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Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market Research Report by Function, by Type, by Application – Global Forecast to 2025 -…

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Danzig

New York, June 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market Research Report by Function, by Type, by Application - Global Forecast to 2025 - Cumulative Impact of COVID-19" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p05913814/?utm_source=GNW

The Global Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market is expected to grow from USD 11,302.63 Million in 2019 to USD 15,509.94 Million by the end of 2025 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.41%.

Market Segmentation & Coverage:This research report categorizes the Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security to forecast the revenues and analyze the trends in each of the following sub-markets:

On the basis of Function, the Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market is studied across Decontamination, Detection, Protection, and Simulation.

On the basis of Type, the Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market is studied across Biological Security, Chemical Security, Nuclear Security, and Radiological Security.

On the basis of Application, the Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market is studied across Law Enforcement and Military.

On the basis of Geography, the Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market is studied across Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, Middle East & Africa. The Americas region is studied across Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and United States. The Asia-Pacific region is studied across Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand. The Europe, Middle East & Africa region is studied across France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.

Company Usability Profiles:The report deeply explores the recent significant developments by the leading vendors and innovation profiles in the Global Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market including Argon Electronics Ltd, Blcher GmbH, Bruker Corporation, FLIR Systems, Inc, General Dynamics, HDT Global, Leidos Holdings, Inc., Northrop Grumman, Smiths Detection, and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

FPNV Positioning Matrix:The FPNV Positioning Matrix evaluates and categorizes the vendors in the Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market on the basis of Business Strategy (Business Growth, Industry Coverage, Financial Viability, and Channel Support) and Product Satisfaction (Value for Money, Ease of Use, Product Features, and Customer Support) that aids businesses in better decision making and understanding the competitive landscape.

Competitive Strategic Window:The Competitive Strategic Window analyses the competitive landscape in terms of markets, applications, and geographies. The Competitive Strategic Window helps the vendor define an alignment or fit between their capabilities and opportunities for future growth prospects. During a forecast period, it defines the optimal or favorable fit for the vendors to adopt successive merger and acquisition strategies, geography expansion, research & development, and new product introduction strategies to execute further business expansion and growth.

Cumulative Impact of COVID-19:COVID-19 is an incomparable global public health emergency that has affected almost every industry, so for and, the long-term effects projected to impact the industry growth during the forecast period. Our ongoing research amplifies our research framework to ensure the inclusion of underlaying COVID-19 issues and potential paths forward. The report is delivering insights on COVID-19 considering the changes in consumer behavior and demand, purchasing patterns, re-routing of the supply chain, dynamics of current market forces, and the significant interventions of governments. The updated study provides insights, analysis, estimations, and forecast, considering the COVID-19 impact on the market.

The report provides insights on the following pointers:1. Market Penetration: Provides comprehensive information on sulfuric acid offered by the key players2. Market Development: Provides in-depth information about lucrative emerging markets and analyzes the markets3. Market Diversification: Provides detailed information about new product launches, untapped geographies, recent developments, and investments4. Competitive Assessment & Intelligence: Provides an exhaustive assessment of market shares, strategies, products, and manufacturing capabilities of the leading players5. Product Development & Innovation: Provides intelligent insights on future technologies, R&D activities, and new product developments

The report answers questions such as:1. What is the market size and forecast of the Global Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market?2. What are the inhibiting factors and impact of COVID-19 shaping the Global Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market during the forecast period?3. Which are the products/segments/applications/areas to invest in over the forecast period in the Global Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market?4. What is the competitive strategic window for opportunities in the Global Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market?5. What are the technology trends and regulatory frameworks in the Global Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market?6. What are the modes and strategic moves considered suitable for entering the Global Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Security Market?Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p05913814/?utm_source=GNW

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How not owning a car helped Sims develop his chemistry with Haskins – ProBasketballTalk

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Danzig

It was a surprise to some last fall when Redskins wide receiver Steven Sims made the team's initial 53-man roster. The undersized, speedy wideout had a solid preseason for Washington, but as an undrafted player, his chances of making the team's Week 1 squad at the beginning of training camp appeared quite slim.

Once the initial excitement of making the Burgundy and Gold's roster wore off, Sims quickly realized an important thing he needed to figure out: he had nowhere to live.

"I didnt have a home in Virginia as soon as we got back from [training camp in Richmond]," Sims said to Sam Fortier of the Washington Post.

Luckily for the wideout, one of his fellow rookies let him crash at his house until Sims got situated. That rookie? Quarterback Dwayne Haskins.

"When we came back to Ashburn, we had a few weeks before camp was over, so I stayed with Dwayne for around a month," Sims said.

During that span, the two of them would become very close. Sims had to adapt to Haskins' schedule, simply due to the fact that he also didn't have a car to get to work.

But for the pass-catcher, he didn't mind.

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"It was fun. Dwayne, he loves football, just like me," Sims said."All he wants to do is watch football, talk football and work. I was on his schedule [because I didnt have a car], so we were up early. I was [at Redskins Park] on a quarterbacks schedule, so I was there before other receivers were. I feel like that was a blessing in disguise."

The first half of the 2019 season was difficult for both of them. Haskins found himself the backup to veteran Case Keenum and appeared just twice within the first eight weeks, struggling significantly in both outings. Sims was able to make an impact when he was on the field (see him TD run vs. New England in Week 5) but had minimal snaps on offense for much of that span.

Then, in Week 9, Haskins was named Washington's starter for the remainder of the season. Sims took over as the team's main slot pass-catcher in Week 12and finished with 23 catches for 259 yards and four touchdowns over the Redskins' final six games, with Haskins the starter for five of them.

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So, how was Sims, an undrafted rookie from Kansas, able to be so successful at the end of last year? Well, he credited his late-season success to the chemistry he built with Haskins earlier in the year, particularly when they lived under the same roof.

"[Last years success] was just a lot with the connection me and Dwayne have," Sims said. "We built it early in the season, from the day I got there to living in his house. It worked out perfectly."

The duo has parlayed their strong finishes to 2019 into this offseason. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the two have been captured working out together on their own, along with fellow teammates Terry McLaurin and Steven Sims.

During a Zoom media session earlier this month, McLaurin had plenty of praise for both Haskins and Sims.

"With Steven Sims, I feel like hes probably made one of the biggest jumps to me personally because of how clean his feet are," McLaurin said. "I'm really excited to see him flourish in an offense that can showcase his versatility inside or out."

And for Haskins?

"He's having fun again," McLaurin said."I feel like his focus is great right now. Physically, mentally, his personal life, he's cleaned some things up. He's ready to prove himself right, really, and just be the leader and the quarterback that this franchise needs and deserves."

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Flow Chemistry Reaction System Market Anticipated to Grow at a Significant Pace by 2020 2025 – Jewish Life News

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Danzig

Market Study Report adds new report on Global Flow Chemistry Reaction System Market analysis 2020-2025. The report focuses on global major leading industry players with information such as company profiles, end users/applications, product and specification.

The latest report on the Flow Chemistry Reaction System market is a thorough analysis of this business sphere and is inclusive of all the vital parameters of the industry such as recent market trends, current renumeration, market share, industry size, periodic deliverables, and estimated profit over the forecast period.

A brief summary of how the Flow Chemistry Reaction System market will perform over the study duration has been mentioned in the report. The report also enlightens about the key growth indicators, restraints, and potential growth aspects of this industry vertical over the forthcoming years.

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COVID-19, the disease it causes, surfaced in late 2020, and now had become a full-blown crisis worldwide. Over fifty key countries had declared a national emergency to combat coronavirus. With cases spreading, and the epicentre of the outbreak shifting to Europe, North America, India and Latin America, life in these regions has been upended the way it had been in Asia earlier in the developing crisis. As the coronavirus pandemic has worsened, the entertainment industry has been upended along with most every other facet of life. As experts work toward a better understanding, the world shudders in fear of the unknown, a worry that has rocked global financial markets, leading to daily volatility in the U.S. stock markets.

Main pointers of the Flow Chemistry Reaction System market report are listed below:

Unravelling the Flow Chemistry Reaction System market with respect to the regional outlook:

Flow Chemistry Reaction System Market Segmentation: USA, Europe, Japan, China, India, South East Asia.

Summary of the geographical landscape of the Flow Chemistry Reaction System market:

A gist of the details presented in the Flow Chemistry Reaction System market report with regards to the product and application spectrum:

Product landscape:

Product types: Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors (CSTR), Plug Flow Reactors (PFR), Micro Reactor Systems (MRT) and Others

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Vendor base of the industry: Syrris, Vapourtec, ThalesNano, Uniqsis Ltd, Chemitrix, AM Technology, YMC Engineering, HEL Group and FutureChemistry

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Shelter in place order lifted after chemical spill on Redstone Arsenal – WAAY

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Danzig

UPDATE: A spokesperson for the arsenal says the spill happened in a lab environment in Building 4500. They say no one was hurt, and there is no damage.

The Redstone Arsenal Fire Department is handling the spill and has secured the scene. We're told an official statement will be released this afternoon.

Officials say precautions are being taken in the area to ensure the safety and security of workers. The shelter in place order has been lifted, and Martin Road is reopened.

FROM EARLIER:

A chemical spill is reported Wednesday around 11:15 a.m. on Redstone Arsenal.

