RJ BiIlones
@rlchardson.bsky.social
I am a registered chemist in the Philippines 🇵🇭 and I work in IT laboratory information systems for an organization based in Switzerland🇨🇭. I am also into music, photography, and languages.
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In winter weather we all know salt makes icy roads less slippery, but how does that work? This edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social explains and looks at the range of different deicers used: cen.acs.org/articles/93/...
#Chemsky 🧪
#Chemsky 🧪
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
In winter weather we all know salt makes icy roads less slippery, but how does that work? This edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social explains and looks at the range of different deicers used: cen.acs.org/articles/93/...
#Chemsky 🧪
#Chemsky 🧪
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Battling a post-NYE hangover? Here’s what we know about the biochemistry of alcohol’s effects on the body: www.compoundchem.com/2016/01/01/h...
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Battling a post-NYE hangover? Here’s what we know about the biochemistry of alcohol’s effects on the body: www.compoundchem.com/2016/01/01/h...
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
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More vibrant anthocyanins link the graphics for day 12 of #ChemAdvent: they colour both cranberries and puto bumbong, steamed purple rice cakes eaten in the Phillipines at Christmas.
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
December 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
More vibrant anthocyanins link the graphics for day 12 of #ChemAdvent: they colour both cranberries and puto bumbong, steamed purple rice cakes eaten in the Phillipines at Christmas.
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
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Benzene turns 200! 🎉
We’re celebrating with a special research collection on carbon-based systems, aromaticity, and molecular innovation.
📢 Want to contribute?🔗 https://rsc.li/4oqDm2X
#Faraday #CallForPapers #RoyalSocietyofChemistry #ChemSky
We’re celebrating with a special research collection on carbon-based systems, aromaticity, and molecular innovation.
📢 Want to contribute?🔗 https://rsc.li/4oqDm2X
#Faraday #CallForPapers #RoyalSocietyofChemistry #ChemSky
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Benzene turns 200! 🎉
We’re celebrating with a special research collection on carbon-based systems, aromaticity, and molecular innovation.
📢 Want to contribute?🔗 https://rsc.li/4oqDm2X
#Faraday #CallForPapers #RoyalSocietyofChemistry #ChemSky
We’re celebrating with a special research collection on carbon-based systems, aromaticity, and molecular innovation.
📢 Want to contribute?🔗 https://rsc.li/4oqDm2X
#Faraday #CallForPapers #RoyalSocietyofChemistry #ChemSky
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"They’ve been here for billions of years. They do evolution on a much faster scale." Microbiologist Bonnie Bassler shares how understanding bacteria and their surprisingly complex behaviors could help us better understand ourselves.
How Do Bacteria Talk To Each Other?
Bacteria are not as simple as their reputation suggests. Understanding how they communicate may lead to better disease treatments for us humans.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"They’ve been here for billions of years. They do evolution on a much faster scale." Microbiologist Bonnie Bassler shares how understanding bacteria and their surprisingly complex behaviors could help us better understand ourselves.
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Researchers have discovered molecules where individual rings can flip between aromatic and antiaromatic states so rapidly that they could exist in quantum superposition – creating a molecular equivalent of Schrödinger's cat.
Quantum tunnelling drives aromaticity flip-flop
Augmented pentalene structure could be a molecular Schrödinger's cat, aromatic and antiaromatic at the same time
www.chemistryworld.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Researchers have discovered molecules where individual rings can flip between aromatic and antiaromatic states so rapidly that they could exist in quantum superposition – creating a molecular equivalent of Schrödinger's cat.
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UK study of 624,000 overweight or obese adults found that starting metformin within 3 months of COVID-19 cut the risk of long COVID by about 64 percent, suggesting the diabetes drug may protect against lasting symptoms.
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Effect of Metformin on the Risk of Post-coronavirus Disease 2019 Condition Among Individuals With Overweight or Obese: A Population-based Retrospective Cohort Study
Early metformin treatment in overweight or obese adults with recent coronavirus disease 2019 infection significantly reduces the risk of developing post–co
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September 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
UK study of 624,000 overweight or obese adults found that starting metformin within 3 months of COVID-19 cut the risk of long COVID by about 64 percent, suggesting the diabetes drug may protect against lasting symptoms.
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
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Here Professor Schertzer and colleagues identify that microbial-derived D-lactate contributes to host glucose and lipid metabolism and can be trapped therapeutically to improve metabolic disease during #obesity www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
Gut substrate trap of D-lactate from microbiota improves blood glucose and fatty liver disease in obese mice
D-lactate from the gut microbiota influences blood glucose and fatty liver disease.
