Jeff Catalano
@jeffcatalano.bsky.social
Aqueous geochemist and mineralogist, soon-to-be-former journal editor-in-chief, director of an interdisciplinary undergraduate program on the environment, dog lover.
A future round includes Cuproskodowskite, a copper uranium silicate mineral named for the brilliant Nobel Prize winner, Marie Skłodowska Curie.
September 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A future round includes Cuproskodowskite, a copper uranium silicate mineral named for the brilliant Nobel Prize winner, Marie Skłodowska Curie.
Well, if they don't know that AI is making up information, then its hard to prove misconduct. People are still discovering AI hallucinations. But using AI without disclosure is definitely misconduct, refs are just a sign of AI usage. Bad all around!
June 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Well, if they don't know that AI is making up information, then its hard to prove misconduct. People are still discovering AI hallucinations. But using AI without disclosure is definitely misconduct, refs are just a sign of AI usage. Bad all around!
Fabrication is research misconduct. National Academy report on RCR says this needs to be deliberate to be considered research misconduct (I agree). This is probably negligence not misconduct. Still bad, clearly some sort of negative outcome is needed.
June 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Fabrication is research misconduct. National Academy report on RCR says this needs to be deliberate to be considered research misconduct (I agree). This is probably negligence not misconduct. Still bad, clearly some sort of negative outcome is needed.
That seems to be from a Broadening Participation section of the budget. Still awful but if you get the full table it looks like this is a tiny component of both GRFP and CAREER. Still awful cuts, but programs will still exist. GRFP is explicitly a 55% cut elsewhere is budget, not set to 0 overall.
May 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
That seems to be from a Broadening Participation section of the budget. Still awful but if you get the full table it looks like this is a tiny component of both GRFP and CAREER. Still awful cuts, but programs will still exist. GRFP is explicitly a 55% cut elsewhere is budget, not set to 0 overall.
Tornado passed just south of my building on campus. Trees snapped but otherwise fine. But it strengthened after that. Went through neighborhoods people are trying to reinvigorate after decades of disinvestment. Like a scar across 20-30 square blocks.
May 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Tornado passed just south of my building on campus. Trees snapped but otherwise fine. But it strengthened after that. Went through neighborhoods people are trying to reinvigorate after decades of disinvestment. Like a scar across 20-30 square blocks.
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May 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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There is a long path of damage through residential and commercial areas. Big, beautiful trees that lined many streets have now fallen, often destroying parked cars. Substantial damage to homes and businesses. Wood, brick, or steel, they all lost roofs and walls to a likely EF3 tornado…
May 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
There is a long path of damage through residential and commercial areas. Big, beautiful trees that lined many streets have now fallen, often destroying parked cars. Substantial damage to homes and businesses. Wood, brick, or steel, they all lost roofs and walls to a likely EF3 tornado…
And people wonder why papers sometimes get rejected without review...
May 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
And people wonder why papers sometimes get rejected without review...
I'm sure Elsevier has a clause like "We can do whatever we want with your paper and you have no choice but to comply."
May 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I'm sure Elsevier has a clause like "We can do whatever we want with your paper and you have no choice but to comply."
That is the expected declaration statement for the use of AI. Far better to require disclosure than for this to be in the dark. Further, some scientists lacking English proficiency used to pay for language editing of their papers. AI can do this for free. Disclosure is a good thing!
May 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
That is the expected declaration statement for the use of AI. Far better to require disclosure than for this to be in the dark. Further, some scientists lacking English proficiency used to pay for language editing of their papers. AI can do this for free. Disclosure is a good thing!
As a US scientist, I also agree with this. France, and Europe overall, has abundant scientific talent that needs more support. There may be specific opportunities to encourage a few individuals with unique expertise to move, especially those originally from Europe, but those cases should be limited.
May 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As a US scientist, I also agree with this. France, and Europe overall, has abundant scientific talent that needs more support. There may be specific opportunities to encourage a few individuals with unique expertise to move, especially those originally from Europe, but those cases should be limited.
People like this are frustrating, and we all want to say "Look what you caused with your vote!" But in the bigger picture, the Tesla driver showing even a tiny bit of empathy is an opening. We need to create as many cracks in Republican support as possible.
April 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
People like this are frustrating, and we all want to say "Look what you caused with your vote!" But in the bigger picture, the Tesla driver showing even a tiny bit of empathy is an opening. We need to create as many cracks in Republican support as possible.
Super shitty! They had an old system like this and spun it off into a company. Elsevier kept using the original system and never improved it. Then they spent $$$ buying the company back a few years later and migrating to this “new” system, which was still shitty. Cyclic corporate waste.
April 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Super shitty! They had an old system like this and spun it off into a company. Elsevier kept using the original system and never improved it. Then they spent $$$ buying the company back a few years later and migrating to this “new” system, which was still shitty. Cyclic corporate waste.
Elsevier system doesn’t allow a reviewer to be invited without first having an account for that journal. No universal accounts across all journals. If no account exists, a new one is created. Delete your account, some editor will eventually make a new one to then invite you. This is their design.
April 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Elsevier system doesn’t allow a reviewer to be invited without first having an account for that journal. No universal accounts across all journals. If no account exists, a new one is created. Delete your account, some editor will eventually make a new one to then invite you. This is their design.
Fully support this! Disequilibrium is a fundamental chemical property of planetary systems with liquid water. Reaction rates are slow. In now way is that an indicator of life. In fact, life catalyzes movement away from disequilibrium and towards equilibrium. That is how it obtains energy.
April 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Fully support this! Disequilibrium is a fundamental chemical property of planetary systems with liquid water. Reaction rates are slow. In now way is that an indicator of life. In fact, life catalyzes movement away from disequilibrium and towards equilibrium. That is how it obtains energy.
Is this about the DMS exoplanet thing? Or Trump’s orange bronzer? Agree on either account.
April 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Is this about the DMS exoplanet thing? Or Trump’s orange bronzer? Agree on either account.