The spill is in the area of Building 4500 on Martin Road, near Marshall Space Flight Center. A quarter of a mile radius is closed off.

People in Building 4500, theRedstone Test Center, are ordered to shelter in place.Martin Road is closed, and people should avoid the area.

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Denver Broncos have chemistry building with Drew Lock and Jerry Jeudy – Predominantly Orange

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Danzig

There is something strong in the air with the Denver Broncos.

Relationships are starting to form with quarterback Drew Lock and wide receiver Jerry Jeudy. It began with Lock hyped about the selection of Jeudy in the NFL Draft and has now transferred to throwing sessions with teammates.

I'm told Drew Lock and a number of Broncos players are going full offense, running through the playbook on their own away from the facility. Courtland Sutton, KJ Hamler, Ja'Wuan James, Dalton Risner among them. Phillip Lindsay is a regular. Jerry Jeudy joined them last weekend.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and new life, we all are living differently and NFL teams have been figuring out how to find time for workout schedules in the midst of all this. One area where that can be done is the throwing sessions.

Ever since Lock started with the Denver Broncos, there has been an awakening to the print media that is flocking to hype this second-year quarterback from Missouri. However, humility remains true with Lock, who is keeping a level head and not changing the person he is. These practices with his teammates and new friends will only jumpstart a rapport for the 2020 season. New offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur spoke about Lock and about this 'rumor' of team gatherings.

Theres a rumor that hes working with the players by himself. Thats a rumor that I heard. Also, along with that rumor, I heard its going well.

Pat Shurmur (via Denver Broncos PR)

Shurmur mentioned Lock and being a teacher through the Zoom meetings. With the pandemic, the changes that came in the NFL are mainly teams having their offseason programs strictly through virtual meetings. This means the coaches become the teacher and that it is up to the players to get better and train on their own time.

Thus, it leads us back to Drew Lock and Jerry Jeudy again. Jeudy is well regarded as one of the hardest workers to enter this draft class. Every since his freshman days and possibly earlier Jeudys work ethic is unmatched.

Lock was spotted on multiple occasions working out with players and doing throwing sessions. Jeudy and Lock are fierce competitors who know what it takes to succeed.

Just watch for yourself.

News broke that Jeudy and Lock are doing throwing sessions. If Lock has already formed strong chemistry with Courtland Sutton who is the incumbent number one wide receiver, then who is to say this cannot happen with Jeudy also?

Lock was given the keys to a brand new Ferrari offense. There is a chance Jeudy and Lock can form a strong bond that will lead to a solid campaign for Jeudy. Because of this, it can result in the possibility Denver has two 1,000-yard wide receivers in 2020. Lock has every tool in this offensive arsenal to be effective in the upcoming season.

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If this chemistry is strong enough to translate from the throwing sessions to the games, the Broncos will be humming with all the pistons firing. The class has been in session and the homework is paying off.

In Vitro Toxicity Testing in Chemical Market Trends, Research, Analysis and Forecast 2026 Major Growth By Merck KGaA, Eurofins Scientific, Thermo…

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Danzig

The In Vitro Toxicity Testing in Chemical report is bifurcated into several attributes which include manufacturers, region, type, application, market status, market share, growth rate, future trends, market drivers, opportunities, challenges, emerging trends, risks, entry barriers, sales channels, and distributors which are again detailed in the report as required to describe the topic and provide maximum information for better decision making. In Vitro Toxicity Testing in Chemical Market report also provides an exhaustive analysis of geographical scenario of the Chemical industry including detailed analysis of market scope, share, year on year development and opportunity analysis about the major regions.

Moreover, this In Vitro Toxicity Testing in Chemical Marketreport provides strategic profiling of top players in the Chemical industry, comprehensively analyzing their core competencies, and drawing a competitive landscape for the market. It also represents a brief summary of sales, revenue share, demand/supply data, and market growth analysis during the predicted period.

Global In Vitro Toxicity Testing in Chemical Market is expected to grow with a steady CAGR in the forecast period of 2019-2026. The report contains data from the base year of 2018 and the historic year of 2017. This rise in market value can be attributed to the enhanced databases of toxins and toxicology methods.

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Expansion of technology and innovations in services and solutions offering resulting in expanded solutions and services; this factor is expected to drive the market growth

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By Product & Service: Assays, Services, Reagents & Labware

By Technology: Cell Culture Technologies, High-Throughput Technologies, Cellular Imaging Technologies, Toxicogenomics

By Method: Cellular Assays, Biochemical Assays, EX Vivo Models

Geographical Landscape

North America(US, Canada, Mexico)

South America(Brazil, Argentina, rest of south America)

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Middle East and Africa(UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, etc.)

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1.1.1 Overview

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1.2.1 Industry Chain

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2.1 Segment Overview

2.1.1 APPLICATION 1

2.1.2 APPLICATION 2

2.1.3 Other

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3.1 By Type

3.1.1 TYPE 1

3.1.2 TYPE 2

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Howell chemical company switches to producing hand sanitizer – MLive.com

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Danzig

HOWELL, MI The coronavirus outbreak has pushed many businesses to innovate or retool with new areas of focus, and Howells Nyatex Adhesive and Chemical Co. is among them.

The chemical company has a primary focus on automotive plastics and adhesives, but began producing hand and surface sanitizer once company President Jason Hulbert realized he had the means to do so.

Hulbert said the company is always adjusting what it produces based on industry demands, and built-in access to the suppliers and chemicals needed to make sanitizers made for a smooth adjustment. Hulbert said even with shortages, he can work around supply obstacles with his list of vendors.

Because we deal with so many (vendors), I've got 10 (of them) to choose from, Hulbert said. If the first five are out, I got five more I can try. Not a lot of companies have that many commodity suppliers in the rolodex.

Nyatex never made sanitizer before the pandemic, but Hulbert said the company is familiar with the alcohols and glycerin that are used in sanitizer, and chemical engineers on staff who said it could be done. The company is using a World Health Organization formula to make the sanitizer.

It has been selling sanitizer in 5-gallon plastic pales for $150 each, with discounted rates for first responders, hospitals and essential businesses. While sales have mainly been in Livingston County, the sanitizer has been sold in Midland, Saginaw, Flint and Metro Detroit as well. Dental offices, landscapers and gyms have also been purchasing pales of sanitizer from Nyatex.

Mindy Bianchini, owner of TRVfit gym in Howell, said she bought the sanitizer to clean rooms and equipment in between classes once it reopens.

It seems that it will look great for what I have conceptualized as far as opening and having new health regulations for my gym, Bianchini said.

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Nyatex probably will not continue producing sanitizer after the demand generated by the pandemic dissipates.

Were in a position (where) we could produce it indefinitely and its something we could fold into what we do pretty easily, Hulbert said. But I feel its something that we will fade out, especially because of the size we are doing it.

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The sizzling chemistry of Normal People – The Week Magazine

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Danzig

Despite what writers would have you think, love stories are not often epic. For every Paris and Helen, every Cleopatra and Mark Antony, every Dante and Beatrice, there are thousands upon thousands of unremarkable romances, ones that will never be written about, ones that have little significance to anyone beyond the couple themselves. They unfold not in the pages of plays or the verses of ballads or the stanzas of poetry, but in late night text messages, shy smiles in high school hallways, words murmured in the backseats of cars, windows steamed opaque.

Normal People, which debuts for U.S. audiences on Hulu on Wednesday, makes no false promises with its title. It is not a love story about a romance that fells an empire, cements a dynasty, or even one that provokes a grand finale a rush through Grand Central Terminal, say, to stop a departing train. It is the very ordinariness of Normal People, though, that makes it an unmissable small screen treasure, an achingly everyday love story in which we might find, reflected, pieces of our own.

Perhaps the most miraculous thing about Normal People, though, is that it somehow already exists. The show, which premiered in the U.K. last weekend, is based on Sally Rooney's novel of the same name, the one that was an Instagram status symbol this time last year. But for a seemingly rushed production aimed at capitalizing on the success of a trendy novel, the resulting show is tender, patient, and precise (I'll go on the record with my belief that it is even better than the book). Rooney herself wrote the script, with the first six half-hour episodes directed by Room filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson and the final six directed by Hettie Macdonald, who is best known in certain circles for helming the Hugo Award-winning Doctor Who episode "Blink."

The most delicate element of all, though, came down to the show's casting. Normal People follows four years in the lives of Marianne and Connell, whose on-again-off-again romance is the center of the story. Their relationship begins when the two are teenagers living in a backwater town in Sligo, Ireland: Connell is the popular boy whose mother works as a cleaning lady for Marianne's mother, while Marianne is the uptight loner who's bullied by Connell's friends for being "ugly." The pair rendezvous in secret as to not rouse the jeers of Connell's friends, an arrangement that ends exactly as one might expect: heartbreak. Over the ensuing years, the pair continue to collide and break apart again, unable to either stay together or escape each other's orbits.

Of course, a romance of such magnetism requires bucketfuls of chemistry on screen, no easy ask even for veteran actors. But relative newcomers Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal, as Marianne and Connell respectively, more than deliver. The romantic tension between the two is the most sizzling example I can think of on screen since Fleabag and the Hot Priest. When Marianne talks at one point about believing she can hear Connell's thoughts, it feels like more than just a romantic cliche; the actors likewise seem to perfectly anticipate one another, bending toward each other in some imperceptible way, seeking each other across rooms and camera frames. Mescal is brilliant as Connell, with awkward, youthful blushes and embarrassed eye contact, never quite managing to get out what it is he really wants to say. Edgar-Jones, too, is a natural talent, with a piercing defiance to her performance that doesn't cover up her character's underlying sensitivity, either.

