Bad news, #COVID has reached chez Lorch, via the plague pits that are our schools.

Good news, I get to do some experiments with #LFTs & +ve samples

Experiment number 1, how does swabbing influence LFT results? 🧵 🪡 1/n The left LFT was carried out as per instructions. I wasn’t sure if I could see a T line, so I immediately repeated the test & doubled the rotations up each nostril. & left the swab in buffer for 5 min. Now the T line (right) is clearly present 2/n

#GreatExplanations contributors, @LordMartinRees, @d_spiegel, @scarlett_jazmin, @Kat_Arney, @AdamHartScience & I have all been popping up in media lately.

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But there's only one place where you can find all of these folk (and more) in one place 👇unbound.com/books/great-ex… @LordMartinRees was interviewed by @NewStatesman #GreatExplanations newstatesman.com/culture/2021/0…

Off to @WykeCollege this afternoon to talk about the amazing #chemistry that goes on in Hull, and the opportunities for chemists & chemical engineers in the region 🧵🪡 #Careers @ThisIsReckitt have their R&D headquarters in Hull, they make nurofen, detol, gaviscon and lots more

New @ChemRxiv pre-print hot off the press...

Citizen-led sampling to monitor phosphate levels in canals and rivers using a simple paper microfluidic device 1/n
chemrxiv.org/articles/prepr… We (& that's the academic 'we' which means it was mostly done by PhD student @__SamRichardson) developed a paper-based analysis device & a 3 minute sampling workflow that requires just a container, a test device and a smartphone app. 2/n