleasure to discuss the wonders of lignin.
Note: it’s not suggested to hug the big ball of Twine in Cawker City KS. It’s rumored the locals pee on it.
With that said it has over a literal ton of lignin in it.
Note: it’s not suggested to hug the big ball of Twine in Cawker City KS. It’s rumored the locals pee on it.
With that said it has over a literal ton of lignin in it.
Reposted by Julian R. Silverman
🍂 From acorns to lignin — chemistry, creativity, and a dash of twine.
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🍂 From acorns to lignin — chemistry, creativity, and a dash of twine.
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
Really loving the detail on this 3M guide to shaving for respirator fitting:
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Really loving the detail on this 3M guide to shaving for respirator fitting:
This looks really neat:
Sustainable Preparation of World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Medicines by Mechanochemistry | December 9th from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EST
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Sustainable Preparation of World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Medicines by Mechanochemistry | December 9th from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EST
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Promoting Chemistry Applied to World Needs
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November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This looks really neat:
Sustainable Preparation of World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Medicines by Mechanochemistry | December 9th from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EST
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Sustainable Preparation of World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Medicines by Mechanochemistry | December 9th from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EST
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November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Lots of friendly faces in PA
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Lots of friendly faces in PA
Just in time for NYC’s ornamental kale season
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just in time for NYC’s ornamental kale season
#gardenindicators in action: testing to see if our student’s soap is safe for the skin
#gardenindicators in print:
How to find acids with flowers: Robert Boyle’s ‘syrrup of violets’ and the chemistry of color indicators
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#gardenindicators in print:
How to find acids with flowers: Robert Boyle’s ‘syrrup of violets’ and the chemistry of color indicators
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
#gardenindicators in action: testing to see if our student’s soap is safe for the skin
#gardenindicators in print:
How to find acids with flowers: Robert Boyle’s ‘syrrup of violets’ and the chemistry of color indicators
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#gardenindicators in print:
How to find acids with flowers: Robert Boyle’s ‘syrrup of violets’ and the chemistry of color indicators
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Yesterday students make mozzarella to explore proteins and Thermo/mechano/chemical changes.
One class did better than the others :/
One class did better than the others :/
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Yesterday students make mozzarella to explore proteins and Thermo/mechano/chemical changes.
One class did better than the others :/
One class did better than the others :/
I'm a little sad that my pitch for an advanced PIME (physical, inorganic, materials, environmental) cosmetics course to complement our GOB cosmetics course wasn't picked up.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm a little sad that my pitch for an advanced PIME (physical, inorganic, materials, environmental) cosmetics course to complement our GOB cosmetics course wasn't picked up.
Spent most of yesterday cheering on runners in the marathon and thinking about chromatography
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The Long Distance Run | LCGC International
Long-distance running is examined as a metaphor for gas chromatography separations.
www.chromatographyonline.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Spent most of yesterday cheering on runners in the marathon and thinking about chromatography
www.chromatographyonline.com/view/long-di...
www.chromatographyonline.com/view/long-di...
Very excited to learn that blue light is separate from visible light /s
Is violet light still a thing?
Science miscommunication?
Is violet light still a thing?
Science miscommunication?
October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Very excited to learn that blue light is separate from visible light /s
Is violet light still a thing?
Science miscommunication?
Is violet light still a thing?
Science miscommunication?
Reposted by Julian R. Silverman
My wife has volunteered at a local food bank for years and confirms what many of you have probably heard: in this case, straight cash is a good donation if you can do it.
The food banks have better access and buying power than individuals do, and can try to address item imbalances as they see them.
The food banks have better access and buying power than individuals do, and can try to address item imbalances as they see them.
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My wife has volunteered at a local food bank for years and confirms what many of you have probably heard: in this case, straight cash is a good donation if you can do it.
The food banks have better access and buying power than individuals do, and can try to address item imbalances as they see them.
The food banks have better access and buying power than individuals do, and can try to address item imbalances as they see them.
Microscale/macroscale
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Microscale/macroscale
Let there be light and heat: fiber ID
October 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Let there be light and heat: fiber ID
Excited to sail this ship.
Is it Halloween yet?
Is it Halloween yet?
October 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Excited to sail this ship.
Is it Halloween yet?
Is it Halloween yet?
They’ve started selling poppers at the news stands around Penn station
Might be time for an alkyl nitrites case study in the toxicology class
Might be time for an alkyl nitrites case study in the toxicology class
October 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
They’ve started selling poppers at the news stands around Penn station
Might be time for an alkyl nitrites case study in the toxicology class
Might be time for an alkyl nitrites case study in the toxicology class
Every time I carry a book around New York City, I wonder what Will Smith’s character in Men and Black would think if he saw me.
Would he think I was an alien or not?
Would he think I was an alien or not?
October 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Every time I carry a book around New York City, I wonder what Will Smith’s character in Men and Black would think if he saw me.
Would he think I was an alien or not?
Would he think I was an alien or not?
It went very well 🍃
October 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It went very well 🍃
I’ve wondered for a while how we might be able to incorporate an OSHA 40 training into one of our lab classes or our toxicology class…
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I’ve wondered for a while how we might be able to incorporate an OSHA 40 training into one of our lab classes or our toxicology class…
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Excited to try a new experiMINT with my students and talk about flavorants and aroma compounds.
October 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Excited to try a new experiMINT with my students and talk about flavorants and aroma compounds.
Our new academic building opened in NYC today!
Excited to see our students work on display.
Excited to see our students work on display.
October 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Our new academic building opened in NYC today!
Excited to see our students work on display.
Excited to see our students work on display.
October is the best month to teach skeletal formulas 💀
Also: happy mole day!
Also: happy mole day!
October 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
October is the best month to teach skeletal formulas 💀
Also: happy mole day!
Also: happy mole day!