It can't be avoided saying, either, that Connell and Marianne have a lot of sex. But Normal People brings down to Earth what might have been an opportunity for gratuitous montages of passion in some other show. There is no mythical preexisting understanding of one another's desires here; in a scene that is being lauded by critics for properly showing consent, Connell reminds Marianne "if you want me to stop or anything, we can obviously stop" (at a later point in the show, Marianne exercises this right; Normal People doesn't just pay lip service to consent, but shows what it actually looks like in practice too). Additionally, Normal People's intimate scenes are not the sweat-drenched, perfectly-lit romps we're used to seeing in our entertainment: there's an awkward interruption when a condom has to be fetched, or Marianne gets briefly tangled in her bra. It's more than just fantasy and wish fulfillment; it's emotionally intimate. "I felt like I was intruding by watching," admitted sex and relationship coach Duchess Iphie to The Daily Mail.

There is a point late in Normal People where this push-and-pull of the normal and the singular all comes together. Connell and Marianne reflect on the way their relationship once seemed like something scandalous and essential to hide from others. As it turns out, rather, no one really cares that the two of them are together. That's so often the case, that the intensity of our own relationships can become so magnified that it obscures the fact that people have fallen in love, with similar trials and tribulations, forever.

Normal People finds the sweet spot, a way to present a story that is outwardly ordinary and mundane, but also to reel you in close enough to experience the thrill of first love, too. Because even if everyday love stories might not seem epic to outsiders, they always do to those inside them.

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Chemistry Program – Coastal Carolina University

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Danzig

Bachelor of Science

Chemistry is the science of all matter and its changes and is intimately linked to all the natural and applied sciences. The curriculum of the Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry will involve the study of numerous fields of chemistry, including analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry.

Students planning to pursue amajororminorin chemistry at Coastal should complete high school courses in algebra, trigonometry, analytical geometry and physics in addition to chemistry courses.

The major requirements for a chemistry degree allow some flexibility depending upon the interests of the student. The chemistry major provides a good foundation for careersin industry, medicine, forensics, government, teaching, manufacturing, research and development, quality control and environmental quality.

Students must earn a C or better in all major courses.

Chemists are involved in many of the following areas/industries: teaching at all levels; environmental work; patent law; food science; instrument development; forensics; clinical medicine; quality control; technology research and development; technical writing; sales and marketing of chemicals, pharmaceuticals and instrumentation.

Further information about the Bachelor of Science in chemistry can also be found in theUniversity Catalog.

CHEM 321 Analytical ChemistryCHEM 331 General Organic ChemistryCHEM 351 BiochemistryCHEM 411 Inorganic ChemistryCHEM 441 Physical ChemistryCHEM 422 Instrumental Analysis

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Department of Chemistry’s Yftah Tal-Gan receives the 2020 Foundation Early Career Innovator Award – Nevada Today

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Danzig

For leading his team in advancing potentially life-changing research fueled by record levels of grant funding, chemical biologist Yftah Tal-Gan has been awarded the University of Nevada, Reno Foundations Early Career Innovator Award for 2020.

Being among such an elite group of colleagues and great scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno, Im truly humbled to receive this University-wide honor, Tal-Gan said. Im thankful for the support of my colleagues and my students from the Department of Chemistry. It is their success that makes this teams success possible.

In just his fifth year in the Department of Chemistry, Dr. Tal-Gan has built the most distinguished research program I have ever seen in my 27 years on this campus, Vincent Catalano, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry, wrote in recommending him for the award. Professor Tal-Gan studies the chemical communication between cells (quorum sensing), and his research straddles the diffuse boundaries of chemistry, biology and medicine.

I fell in love with bacterial communication, and that was it. I never looked back, Tal-Gan said in a Nevada Today interview this past January. Its just fascinating, so cool.

Tal-Gan, who joined the chemistry department as an assistant professor in chemical biology in 2014, has harnessed that love for his field of study to become a prolific generator of successful grant proposals from the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of General Medical Sciences and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute), National Science Foundation and other top national funding programs.

As an assistant professor, he has raised an astounding $4.6M in external support, of which over $3.2M is directly for his research, Catalano said. This is a remarkable and unprecedented accomplishment. More impressively, professor Tal-Gan secured major funding from multiple funding agencies suggesting his work is broadly valued by diverse groups of reviewers. On top of this already impressive record, he has a $3.2M NIH proposal pending where funds are requested for preclinical trials.

The Foundation Early Career Innovator Award honors a full-time faculty or staff member employed with the University for six years or less, whose work exemplifies the spirit of innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship, with consideration for impact and benefit to the publics well-being. Foundation Innovation Awards are given annually to both an early career faculty member and an established faculty member and provide a $5,000 stipend to recipients.

Im grateful to the University for taking a chance on me and investing in me as a new professor, Tal-Gan said. Theyve given me the trust, freedom and flexibility to explore ideas and conduct research that we hope will one day improve or even save lives around the world.

It is impressive that professor Tal-Gan was able to develop this potential pharmaceutical in such a short period of time. Developing a potentially viable treatment in less than five years is truly exceptional and underscores the impact of his research.

Tal-Gan has had more than 20 articles published, with several in top international journals for all fields of chemistry. Recently, professor Tal-Gan published his most innovative findings in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He has been invited to present his work at numerous universities and conferences, as well as several international meetings.

Tal-Gan has led discoveries towards the treatment of bacterial diseases, including Streptococcus pneumoniae. Tal-Gans approach focuses on blocking the bacterias signaling pathways, known as quorum sensing. By exploiting this mechanism, Tal-Gans team has demonstrated that it is possible to moderate or eliminate the bacterias disease-producing capability without killing them, preventing the unintended-but-certain resistances the world is grappling with today. He recently applied for patent protection of his synthesized peptides aimed at blocking quorum sensing for the treatment of pneumonia.

Tal-Gan completed his masters and doctoral work in organic chemistry under professor Chaim Gilon and professor Alexander Levitzki at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where hed earned his bachelor of science. His doctoral dissertation was on the development of new peptide-based inhibitors of Protein Kinase B (PKB/Akt) as potential drugs for cancer. He then joined the laboratory of Professor Helen Blackwell at University of Wisconsin-Madison as a postdoctoral research associate.

It is impressive that professor Tal-Gan was able to develop this potential pharmaceutical in such a short period of time, Catalano said. With over 20,000 deaths in the U.S. annually, pneumonia is the leading cause of death of children under 5 years old worldwide and consumes billions of dollars of medical expenses annually. Developing a potentially viable treatment in less than five years is truly exceptional and underscores the impact of his research.

As a key component of Tal-Gans success, he has attracted and mentors a diverse group of graduate students, undergraduates and post-doctoral researchers, many of whom have gone on to start distinguished careers.

Today we see that COVID-19 and the threat of infectious diseases present enormous challenges for the entire global research community its hard work, but vital and rewarding, Tal-Gan said. Im especially energized working with our students and seeing them grow as scientists to go out and have an impact.

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Chemical recycling could be the solution to plastic pollution – The Next Web

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Danzig

The world is drowning in plastic. About 60% of the more than 8,700 million metric tonnes of plastic ever made is no longer in use, instead sat mostly in landfill or released to the environment. That equals over 400kg of plastic waste for every one of the 7.6 billion people on the planet.

One reason for this is that many plastics are not recyclable in our current system. And even those that are recyclable still go to landfill eventually.

Plastics cannot be recycled infinitely, at least not using traditional techniques. Most are only given one new lease of life before they end up in the earth, the ocean or an incinerator. But there is hope in a different form of recycling known as chemical recycling.

Traditional physical or mechanical recycling typically grinds down plastic into smaller parts that are then mixed and moulded together to create lower grade plastic products. Chemical recycling, on the other hand, breaks the plastic down to the molecular level, making available platform molecules that can then be used to make other materials. Its early days for this idea but, in principle, it could open up a whole range of opportunities.

Plastics are a broad classification of materials known as polymers, which are made from small monomer building block molecules composed mostly from carbon and hydrogen. The challenge in chemically recycling plastic involves finding the right techniques to break down and reconstitute the material into a variety of end products while minimizing waste.

All this needs to be done in a productive, economic, large-scale and carbon-neutral way. The eventual solution should create less harm than the problem it is trying to solve.

The monomers that make up plastics can take a variety of shapes and sizes: some are straight lines, some are branched and some have rings. The ways that they are bonded together determines the plastics material properties, including how easy it is to break them down, their melting temperatures and so forth.

Conventional recycling just breaks plastic into small pellets. ImagineStock/Shutterstock

In the most simple terms, breaking chemical bonds is all a matter of energy. Plastics are largely very stable materials so they generally need a good deal of energy to break them down, usually in the form of heat to cause a process called pyrolysis. You can have more precise control over the breakdown using the right catalyst, a material that sparks the chemical reaction from a specific location in the polymer chain.

