Graphics exploring everyday #chemistry • @absw 2018 #science blog award 🏆 • #scicomm • Graphics & tweets by @ndbrning
Oct 31, 2022 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
Happy #Halloween! Forget tricks, here's a treat in the form of a short thread of halloween chemistry... 🧵
First up, pumpkins! Carotenes give pumpkins their orange colour, and various aroma compounds contribute to the vegetal smell as you carve them, as this graphic in @cenmag details: cen.acs.org/articles/93/i4…
Feb 7, 2022 • 26 tweets • 13 min read
It's #PeriodicTableDay! To celebrate here's a thread of 24 different periodic tables ⬇️🧵 (1/26)
This periodic table looks at the where, when and who of element discovery #PeriodicTableDay (2/26)
Mar 8, 2021 • 100 tweets • 69 min read
Here's a thread highlighting all of the amazing women featured in these #IWD2021#WomenInChemistry cards. I'll continue to add to this thread as I add to the series over the coming weeks and months! 🧵⬇️
#1: Laura Wysocki (@LauraWyz) works with undergraduate students to make fluorescent dyes that can be used as sensors or enzyme substrates #WomenInChemistry
Dec 31, 2020 • 13 tweets • 9 min read
As we say #GoodBye2020, here’s a thread looking back at some of the graphics I’ve made over the past year (a lot of them #COVID19-related!) ⬇️ (1/13)
The year started with this graphic on the viruses that cause colds and flu, inspired by a coronavirus outbreak in China that you may have subsequently heard a little bit about... 🤔 compoundchem.com/2020/01/22/col… (2/13)