Highlights:
News:
E-cigarettes’ chemistry may explain their popularity among teens – C&EN (Received honorable mention in 2018 April-June Best Shortform Science Writing)
A side reaction may have led to impurities in valsartan heart drugs – C&EN
New window screens filter pollution from air – Scientific American
Going negative: First plant to sell captured CO2 set to launch – VICE News
Features:
Will the world ever be ready for solar geoengineering? – C&EN
Abuse-deterrent opioids: Worth the effort and cost? – C&EN
Silicon 2.0 promises to superpower chips and solar cells – New Scientist
The first critic is you: Editing your own work – Open Notebook
Opinion:
Perception is power: How the supplement industry bought deregulation – C&EN’s Grand CENtral Science blog
An analytical approach to unconscious gender bias – Mustlovescience blog
Clips organized by outlet:
Chemical & Engineering News, VICE News, Mental Floss, Scientific American, Princeton University, Open Notebook
Mustlovescience:
From May 2013 to June 2014, Tien wrote a blog called Must Love Science on science communication, chemistry, graduate school, and women in science. A fun way to transition from the bench to science writing, blogging introduced her to the vibrant and charitable scicomm community online. Click below to visit the archived site.
