Ivan Aprahamian

Someone is fed up.. www.comicsands.com/jaime-west-i...

BREAKING Jared Kushner reportedly had a secret Dubai bank account holding hundreds of millions of dollars from Azerbaijan, and he allegedly used it as a slush fund to pay a warlord, a mercenary, and a former hit man. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

The #fall colors are amazing this year

Shares in an #AI company (or #Tesla)

Chemistry lecturer Wendy Epps was recently named faculty director of the Teaching Science Fellows program, in which recent Dartmouth graduates work with faculty in introductory biology and chemistry courses to make the material more accessible.

Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.

Ear drops containing light-activated molecules may one day help restore hearing in people with some forms of hearing loss. #NobelPrize #chemsky 🧪

Optogenetics has ignited a revolution in neuroscience. Although this decree may sound like hype, researchers in the field disagree, saying the technique is allowing them to understand brain function and disorder with unprecedented precision. #NobelPrize #chemsky 🧪

After being on many scientists’ shortlists for years, the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has recognized optogenetics — a technology that allows researchers to control the brain’s neurons with pulses of light go.nature.com/4zf9yLF

I am thrilled about the Nobel Prize for Optogenetics! And I’m happy that the Nobel committee correctly portrayed the role Chemistry played in the development of this field: www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2026...

See what it’s like to travel in the occupied West Bank, for the nearly 3.5 million Palestinians who live there. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/experi...

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it. www.wired.com/story/how-is...

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

DFT can calculate anything you want and give you whatever results you wish for. But humans still need to decide what makes sense #chemsky

Tellingly, our president only instigated a review after the news was all over the major national outlets, not when student journalists first broke the story. Small surprise, as the two have been speaking on AI with one voice and helping make travesty of education jointly

NYPD Arrests Protesters—Including Celebrities—as Netanyahu Speaks newrepublic.com/post/215833/...

😳 Or maybe you shouldn't have a dog..

Are you studying synthesis of Natural Products? Join us at #ACSSpring2027 in NOLA @organicdivision.org for “New Faces in Natural Product Synthesis” Submit an abstract for the Spring 2027 ACS in ORGN Total Synthesis of Complex Molecules” We will select presenters for short talks (15-20 min) #ChemSky

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Price controls, Iowa-style: ⛽️

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Congrats to @spatra18.bsky.social for her paper in @commschem.nature.com (as part of the special issue on Photoswitchable Materials) showing how protonation can be used as a 2ndry handle to control the photophysics of hydrazones switches, resulting in short half-lives & NIR activation. #chemsky 🧪⚗️

The college at which I teach, Dartmouth, rose from 200-something to #6 for free speech in FIRE’s rankings. I believe this is misleading. This feels to me & many colleagues like the most restrictive atmosphere we can recall. & many students tell me confidentially they censor themselves about AI.

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

Under pressure, the DOD just released the text of its secret 10-year agreement with the NIH. Here are the biggest revelations from the document 🧵

Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.

The E.E. Just Program hosted a cohort of incoming students for Dartmouth Adventures in STEM, introducing them to new ideas and possibilities at the vanguard of science. They also participated in Navigating #Dartmouth sessions, visited labs, and engaged in community-building activities.

We are looking for a new colleague to join us @dartmouthchem.bsky.social (TT in organic chemistry) Come be my colleague at @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social #facultychemjobs apply.interfolio.com/192063

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The cyclospora outbreak has reached 17,180 cases across 48 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,700 measles cases (including 2 recent deaths) — a 35 year high. “Make America Healthy Again.”

Did I miss the big open letter signed by a hundred academics opposing this?

“This custom, state-of-the-art service container is covered in beautiful 24-karat gold and outfitted with the latest security and antimissile technology,” Donald Trump said as he showed off the luxury catering truck, which reportedly cost U.S. taxpayers $900 million.

Next week: seat belts caused more deaths than accidents.

I am beginning to think that having a functional government with functional regulatory agencies wasn't such a bad idea after all. Enjoy that peanut - it may be your last!

Why, in this day and age, do we still need to spend 40+ minutes trying to submit a paper? #ChemChat

I did this if folks are interested. Pricing is just to cover print fees, delivery fees, etsy fees and transaction charges...north America only I'm afraid. #chemsky thechemscrapesshop.etsy.com/sg-en/listin...

Check out our preprint on “azostitching”, a one-pot synthesis of azobenzenes and azoheteroarenes from organoboron compounds and anilines. This modular method vastly expands the accessible chemical space of azo dyes and photoswitches. chemrxiv.org/doi/10.26434...

Faculty position in our institute @EPFL: www.epfl.ch/about/workin...