One example of a catalyst is the type of biological molecule known as an enzyme. These occur in living organisms and play a vital part in processes in the body such as digestion. There are up to 50 known plastivore micro-organisms that can digest plastic because they contain enzymes that help break it down.

But using these natural processes can be challenging because you have to keep the biological organisms alive, so they require very specific conditions such as temperature and pH levels, and they often take a long time to complete the process. However, with more research they might be used commercially in the future.

Other catalysts can work quite quickly. For example, my colleagues and I have demonstrated that its possible to use iron nanoparticles to help turn black plastic (one of the most difficult types to recycle) into carbon nanotubes in a matter of moments. We were then able to use this new material to build electrical components such as data cables to transmit information to a speaker system to play music.

There is a global effort in this growing field to develop new techniques. Research has shown you can chemically recycle old cooking oil (a natural polymer) into a biodegradable resin for use in 3D printers. Other waste materials such as food, rubber and plastics can be used to rapidly produce graphene (a one-atom-thick form of carbon). Scientists have also developed a way to repeatedly recycle bioplastics instead of leaving them to slowly biodegrade and release carbon dioxide.

Chemical recycling could compliment mechanical recycling, especially for problem materials in physical recycling such as thin films and microplastics. These get trapped in the grinding machinery because of their small size and strength, causing the whole system to get stuck, slow down or even stop entirely and need cleaning. The grinders cant work on thin films, let alone microplastic materials that are hundreds of times smaller.

Many of these techniques have been demonstrated in the laboratory and there are several companies now doing this at a commercial level. These processes take time, expertise and money. But until we stop using plastics this a growing field of opportunity for investment to develop a circular carbon economy thanks to the use of chemical recycling of plastics.

This article is republished from The ConversationbyAlvin Orbaek White, Senior Lecturer in The College of Engineering, Swansea Universityunder a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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Mastering organic chemistry reactions | News – Education in Chemistry

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Danzig

Chemistry is packed with representations that describe unseen phenomena. One example is the electron-pushing formalism within the language of organic chemistry. Here, curly arrows represent the flow of electrons during a reaction, beginning at non-bonding electrons, or electrons in a bond, and pointing towards an electron-deficient atom.

Educators at the University of Ottawa in Canada have previously developed an open access, online module called Organic mechanisms: mastering the arrows. It supports students fluency in the electron-pushing formalism. The module was designed based on an extensive literature review and new research, which involved analysing thousands of typical mechanistic questions and the ways students tackle them.

Significantly, this module teaches students strategies found to be successful. For example, one advantageous method is the mapping strategy, where students label carbons in the chains of reactants and products with numbers. This helps them to compare the structures. The module also develops metacognitive skills to help students identify what they currently know, what they need to know and how to plan their learning.

In a new study, the Ottowa-based team assess the effectiveness of their online module in the context of a single, hour-long session. In particular, they focus on whether students are better prepared for two types of question: questions that ask students to draw the arrows, given the starting materials and products of a reaction step; and questions that ask them to draw the products, given the starting materials and electron-pushing arrows for that step.

The study participants were first years on chemistry-focused degrees. They worked through the online material either individually, in pairs or in small groups. An additional cohort of students who did not use the online module served as a control.

The researchers, led by Myriam Carle, used pre- and post-testing to measure the change in student performance on organic chemistry questions. They gleaned additional information through analysing students problem-solving strategies and frequent errors.

The study found that students who used the Mastering the arrows module had significant learning gains. Moreover, these students used effective problem-solving strategies more frequently.

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How Flint tapped in to community action | Opinion – Chemistry World

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Danzig

In 2014, the water supply to the city of Flint, Michigan was switched from the Detroit system to the Flint river to cut costs. Improper treatment of the water supply led to issues with water quality and serious consequences for the health and wellbeing of residents.

The water was contaminated, and Flint residents were being poisoned.

Low chlorine levels in the water system led to an outbreak of Legionnaires disease that spread to 100 people and killed 12. The contaminated water also corroded old pipes, leaching lead a neurotoxin that can cause irreversible damage to neurological and cognitive function in children into the supply. Dangerously high levels of lead have been found in the blood of children from areas where the water was shown to be unsafe.

And one of the reasons we know about what happened in Flint? Citizen science, combined with community activism.

Flint resident LeAnne Walters was one of the first to have high levels of lead confirmed in her home supply after her tap water ran brown. After months of educating herself about Flint water systems, she reached out to Marc Edwards, a professor of civil and environmental engineering from Virginia Tech. Edwards supplied Walters with hundreds of testing kits, so that residents could collect water samples, and agreed to run analyses in his laboratory.

Without a citywide sampling event that was led by Flint residents the Flint water crisis never would have been recognised, says Edwards, who was awarded the AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award for his collaborations with Flint residents. Without data, youre just another person with an opinion.

Edwards explains that the three-bottle testing kit used by Flint citizen scientists was much more sophisticated than the one-bottle test typically performed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The team collected samples when the tap was switched on and then after 45 seconds and three minutes. He believes the data gathered enabled the team to communicate better public health information than the government agencies.

The community leaders of the project displayed fierce dedication. You cant say enough about how hard they worked and how smart they were, says Edwards. The teams not only collected representative water samples, they also implemented safety measures to prevent anyone from tampering with the samples. That became important later, when the integrity of our methods was challenged, explains Edwards.

Controls, checks and balances are imperative in all forms of science. Community projects are no different, particularly when the stakes are so high.

While the vast majority of citizen scientists performed their duties diligently and with the highest ethical standards, one resident was found to have deliberately enhanced the levels of lead in their drinking water. They reported inordinately high lead concentrations, despite no known lead pipes leading to their property. An investigation revealed that lead fishing weights added to the plumbing had skewed the results considerably.

While shocking, Edwards didnt find this to be especially surprising, particularly because the crisis put billions of dollars [in compensation] in front of a vulnerable and poor community. Hes also pragmatic about issues of misconduct in citizen science, as stated in an article he co-authored about the lessons learned from the Flint project: No-one is above the temptation to cheat, whether citizen or scientist those who view citizens as incorruptible paragons of wisdom and virtue are at least as misguided as those who believe the same of scientists and engineers.

The experiences in Flint informed the design of a follow-up citizen science project that aims to build a better understanding of the pipes within residences across the US: Crowd The Tap. Led by citizen science expert Caren Cooper from North Carolina State University and funded by the EPA, Cooper says the project promotes access to safe drinking water by assisting individuals and groups in creating inventories of pipe materials that deliver drinking water to homes.

I think that Flint raised a lot of awareness about the fact that lead contamination in water comes from the infrastructure itself. There really is not a good handle on where there are still lead pipes, she adds.

The project applies a bottom up approach to science rather than the top down approach thats reliant on government agencies to provide testing and data. Participants enter data about their homes, using magnets to identify steel pipes or simple coin scratch tests to find lead. The hope is to empower tenants and owners to take steps to improve the safety of their drinking water.

A lot of times, data doesnt speak for itself, explains Cooper. So, I think usually it combines well with some sort of community activism. And Cooper believes that data and community values, taken together, is what should inform policy.

All science takes place in a societal context where there are priorities, values and subjectivity, but Cooper believes that we can still follow an objective process when collecting and analysing data.

I agree at the confluence of crowdsourced data and activism theres an exciting opportunity for positive social change.

The NBA has a chemistry problem – SB Nation

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Danzig

The NBA is a league of change. Recent roster turnover has been spurred by a number of factors, from an inflated salary cap and shorter, more exorbitant contracts, to restless owners, to star players progressively embracing their own power. Teams have been forced, at breakneck speed, to become comfortable with being uncomfortable.

Before the NBA went on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, chaos was its new normal: compelling, delightful and anxiety-inducing. But the constant shuffle also sparked an existential question among hundreds of affected players, coaches and front office executives: How can chemistry be fostered in an increasingly erratic era of impatience, load management, reduced practice time and youthful inexperience?

Every year you have six new teammates, Houston Rockets guard Austin Rivers said in an interview with SB Nation. Its like gaw-lly! In some ways you wish that would stop.

Its a new NBA, man. Guys are playing on a new team every year now, and it has nothing to do with how good of a player you are, its just how the NBA is. I have teammates whove played on eight, nine teams. I mean, thats fucking nuts. I dont ever want to go through something like that. (Rivers is 27 years old, and on his fourth team in seven NBA seasons.)

Over the past six months, dozens of players, coaches and executives across the NBA spoke with SB Nation about the state of the leagues chemistry, and why creating cohesiveness now is more difficult and demanding than ever before. Their responses sketched a blurry future for the league.

Its amazing how fast players change in todays NBA, Indiana Pacers general manager Chad Buchanan said. From when I got over here two years ago, Myles [Turner] is the only player whos still here.

Last summer, nearly half of the leagues talent pool swapped jerseys. Seemingly every roster in the league was forced to learn complicated new personality quirks and on-court tendencies. Honed locker room dynamics and hierarchies changed dramatically.

Chicago Bulls forward Thaddeus Young has played for four teams in the last six years after spending his first seven with the Philadelphia 76ers. Few people know better just how precious chemistry can be.

With how the salary cap is going, teams are not locking themselves into long-term deals anymore, where they have four to six guys on four-year deals, Young said. Its definitely tough because you dont know each other. The communication is gonna be off. The teams that you came from before, you might be driving the basketball and you might be used to a guy being in the corner and that guy might not be in the corner.

The NBA may be long past being able to reverse the course of roster turnover, but teams are doing their best to mitigate any downsides. The teams that have done the best job tend to think of chemistry in two buckets: personal and performance. The former contains how players interact away from the game, and the latter contains what happens on the court. However, personal chemistry often informs performance, and vice versa. Once players are comfortable off the court, their on-court relationship improves.

Take Los Angeles Lakers forward Jared Dudley, for example.

When I got here Id turn the ball over throwing to our centers because they expected a lob, Dudley said. I dont really throw lobs, Im more of a bounce passer.

Dudley solved his problem by initiating conversations with LAs big men, verbalizing his own in-game habits so that everyone could get on the same page. Not all NBA players feel so comfortable expressing themselves, however. Especially when an on-court situation is more complex than what to do on basic pick-and-rolls.

When the personal chemistry exists, the performance chemistry is often very easy because the performance chemistry is sometimes a function of hard conversations, one Western Conference GM said. The personal chemistry allows a guy to say, Hey man, in the second quarter last night there were like four straight defensive possessions where four of us were back in transition and you werent. You really put a ton of pressure on us to cover a five-on-four when you were lobbying the officials for a call. It took you forever to get off the deck. Come on, man.

Over the past 20 years, no organization has been more conscious of team chemistry than San Antonio. The Spurs are also far and away the modern eras most influential organization: Nearly one third of the leagues rival head coaches and front office executives can be traced back to head coach Gregg Popovich.

Drafting multiple Hall of Famers undoubtedly factored into the Spurs success, but their efforts to maintain an open atmosphere for stars and role players alike one that obsessed over values of tolerance, respect and empathy also separated them from everyone else.

However, San Antonios year-to-year continuity is also becoming progressively rarer, if not extinct. When Chicago Bulls head coach Jim Boylen was a Spurs assistant during the 2014-15 season, they had brought back 14 members of the previous years 15-man roster.

And of those guys, a bunch of them had been together for years, Boylen said. Now theres approximately 6.5 new guys per team. Thats unheard of.

To ignore San Antonios sprawling influence would be like praising observational comedy and never once mentioning Jerry Seinfeld. But even the Spurs are vulnerable in a league where turnover is the status quo. Prior to the 2018-19 season, they traded Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green, and lost in the first round of the playoffs for the second year in a row. Prior to this seasons hiatus, they were on track for their first losing record in 21 years.

The Spurs dont have an advantage anymore, Dudley said. We all have a disadvantage. Now its who has the most talent. Talent is gonna win out. Talent and vets.

In 2012, James Tarlow was an economics student at the University of Oregon when he presented a paper titled Experience and Winning in the National Basketball Association at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Tarlow wanted to know how roster continuity relates to team chemistry, so he pulled data from 804 NBA seasons played by 30 franchises between 1979 and 2008. He defined chemistry as the number of years the five players playing the most minutes during the regular season have been on their current team with one another.

I got an actual measurement of how important [chemistry] is, Tarlow said in a conversation with SB Nation in March. And its pretty dang important. If you keep your team together its like a third of a win for a year, which, people dont appreciate that and it doesnt seem like much, but if you have a team that stuck together for several years, that turns into another game or two. Thats going to get you into another round in the playoffs.

Bill Russell once wrote, There is no time in basketball to think: This has happened; this is what I must do next. In the amount of time it takes to think through that semicolon, it is already too late.

Its an intuitive idea: The longer were around people, the better we know how theyre going to behave under certain circumstances. Just think of the short-hand forms of communication youve established with your closest friends, family members and coworkers. Those subtle gestures and glances are especially helpful in sports, where a split-second miscommunication can be the difference between winning and losing.

You go back to those San Antonio days, the winks and blinks and the nuances [where Tim] Duncan would find Tony [Parker] on a backdoor, or Manu [Ginobili] would find Timmy on a lob, that evolved over time, and lots of times [time] isnt afforded, said Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown, who spent nine years as a Spurs assistant. You need time to have that sophisticated camaraderie, gut feel, instances on a court that require split the moment decisions.

Continuity by itself doesnt lead to winning, of course. In some cases, it might only extend mediocrity. And if winning a championship is an organ
izations goal, then it should first pursue star power. But continuity is a boon to coaches, who can implement more complex strategies if theyre able to retain a core group of players year after year.

Right now with the influx of new players, youre having to really keep your playbook and your schemes at a basic level because you are teaching more, Charlotte Hornets head coach James Borrego said. Youre just starting almost at a ground level every single year in a lot of different ways, where the teams that have had success for years and years, theyre building on every single year.

The lack of in-season practice hours only compounds coaches frustrations. With shorter timeframes to fold new players into their system and culture, coaches around the league feel they need to adapt quicker than they ever had before.

As Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens joked, We get three weeks to get ready for a season, then we never practice again.

Orlando Magic head coach Steve Clifford believes that the league office did the right thing by limiting back-to-backs across every teams schedule. During his first two years as head coach of the Charlotte Hornets, they played 22 back-to-backs each season, while only 11 were on the docket this season for Orlando. But the schedule shift has hurt in unforeseen ways.

When you play a back-to-back you usually get two days off, most times, right? Clifford said. So you give them a day off and then when you come in you can practice. Theyre rested, you bring referees in. You practice. You actually practice.

You never actually practice anymore like when I first got in the league, everybody had a million plays, and you had to know the plays and stuff, and now if you do its an advantage but people dont look at it like that.

A side effect of so much player movement may be a simplification of the product. NBA teams have evolved to emphasize an up-and-down, free-flowing style of play that is largely the byproduct of an analytical revolution to prioritize threes, layups and free throws. Modern basketball is filled with pick-and-roll heavy offensive actions that dont require the same on-court intimacy as a stockpile of elaborate set plays.

My gut tells me that roster turnover is whats causing the thinning of playbooks, one western conference general manager said. And the thinning of playbooks is whats causing this standardization of playing style.

Players feel it, too. Most teams dont do anything. Really its just take the ball out the basket, pick-and-roll, and run, Rivers said. The coaches are really here to guide you now. Its crazy. Its more ATOs (after time-out plays) and out of bounds, and late clock, fourth quarter, thats when coaching really comes in play. Thats all we go over in shootaround. Most of our stuff involves defense because our offense is fucking ridiculous, man. We dont really do anything on offense.

Even teams that have gone out of their way to maintain continuitylike Cliffords Magic, which returned 85 and 82 percent of their minutes over the past two seasons, respectivelyare not immune to change, and all its myriad effects on strategy.

The game is what they wanted it to be when they changed the rules, and the level of execution is still high, obviously, Clifford said. Its not nearly the gameplanning league that it was even seven or eight years ago.

Sustained success is not possible without collaboration, and collaboration becomes habit when several contributors spend thousands of minutes battling together in the same system. The Golden State Warriors had the benefit of several superstars as they won three championships, but they also had an iron collective grasp of what they wanted to accomplish on every possession.

I think there is a level of beauty that exists with the game that is tougher to reach with the turnover, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said. For example, if Draymond [Green] ever caught the ball in the pocket off of a high screen with Steph [Curry], Andre [Iguodala] knew exactly where to go and Draymond knew exactly where he was going to be. We didnt even have to practice it. And thats why you saw, frequently, either the lob to Andre along the baseline or Andre spaced out.

NBA teams have been thinking about how to manufacture chemistry for years, long before this accelerated era. None of these billion-dollar corporations can ever be sure how well their efforts actually work, however. Their adjustments have always been based on in-game progression, but success also depends on other obvious factors, like talent, injuries and dumb luck.

A difference between then and now is that players are driving roster decisions to a greater extent. They have much more leverage within organizations, and the biggest stars can take their talent elsewhere if the locker room doesnt jell quickly enough. For many teams, that means they have to proactively foster strong bonds among teammates by encouraging new and returning players to stick around the practice facility during the offseason.

The summer time is big for us, Borrego said. We cant demand it, but we encourage it Guys can really settle down and connect, really understand their teammates, understand their coaches, and its just a much more comfortable situation that allows for chemistry to be built and grown.

The Hornets also organize team dinners when theyre on the road, a practice Borrego borrowed from his time in San Antonio. When asked if those dinners are mandatory, he gave a wry smile: They are team dinners. Then there are others that happen organically on their own, and I want our players to do that. If theyre doing it on their own thats even better than me organizing something.

As one former Spur told ESPN: To take the time to slow down and truly dine with someone in this day and age Im talking a two- or three-hour dinner you naturally connect on a different level than just on the court or in the locker room. It seems like a pretty obvious way to build team chemistry, but the tricky part is getting everyone to buy in and actually want to go. You combine amazing restaurants with an interesting group of teammates from a bunch of different countries and the result is some of the best memories I have from my career.

Of course, Popovich was also good at finding players he wanted at the table.

The more you can stay together, the more the chemistry builds. But still chemistry is more a function of the character of the players than it is anything else, Popovich said. I always talk about getting over yourself. And if theres somebody in your organization that hasnt gotten over himself or herself theyre a pain in the ass and they make it harder for everybody else because they can only feel about their success. They cant be happy for somebody elses success. It has to be about them. If you dont have that then nothing else is gonna help you have chemistry. You cant make it happen.

Still, every coach tries to get everyone on the same page. As players digest their new surroundings, its important that everyone coaches, players and executives understand their expectations for one another. Rockets head coach Mike DAntoni boiled his own approach down simply: Dont ask somebody to do something they cant do. If youre gonna have to change a guy, you might not want to bring him in in the first place.

It is impossible for any team to keep all 15 players in the locker room happy at the same time; theyre human beings who are all going through their own real life issues. But a haphazard onboarding process will create headaches down the road. According to Buchanan, coaches have to be able to anticipate players questions.

Why am I not getting to do this? or Why am I not getting to play more? or Why am I not playing with that guy? or Why am I not starting?, Buchanan said. You try to get that communicated up front so the player knows what hes stepping into, because lots of times chemistry issues evolve from a lack of communication.

When general managers and coaches are unaware of loose frustrations, they risk one player venting t
o another, sewing animosity that does irreparable damage to the entire team. Left unattended, a team can spiral into soap opera.

Its not difficult to create chemistry, Atlanta Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce said. Its more about sustaining it through the course of 82 games with so many ups and downs. Obviously [we had] some of those moments with John [Collins] being out and Kevin [Huerters] injury. Roles start to shift and some guys werent ready for it, so the frustration of that kicked in.

The Hawks have done two things to stave off that seemingly unavoidable discomfort. The first is an all-in dedication to how they play, in which everything revolves around pick-and-rolls with Trae Young and a rim-rolling big. By keeping the gameplan simple, they can plug in pieces as needed.

When Trae masters it and everybody else understands it, you know, you roll a little bit harder and you shake up a little bit better, and you slash a little bit better. Thats who we will become, Pierce said. Any big that comes to our roster [knows,] I can play here because I know Im gonna get the ball at the rim.

The Hawks also have a breakfast club that Pierce took from his time as an assistant under Brown in Philadelphia. Every time the club meets, players stand up in front of their teammates and discuss something that matters to them. Earlier this year, Collins enlightened the room with a powerpoint presentation about what it was like growing up in a military family. Huerter talked about growing up in upstate New York and losing high-school friends in a drunk-driving accident.

Former Hawks center Alex Len gave a particularly tender presentation last season that moved his head coach.

Youre barking at Alex Len. This fucking guy, he doesnt compete, he doesnt appreciate this, Pierce said. Well, Alex Len talked about why he couldnt go to the Ukraine for the last seven years. Wow, I didnt know you had such a tough time with that. Im over here fucking yelling at you for not rolling in the pick and roll. I dont know youre dealing with this Ukraine thing for the last seven years and not being able to go home and see your grandparents. My bad. Ive got to get to know you a little bit better.

Three years ago, Kings owner Vivek Ranadive asked a communications coach named Steve Shenbaum to work with his team. In 1997, Shenbaum founded a company called Game On Nation, which helps corporate executives, military personnel and government employees in addition to professional sports teams.

Within the past decade, Shenbaum has been brought in by the Lakers, Trailblazers, Nuggets. Cavaliers, Grizzlies and Mavericks, and agent Bill Duffy has asked Shenbaum to assist several of his clients, including Carmelo Anthony, Yao Ming and Greg Oden. He has more than 100 improvisational and conceptual exercises to help clients build self-awareness, selflessness, confidence and other traits that enable character development.

A favorite is called last letter, first letter, in which two teammates have a conversation with one rule: as they take turns speaking, they must start with the last letter of the other persons last word, and keep the conversation going. The exercise forces both parties to listen, let one another finish and focus in ways they otherwise might not.

My hope is I am planting seeds and empowering the players and the staff to take what theyve experienced and run with it and multiply it, Shenbaum said. I want them to see each other in another light.

Shenbaum has many telltale signs of good and bad chemistry, but a big one is how well veterans are buying in. In a league thats getting younger and younger, its imperative that older players command respect in the locker room and impose a will to succeed.

Dudley believes veterans who might not even be in a rotation can earn their money by bringing everyone together in ways a coach or GM cant. During his one year in Brooklyn, he organized dinners, trips to the movies, parties and other events away from the game that involved the whole team.

Then, when we were in film sessions and I would call them out, they took it as love and not criticism, Dudley said. Youre developing a relationship and then you can tell them, Spencer [Dinwiddie] or a guy who thinks he should play more, this is why youre not playing. This is your role for this team. Rondae [Hollis-Jefferson], he got benched: Hey Rondae, for you to stay in the league, this is what you gotta do. On this team youre not a starter anymore but theres gonna be times they call on you. He stayed ready.

Almost everyone interviewed for this story agreed that chemistry cant be forced. Players on contending teams have to go through organic hardships together before they can become comfortable enough for the difficult conversations that facilitate progress. Some teams dont believe its necessary or appropriate to ask their players to spend more time together than they already do. They believe that players should figure out issues among themselves, and that a front offices biggest role is doing good background research on everybody they bring aboard. Coaches are there to take a teams disparate pieces and position them to succeed.

I think everybodys budgets on team meals now has skyrocketed league wide because of the San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra laughed. The more important thing is getting a team on the same sheet of music about your style of play and an identity on both ends of the court, understanding whats important, what the standards are, the expectations, role clarity. These things fasttrack, in my mind, chemistry. Its always nice if guys like each other and they go out to eat on the road, have dinner together. But that doesnt guarantee anything.

Spoelstra knew early on that Jimmy Butlers oft-misunderstood persona would have no trouble fitting in with several players on Miamis roster because they all shared the same sense of duty.

Ive noticed with Goran and Jimmy in particular, they have such a beautiful on-court chemistry because theyre in their 30s, theyre only about winning right now. They dont care about anything else. If you want to define on-court chemistry, in my mind its how willing are you to help somebody else. And how willing and able are you to enjoy somebody elses success when it happens.

The character vs. talent debate isnt new among NBA decision-makers. But going forward, we may see teams value the former more than they have.

If you get a group of four new players who you bring onto your team and theyre all team-first, unselfish, competitive, self-motivated players, theres a decent chance that the chemistry is gonna have a chance to be good, Buchanan said. Doing a ropes course, thats great in theory and may work for a business, but professional athletes, they develop chemistry by knowing they can trust each other because theyve been together through tough times on the court.

Chemistry is worth deep investment, but perhaps it can be overanalyzed, too.

We try to make the simple complicated at times, ESPN NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy said. Going out to dinner is a far different chemistry than playing chemistry. You read a lot about, We play paintball together. Who gives a shit, you know?

I dont believe its the reason why a team is either good or not good. I think youve gotta get great players, and when you have them you gotta try and keep them.

There are endless ways to cultivate chemistry, but teams can still only guess at what will work in every situation. Statistics arent a good guide. They cant quantify personality flaws or gauge emotional intelligence. When intuition is the best way to make a decision, some front office executives lean too hard on what they can measure instead.

I think a lot of these GMs, they really dont take [chemistry] into consideration, Utah Jazz center Ed Davis said. Theyre starting to treat the NBA like 2K and more just looking at numbers instead of, are these two players going to get along? And I think youre gonna start seeing GMs lose their jobs.

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m and on-court awareness is very often the bottom line for NBA teams, but those still trying to crack chemistrys mysteries have good reason to believe they arent running a fools errand, as vulnerable as their circumstances may make them feel.

Theres something very powerful about newness, Shenbaum said. And if you embrace it early, whether its a new coach, five new players, the star left, if you embrace it early you can actually create a very authentic bond.

Defining chemistry can feel like trying to catch the wind. It is omnipresent and elusive at the same time. Until the NBAs best and brightest crack the formula, they will have to deal with increasing levels of uncertainty in what was already an uncertain business.

Time will tell if NBA teams ever learn how to overcome their mounting challenges from the shifting ways teams are built, to how on-court strategy is implemented, to the quality of the game itself. But theres no denying that chemistry is a force multiplier, complex and intractable. And in an era of basketball that demands urgency more than ever, that fact can be frightening.

A lot of players and teams will continue to fail in familiar ways, well-laid plans crumbling because players, coaches and executives never understood each other on or off the court. Only now, they may not realize their mistakes until they find themselves starting all over. Again.

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False Belief That Poison Cures COVID Kills Over 700 Iranians – TIME

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Danzig

(TEHRAN, Iran) The false belief that toxic methanol cures the coronavirus has seen over 700 people killed in Iran, an official said Monday. That represents a higher death toll than so far released by the Iranian Health Ministry.

An adviser to the ministry, Hossein Hassanian, said that the difference in death tallies is because some alcohol poisoning victims died outside of hospital.

Some 200 people died outside of hospitals, Hassanian told The Associated Press.

Alcohol poisoning has skyrocketed by ten times over in Iran in the past year, according to a government report released earlier in April, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The national coroners authority said that alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between Feb. 20 and April 7. Last year there were only 66 deaths from alcohol poisoning, according to the report.

Separately, the Iranian health ministry spokesman, Kianoush Jahanpour said that 525 people have died from swallowing toxic methanol alcohol since Feb. 20, state TV reported on Monday. Jahanpour said that a total of 5,011 people had been poisoned from methanol alcohol.

He added that some 90 people have lost their eye sight or are suffering eye damage from the alcohol poisoning. (Hassanian also said the final tally of people who lost their eye sight could be much higher.)

Iran is facing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East with 5,806 deaths and more than 91,000 confirmed cases.

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Methanol cannot be smelled or tasted in drinks. It causes delayed organ and brain damage. Symptoms include chest pain, nausea, hyperventilation, blindness and even coma.

In Iran, the government mandates that manufacturers of toxic methanol add an artificial color to their products so the public can tell it apart from ethanol, the kind of alcohol that can be used in cleaning wounds. Ethanol is found in alcoholic beverages, though its production is illegal in Iran.

Some bootleggers in Iran use methanol, adding a splash of bleach to mask the added color before selling it as drinkable. Methanol also can contaminate traditionally fermented alcohol.

The consumption of alcohol is generally prohibited in Iran. However, minority Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians can drink alcoholic beverages in private.

Following the coronavirus outbreak, Irans government announced it would issue permission for new alcohol factories quickly. Iran has currently some 40 alcohol factory that have been allocated for pharmaceutical and sanitizing items.

Already before the outbreak, the Iranian economy was struggling under severe U.S. sanctions blocking the sale of its crude oil abroad.

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Our Most Abundant Chemical Is The Future Of Fuel – OilPrice.com

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Danzig

Hydrogen is the renewable fuel that could eliminate the biggest source of demand for fossil fuelsthe transportation industry. It is the star in a script for a hydrogen economy built on electrolysis, the process that yields emission-free hydrogen fuel. And now, this script has come a step closer to reality thanks to a new material.

A team of scientists from Northwestern University said this month they had developed an ultraporous material that can be used for storing hydrogen. Storage is one of the challenges hydrogen needs to overcome before becoming a mainstream fuel, and the NU material may go a long way towards solving this problem.

The problem comes down to the cost and safety of storing hydrogen.

The most abundant chemical element in the universe can be stored either as a compressed gas or as a liquid. Both methods are costly and, more importantly, they carry risks because of the immense pressure of a hydrogen tank due to its high flammability.

To address this problem, the Northwestern University team set out to develop a new material, something called a metal-organic framework, or MOF, that could store a lot more hydrogen than other adsorbent materials much more cheaply, and much more safely, the team said in a news release.

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What is a MOF? In this case, it is a framework of organic molecules and metal ions that self-assemble into a multidimensional, ultraporous structure. As the lead author of the project, associate professor Omar K. Farha says, envision a set of Tinkertoys in which the metal ions or clusters are the circular or square nodes and the organic molecules are the rods holding the nodes together.

As an illustration of what the material is capable of, the authors report that a sample of one gram has a volume equal to the volume of six M&Ms andwait for ita surface area equal to 1.3 football fields. Thats some surface area right there.

We can store tremendous amounts of hydrogen and methane within the pores of the MOFs and deliver them to the engine of the vehicle at lower pressures than needed for current fuel cell vehicles, Farha says.

That could be one hydrogen economy problem almost solved, which would be a major step in the right direction. There is a lot of promise being heaped on hydrogen: early 2017 saw the launch of the Hydrogen Council, a group involving several leading automakers as well as Shell and Total, seeking ways to make hydrogen more commercially viable. The council allocated $1.4 billion on the development of energy storage and fuel cell project development until 2020, and expressed high hopes for the future.

That may be petty cash compared to any Big Oils investment plan for any given year, but it sent a message that hydrogen is going to feature more in the worlds energy mix. However, it has yet to take over gasoline and diesel, even with the storage problem solved thanks to the new material. For starters, hydrogen is a lot more expensive than gasoline and diesel. So are hydrogen cars compared to gasoline cars. Right now, they are being made more affordable with massive subsidies, but China recently showed the world how much a subsidy bill could swell if you dont plan for the long term when it canceled solar farm subsidies because it could no longer afford them.

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And then there is the cost of production. Not all hydrogen is made equal. In fact, there are three varieties, depending on what source material is used to produce the element. There is grey hydrogen, produced from coal and natural gas, there is blue hydrogen, made from natural gas, and theres green hydrogen, the truly renewable sort, produced via water electrolysis. Currently, the blue version is the cheapest one, but clean energy purists are pushing for more green hydrogen.

According to the Hydrogen Council, the continuous scale-up of hydrogen production and distribution could lead to a 50-percent decline in costs by 2030 for many hydrogen applications, making green hydrogen competitive with other low-carbon alternatives and, in some cases, even conventional options. On the flip side, this would require investments of some $70 billion.

There is also the issue of fueling stations. For now, these are few and very far between. Yet if hydrogen is to become a mainstream fuel, billions would need to be spent on a dense enough network of fueling stations. With hydrogen car sales at a meager 7,500 last year, however, such investment is likely considered a high-risk one, despite the subsidies.

So, it seems that it will yet be a while before the hydrogen economy replaces the old fossil fuel order in the world. But the ultraporous MOF that the researchers from Northwestern developed is not just for hydrogen. The material can also be used to store methane and use it to power vehicles. Maybe at some point, it could be used to deliver methane for other purposes, such as heating and power generation.

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Chemistry is key to the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People – Sydney Morning Herald

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Danzig

Filming sex scenes was a new experience for Edgar-Jones and filming anything at all was new for her co-lead, Paul Mescal, 24, who is primarily a theatre actor.

It was very strange because I felt that [Paul Mescal] was Connell and I knew everything about him.

Over time, says Edgar-Jones, the M-rated intimate scenes, which are key to the unfolding of the narrative, became just another part of the filming schedule. Well, almost. They are odd. It is the most strange thing that you [shoot those scenes] and then you go off to lunch with everyone and have a jacket potato and chat about nothing.

Rooneys novel is about an intense on-again-off-again relationship between Marianne and Connell, who fall in love in their final year of school in a village in Irelands County Sligo and go on to attend Trinity College in Dublin. Mariannes family is wealthy and abusive; Connell is the product of a working class single-parent household with complications of its own. At school, she is a whip-smart social pariah with a sharp tongue; he a popular athlete who also owns a very big brain. As time passes, the social cache of each character shifts, and a beautifully rendered series of misunderstandings thwart their relationship. The book has been variously described as an exquisite romance, a great Millennial novel and a compulsive read.

Normal People reveals the tender but complicated first love between two teenagers in Ireland.Credit:Stan

Rooney who co-wrote the script for the first six episodes and was also an executive producer devotes much of the novel to stating exactly whats going on in her characters heads, which is often in frustrating contrast to what they say and do. This interiority presented both challenges and benefits when it came to the screen adaptation.

It is quite tricky to communicate a lot of the unspoken stuff, says Edgar-Jones. But also we were so lucky because when else do you have your characters psyche written out in such insane detail?

Watching unspoken thoughts and feelings pass subtly across Edgar-Joness pale, dark-eyed face is one of the many pleasures of the early episodes of the series and its easy to forget that a camera would have been right up in her grill at the time.

So long, Marianne ... Daisy Edgar-Jones in her first lead role in Normal People.Credit:Stan

The early episodes were directed by Lenny Abrahamson, the Irish film director and screenwriter who won numerous awards for his 2015 film, Room. Edgar-Jones says he has a real knack for using the camera to illuminate a characters perspective and thoughts.

There was this one shot called 'the special' where the camera would be like really close, just roaming, she says, holding her hands up to her face like an open book and moving them around. It would be right up close and youd have to stop worrying about your moustache and just get on with it.

The later episodes of the series were directed by Hettie Macdonald, who has a host of TV directing credits to her name, including The Tunnel, Fortitude, Howards End and "Blink", the episode of Dr Who, from the David Tennant years, that many critics have lauded as the shows best. Each episode of Normal People runs for an undeniably TV-esque 30 minutes, but the overall pacing and production values are decidedly cinematic.

Rooneys involvement with the screen adaptation of her novel went well beyond co-writing the script. She was involved in everything from casting to critiquing the rushes. In her second year at university Trinity, like her characters Rooney won the European University Debating Championships and, in profiles, comes across as intensely cerebral and articulate, someone who would not be backward about coming forward with a scathing opinion.

Edgar-Jones concurs with this impression of Rooney. Yes, she sounds quite terrifying I was so worried because she is so intelligent and I am a big fan and quite easily intimidated by people to be honest so I was like oh, I am just going to crumble.

The pair met several times during production and as it turned out Rooney was absolutely lovely" says Edgar-Jones. "She is quite like Connell, like wholesome and lovely, just normal and approachable. Its interesting, isnt it?

I met her for the first time at the read through. It was a bit of a scary time and Sally came up to me and said this is crazy isnt it, like absolutely mad. It must have been mad for her, too. She has created these characters in her front room and then its being read out loud and talked about by a group of strangers.

Abrahamson has said that finding actors with the vital on-screen chemistry to play Marianne and Connell took some time. Edgar-Jones had binge read and fallen in love with Normal People before she was called in for a chemistry read with Mescal, who had already been cast as Connell some weeks prior. She really wanted the role by then. She walked into the audition room, she says, and it was very strange because I felt that [Mescal] was Connell and I knew everything about him. I was nervous, but as soon as we started doing the scenes it just felt very easy and very natural, and I started to enjoy it.

The pair read through one of the more serious interchanges between Marianne and Connell, and when they finished all the panel were crying, and I was like hmmm, thats a good sign, says Edgar-Jones.

