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
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:
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
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...
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 :/
From ideation to creation
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
From ideation to creation
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?
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?
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.
It so beautiful
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It so beautiful
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.
What in this collection would you use to stain cheek or onion cells?
October 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
What in this collection would you use to stain cheek or onion cells?
Pumpkin seed spoils:
October 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Pumpkin seed spoils:
Made this silly demo about how to make an elixir of eternal life.
⚫️ ➡️ ⚪️ ➡️ 🟡 ➡️ 🔴
Chemical color changes inspired by Chemcraft’s Chemical Magic Demos.
⚫️ ➡️ ⚪️ ➡️ 🟡 ➡️ 🔴
Chemical color changes inspired by Chemcraft’s Chemical Magic Demos.
October 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Made this silly demo about how to make an elixir of eternal life.
⚫️ ➡️ ⚪️ ➡️ 🟡 ➡️ 🔴
Chemical color changes inspired by Chemcraft’s Chemical Magic Demos.
⚫️ ➡️ ⚪️ ➡️ 🟡 ➡️ 🔴
Chemical color changes inspired by Chemcraft’s Chemical Magic Demos.
These air quality instruments are popular seats in the subway.
I wonder if the data analysis accounts for this or can see this in the results?
I wonder if the data analysis accounts for this or can see this in the results?
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
These air quality instruments are popular seats in the subway.
I wonder if the data analysis accounts for this or can see this in the results?
I wonder if the data analysis accounts for this or can see this in the results?
Soap soap soap + cabbage indicators.
October 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Soap soap soap + cabbage indicators.
If only there were a good book on soap to help prevent issues like that…
October 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If only there were a good book on soap to help prevent issues like that…
Its perfect 🎃
October 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Its perfect 🎃