Trapping D-lactate in the gut improves blood glucose and lowers liver inflammation
and fibrosis during obesity.
www.cell.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Here Professor Schertzer and colleagues identify that microbial-derived D-lactate contributes to host glucose and lipid metabolism and can be trapped therapeutically to improve metabolic disease during #obesity www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
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A new stem cell treatment could eliminate the need for insulin therapy in people with type 1 diabetes, according to a study authored by University of Pennsylvania doctors.
A new stem cell treatment could relieve type 1 diabetes symptoms, according to Penn doctors
Vertex Pharmaceuticals' new therapy, zimislecel, has potential to be a "functional cure," experts say.
www.inquirer.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A new stem cell treatment could eliminate the need for insulin therapy in people with type 1 diabetes, according to a study authored by University of Pennsylvania doctors.
For a second I thought this was a scene from Call Me By Your Name 😍🥰
Picture of the day New York City 7 July 2025
#streetphotography #newyorkcity
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#streetphotography #newyorkcity
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July 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
For a second I thought this was a scene from Call Me By Your Name 😍🥰
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With temperatures soaring in Europe right now, here’s a look at how the sun affects our skin in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/biological-c...
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
June 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
With temperatures soaring in Europe right now, here’s a look at how the sun affects our skin in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/biological-c...
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
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Alchemists used shapes to represent not just elements, but also properties of substances. Étienne-François Geoffroy revived symbolism in the 18th century, arranging mystical-looking symbols into affinity tables to show which substances combined.
Symbols and tables in chemistry
Looking beyond today's periodic table
www.chemistryworld.com
May 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Alchemists used shapes to represent not just elements, but also properties of substances. Étienne-François Geoffroy revived symbolism in the 18th century, arranging mystical-looking symbols into affinity tables to show which substances combined.
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Today is #NationalDNADay 🧬
Here’s a look at what makes up DNA’s structure and how the genetic code is translated into proteins: www.compoundchem.com/2015/03/24/d...
#ChemSky 🧪
Here’s a look at what makes up DNA’s structure and how the genetic code is translated into proteins: www.compoundchem.com/2015/03/24/d...
#ChemSky 🧪
April 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Today is #NationalDNADay 🧬
Here’s a look at what makes up DNA’s structure and how the genetic code is translated into proteins: www.compoundchem.com/2015/03/24/d...
#ChemSky 🧪
Here’s a look at what makes up DNA’s structure and how the genetic code is translated into proteins: www.compoundchem.com/2015/03/24/d...
#ChemSky 🧪
Art Fair Philippines 2025
February 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Art Fair Philippines 2025
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#Inclusion is central to #chemistry, the central science! It is a #moral imperative as well as a management decision. #Diversity renders a #team more #creative and more #successful. People who feel supported and valued as they are will give their best at #work and in #research.
#equity #chemsky
#equity #chemsky
'Chemistry is often referred to as the central science;' writes Alice Motion. 'It’s time for us to centre diversity, equity and inclusion.'
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/incl...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/incl...
Inclusion should be central for chemistry
Why chemistry must remain committed to DEI
www.chemistryworld.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#Inclusion is central to #chemistry, the central science! It is a #moral imperative as well as a management decision. #Diversity renders a #team more #creative and more #successful. People who feel supported and valued as they are will give their best at #work and in #research.
#equity #chemsky
#equity #chemsky
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"In the unlikely event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop from the panel above your head." But where does this oxygen come from?
This edition of #PeriodicGraphics takes a look at that and some other in-flight chemistry: cen.acs.org/safety/consu... #chemsky 🧪
This edition of #PeriodicGraphics takes a look at that and some other in-flight chemistry: cen.acs.org/safety/consu... #chemsky 🧪
December 30, 2024 at 7:02 PM
"In the unlikely event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop from the panel above your head." But where does this oxygen come from?
This edition of #PeriodicGraphics takes a look at that and some other in-flight chemistry: cen.acs.org/safety/consu... #chemsky 🧪
This edition of #PeriodicGraphics takes a look at that and some other in-flight chemistry: cen.acs.org/safety/consu... #chemsky 🧪
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Day 6 of #ChemAdvent24 looks at the zingy molecules behind gingerbread's flavour 😋
December 6, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Day 6 of #ChemAdvent24 looks at the zingy molecules behind gingerbread's flavour 😋
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It's day 1 of #ChemAdvent24!
On the day that some of you will have been opening advent calendars, here's a look at some compounds that contribute to chocolate's characteristic aroma 🍫
On the day that some of you will have been opening advent calendars, here's a look at some compounds that contribute to chocolate's characteristic aroma 🍫
December 1, 2024 at 6:04 PM
It's day 1 of #ChemAdvent24!
On the day that some of you will have been opening advent calendars, here's a look at some compounds that contribute to chocolate's characteristic aroma 🍫
On the day that some of you will have been opening advent calendars, here's a look at some compounds that contribute to chocolate's characteristic aroma 🍫