Fans of the book who watch the series should be able to surrender their preconceived ideas about Marianne and Connell without too much heartache. Mescal and Edgar-Jones performances are accomplished and their bond convincing. As Abrahamson has said: I believe people who know and love the book will feel the series is a very faithful transposition of the novel onto screen.

Normal People premieres on Stan on April 27. (Stan and this masthead is owned by Nine.)

Lissa Christopher has more years experience as an editor and writer with The Sydney Morning Herald than she cares to count, and is now a print and digital producer for Traveller. Shes a glamper not a camper and wherever she travels she likes to start eating as soon as possible after making it through passport control.

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UPDATE: People can return to homes and businesses following chemical spill – WQOW TV News 18

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Danzig

UPDATE 10:30 a.m. : Eau Claire police say people can return to their homes and businesses.

UPDATEEau Claire (WQOW) - According to the DNR, the truck that tipped was hauling 26,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, 300 gallons of diesel and an unknown amount of dynamite.

Also per the DNR, local HAZMAT and airport HAZMAT are enroute and rougly 8,000 pounds of fertilizer has spilled. They also say a unknown amount of diesel spilled through a small hole in the tank.

Two storm drains are in the area and potentially impacted.

UPDATEEau Claire (WQOW) - Eau Claire police say a truck hauling hazardous material has tipped on Highway 53 near Interstate 94.

Eau Claire police tell News 18 the truck was hauling ammonium nitrate.

Because of that, police say they are evacuating all homes and businesses within 1/3 mile radius of the crash.

That includes residences in the Gatehouse Drive and House Road area and businesses in the Bullis Farm Road area.

Eau Claire (WQOW) - A stretch of HWY 53 is closed this morning due to an accident according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

All lanes on HWY 53 on a stretch from Golf Road to the I-94 interchange are closed.

No word on how long the closure will be in place.

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My Chemical Romance had to find a fresh perspective for ‘Danger Days’ – Alternative Press

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Danzig

With 35 years of rock n roll under our belts, you know weve got some stories to share. Through the wildest cover shoots with Slipknot, AFI, My Chemical Romance and more, we made it through the trenches and lived to tell the tales.

After creating our greatest hits cover featuring the likes of Hayley Williams of Paramore, twenty one pilots, Fall Out Boy and Awsten Knight of Waterparks, we werent finished yet. This extremely special issue revisits some of your favorite artists and their most memorable cover stories with Alternative Press. But how could we create an entire issue dedicated to the greatest hits artists and not include My Chemical Romance? The answer is obvious: We couldnt.

From their inception in 2001 to their faux blood-spattered photo shoots that became more of a death wish than a desire, we sat down with My Chemical Romancein 2010 ahead of the release of Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys. Unbeknownst to us, the group had far more happening than what would become their final record upon their disbandment in 2013. Who else has a T-shirt that says California 2019 on it and never made the connection? Yes, Frank Iero, we know youre pointing your finger at us, and were laughing along with you.

From issue 258, My Chemical Romance detail the songs and album that they would eventually scrap in place of Danger Days. Upon returning to the states from their stint at the Summer Sonic festival, MCR were hit with an abrupt reality check. The songs and album (21 tracks) that they had planned and poured thousands of dollars into werent what Gerard Way had envisioned, and the group were in search of a fresh perspective. Through the encouragement of his mentor Grant Morrison, Way retooled both the story arc and personas of the Killjoys into a conceptualized, post-apocalyptic record. This would become Danger Days.

Unlike anything the group had done before, Danger Days was their most daring feat and creative album to date, but it would also come with a price. Straying from their post-hardcore and, more notably, emo roots that their fans had grown accustomed to, Danger Days challenged everything the band had released previously. And, in turn, challenged their fans to take a leap of faith with them on their new journey into Battery City.

So, look alive, sunshine. This ones for all of you rock n rollers, all you crash queens and motor babies. My Chemical Romances 2010 cover featured in issue 258 is now available in issue 386 to add to your MCRmy shrine. Dont call us out on that punwe know what we did.

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All About Cannabis Trichomes, the Incredible Chemical Factories of Marijuana – SpaceCoastDaily.com

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Danzig

When you think about it, the cannabis plant is a pretty amazing specimen. Not only do these green leafy plants have the potential to boost creativity and productivity in an individual, but they also have some amazing medical uses for conditions ranging from Alzheimers Disease to eating disorders.

Whether youre more interested in the recreational uses of marijuana or youre looking for relief from pain, anxiety, or another common medical condition, the marvels of marijuana all come down to one thing: trichomes.

Trichomes are the tiny hairs that line the outer surface of plants, and they are often referred to as the chemical factories of cannabis.

In this guide to trichomes, learn all about this tiny yet powerful part of the cannabis plant and why it plays such a vital role in both recreational and medical marijuana use.

What Are Trichomes?

The official definition states that trichomes from the Greek (trichma) meaning hair, are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants, algae, lichens, and certain protists. They are of diverse structure and function.

These small (virtually microscopic) hairlike structures resemble tiny crystals at first glance, but when examined more closely, its obvious that they have a mushroom-like shape. They cover the surface of a cannabis plants leaves and buds and tend to be shiny and sticky.

What Is the Importance of Trichomes?

Trichomes are nothing short of beautiful, giving a plant a crystal-like appearance that glitters and gleams under the light. But their function is so much more than aesthetic. Aside from creating sparkle and shininess that resembles a blanket of frost, trichomes serve many different purposes.

Defense Mechanism

First and foremost, trichome production in plants is done as a defense mechanism against harmful things in the surrounding environment, like insects, animals, and UV rays. Trichomes taste extremely bitter and tend to give off a skunky smell, so animals are quickly turned off and leave the plant untouched.

By covering the surface of the more vulnerable parts of the plant, trichomes also protect against environmental harms like too much sunlight, extreme heat, strong winds, and even some forms of fungal pathogens.

Water Absorption

Another important function of trichomes is the absorption of water and minerals that are required by a plant to survive. Of course, the root system is more vital for water and nutrient absorption, but trichomes help to keep water in to keep the plant hydrated.

Cannabinoid & Terpene Production

This last function is arguably the most important function of trichomes, at least to humans. In order to perform their other functions and stay protected, trichomes produce a wide range of chemicals. As weed plants move into their flowering phases and start blooming, trichomes start making something called cannabinoids.

The most famous cannabinoid is THC, which is the chemical compound responsible for the high effect cannabis is known for, but there are over 100 different cannabinoids produced by these tiny hairs.

Trichomes are also responsible for producing terpenes, which are the aromatic compounds found in many plants. Terpenes are responsible for those pungent smells that cannabis is known for, and without trichomes, we wouldnt have those terpenes and unique smell/flavor profiles for different strains.

3 Types of Trichomes in Marijuana

In cannabis plants, there are 3 main types of trichomes that help to fulfill the functions listed above. Heres what they are:

1. Bulbous Trichomes

2. Capitate Sessile Trichomes

3. Capitate Stalked Trichomes

Bulbous

These are the smallest trichomes out of the 3 categories, and they can be as tiny as 10 micrometers. Youll notice small and pointed bulbous trichomes lining the entire surface of the plant, not just the leaves and buds.

Capitate Sessile

This type of trichome is slightly larger and contains a head and a stalk. Capitate sessile hairs start forming before the plant even enters the flowering phase, containing many of the lesser-known cannabinoids.

Capitate Stalked

Capitate stalked trichomes are the largest in size and they can measure as much as 100 micrometers. Although its easier and more effective to use a magnifying glass or microscope, these trichomes can be seen with the naked eye.

This type of trichome only starts forming once the plants have begun flowering. Theyre very important in the production of cannabinoids and terpenes, especially THC.

Keep in mind, you will need a digital microscope to examine these different types of trichomes more closely. You can use this guide to digital microscopes to choose a device that will magnify a plants trichomes up to 1000x.

Why Is It So Important to Monitor Trichome Lifecycle?

It can be very difficult for a grower to know exactly when its time to harvest a crop; this is where trichomes really come into play. Paying close attention to the trichome lifecycle by examining color changes can help a grower to determine exactly when its time to harvest.

Because trichomes play a major role in cannabinoid and terpene production, harvesting at the proper time when trichomes are at their peak can take the potency, aromas, and flavors of the bud to the next level. Harvesting too early or too late could result in weaker cannabinoids and terpenes, which basically means weak bud.

When Is the Ideal Time to Harvest?

The ideal time to harvest is different for everyone depending on overall preferences and strain types. It really comes down if youre looking for an energetic high or a more relaxing couch-lock effect.

The general guideline is to harvest when the majority of the trichomes (90% or more) turn from a milky white to an amber hue if you want a more relaxing effect. If you prefer the highest level of THC and just want to get high, youll want to harvest earlier when only about 70% of the trichomes have darkened to amber and the rest are still milky white.

How to Choose a Magnifying Tool for Your Trichomes

The very last trichome topic well cover is how to choose the right magnifying tool. Never rely solely on the human eye to examine trichomes and determine when its time to harvest this more often than not results in poor judgment.

A quality magnifying glass is usually enough for a beginner grower, but more advanced growers with high numbers of plants and commercial operations generally opt for a digital microscope instead.

When in doubt, its always a good idea to have both handy. Use the magnifying glass for quick peaks at the trichomes, but for more intense examination, pluck a bud and check it out under the microscope.

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