Jenny Yang
@chemjen
Inorg/Electrochem Chemistry Prof at UC Irvine. Catalysis, CO2 capture, CO2 utilization, sustainability. Posts about science, mentorship, nature, food, and parenting.
For Mother’s Day I requested my family go on a hike that I’ve wanted to do for years - Bommer Canyon near our home to the ocean (Crystal Cove). Kids did great for the 7+ miles on a beautiful day.
My mom made the cutest persimmon shaped 湯圓 (tang yuan) tonight. (It’s a sweet glutinous rice dessert)
My favorite thing today is seeing sumo wrestlers check out London as tourists
This is bonkers - in popular energy-related areas, 10 -15% of the TOTAL papers are reviews or perspectives @pubs.acs.org #ACSEnergyLetters Editorial: Should You Really be Writing A(nother) Review Manuscript? pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Life imitating art (although I wish it wouldn’t). Also if you have seen Andor you should.
No, it’s not the @theonion.com , its a real bill by a congressional representative. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
The federal funding freeze was only halted until Monday. ***Don't just post on here what a funding freeze would do to your research and the people funded by it. Call and email your reps and tell them!***
The memo on paused grants is also trying to cancel awarded grants (see last paragraph).