C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)
banner
cenmag.bsky.social
C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)
@cenmag.bsky.social
https://cen.acs.org/
Sharing the world of #chemistry: News🗞 Research⚗️ Infographics #PeriodicGraphics ℹ Pictures #CENChemPics 📷 Comics #SketchChemistry 🗯 #FluorescenceFriday ❇️
Your votes have been counted and the final matchup is now live as part of The Lone Pair! Only one #CENChemPics will emerge victorious! Vote for your favorite chemistry image of 2025: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#chemsky 🧪
December 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In the latest edition of #PeriodicGraphics, we take a look at C&EN’s top stories of the year: cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

#chemsky 🧪
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Each dot in these glowing green patterns is a molecule resting on a gold surface. Specifically, each is a phenyl-functionalized trioxatriangulenium, a molecule with a phenyl ring sticking out of a base shaped like an upside-down bowl: cen.acs.org/physical-che...

#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Congratulations to #CENChemPics November winner Yilei Wu, who set up this thermite demonstration as part of an introductory chemistry course: cen.acs.org/education/un...

Enter our contest by tagging your post with #CENChemPics or submit a photo at cen.acs.org/collections/...
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Considering risks to both those inside the lab and people in the community can help minimize hazards—and make chemistry more sustainable: cen.acs.org/environment/...

#chemsky 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Our next Tetrahedron matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the nanocrystals of Felipe Quiroga-Suavita facing off against Carina Crucho's starburst-like crystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
For the December #Newscripts, @fmorningstar.bsky.social took a look at the chemistry of two pop culture moments from the past year: An explosive scene in 28 Years Later and the GBBO sugar dome disaster. Read more: cen.acs.org/education/sc... #chemsky 🧪
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Our first Tetrahedron matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the scanning electron microscope of Gustavo P. Caraballo facing off against Alyssa Redge's accidental ice cube. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...
#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Structural color, which comes from light waves interacting with matter on the nanoscale, is found in many places in nature. Ming Xiao and his team published a physics-based model that can determine what polymer architecture will create a given color. cen.acs.org/materials/po...

#CENChemPics 🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Who inspires you? Nominate an early-career chemist for the 2026 Talented 12 at cen.acs.org/sections/tal... by January 20.

#CENT12 #Chemistry #chemsky
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our next Tetrahedron matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the starburst-like crystals of @carinacrucho.bsky.social facing off against Felipe Quiroga-Suavita's nanocrystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our first Tetrahedron matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the accidental ice cube of Alyssa Redge facing off against Gustavo Porrata Caraballo's scanning electron microscope. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#CENChemPics
December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Your votes have been counted and the next set of matchups are now live as part of the Tetrahedron! Check out the two matches and vote for your favorites. Only one #CENChemPics will emerge victorious! cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#chemsky 🧪
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A new study identifies many more PFAS than are commonly acknowledged to exist. Read more from C&EN: cen.acs.org/policy/intel...

For more on the science of #PFAS, check out CAS Insights from CAS: www.cas.org/resources/ca... #chemsky 🧪
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Our last Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the dyes of Prodipta Samadder facing off against Felipe Quiroga-Suavita's anisotropic nanocrystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#CENChemPics
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Our next Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the crystals of Prodipta Samadder facing off against Carina Crucho's starburst-like crystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Our next Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the separation funnel of Alexander Krappe facing off against Gustavo P. Caraballo's scanning electron microscope. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Our first Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the accidental ice cube of Alyssa Redge facing off against Killiann Heinz's colorful photocatalysis liquids. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Just before the Thanksgiving break, Scarlett Lin Latt, an undergraduate in Jocelyn Lanorio’s lab at Illinois College made these colorful solutions of “related” cobalt compounds. cen.acs.org/articles/95/...

#CENChemPics
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Our last Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the anisotropic nanocrystals of Felipe Quiroga-Suavita facing off against Prodipta Samadder's dyes. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Our next Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the starburst-like crystals of @carinacrucho.bsky.social facing off against Prodipta Samadder's crystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Our next Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the scanning electron microscope of Gustavo Porrata Caraballo facing off against @rubialab.bsky.social's separation funnel. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#CENChemPics
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Our first Full Octet matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the colorful photocatalysis liquids of @roundflask.bsky.social facing off against Alyssa Redge's accidental ice cube. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups here: cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#CENChemPics
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Your votes have been counted and the next set of matchups are now live as part of The Full Octet! Check out all 4 matches and vote for your favorites. Only one #CENChemPics will emerge victorious! cen.acs.org/education/sc...

#chemsky 🧪
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It's that time again: C&EN's molecule of the year poll is now open! Vote for your favorite molecule of 2025: cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...

#chemsky 🧪
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM