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Javier Vela

@javiervela.bsky.social
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Veracruzano turned prairie dweller 🌴⛰️🌶️ ➡️ 🦬🌪️🧈. Telpochcalli temachtiani. Chemist. Views & opinions my own. NO more hate!

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 15h
Rogelio A. Hernández-López reprograms cells to fight cancer A hallmark of this cellular engineer’s efforts is communication—among biological systems and with the next generation of scientists. #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪
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Rogelio A. Hernández-López reprograms cells to fight cancer
A hallmark of this cellular engineer’s efforts is communication—among biological systems and with the next generation of scientists
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Anabella Villalobos has led decades of research on the central nervous system, pushing dozens of compounds into the clinic. #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪
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Anabella Villalobos has redefined how we treat neurological diseases
This medicinal chemist has led decades of research on the central nervous system, pushing dozens of compounds into the clinic
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Martín Salinas is driving the development of food science, business, and regulation all at once. #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪
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Q&A: Martín Salinas coaxes crops to make animal proteins
Graduate student Natalia Gorojovsky talks with this chemical engineer about leading the way with a molecular farming biotech from Latin America
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Melissa Ramirez uses a cutting-edge approach that combines computations and experiments to develop catalytic reactions. #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪
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Q&A: Melissa Ramirez’s journey from first-generation college student to university professor
Graduate student Ramón Gudiño García talks with this computational and synthetic organic chemist about how being a Latina in science has influenced her career
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Pablo Pastén tracks the chemical legacy of Chile’s mines This environmental chemist is also working with the government to link science to public policy. #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪
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Pablo Pastén tracks the chemical legacy of Chile’s mines
This environmental chemist is also working with the government to link science to public policy
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Monica Olvera de la Cruz brings chemical simulations into the real world This computational chemist unites theoretical and experimental science using physics, biology, and chemistry. #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪
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Monica Olvera de la Cruz brings chemical simulations into the real world
This researcher unites theoretical and experimental science using physics, biology, and chemistry
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Maria Fernanda Mora is an Argentinian chemist working at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). She is developing miniaturized techniques to look for signs of extraterrestrial life on space missions. #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪
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Q&A: Maria Fernanda Mora looks for life on other planets
Graduate student <b>Alejandra Rodríguez Abaunza</b>talks with this analytical chemist about her work at NASA and how her personal experiences have shaped her career
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Edna Matta-Camacho fights against educational disparities in rural Colombia This regulatory chemist also ensures drugs are safe for the public #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪
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Edna Matta-Camacho fights against educational disparities in rural Colombia
This regulatory chemist also ensures drugs are safe for the public
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Carlos A. Martinez used nature’s catalysts to make Paxlovid a reality This process chemist helped scale up production of a key component of the COVID-19 antiviral. #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪
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Carlos A. Martinez used nature’s catalysts to make Paxlovid a reality
This process chemist helped scale up production of a key component of the COVID-19 antiviral
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Juan Paulo Hinestroza combines nanotechnology with fashion design to create fabrics with unique characteristics, like the ability to change color and filter toxic gases. #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪
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Juan Paulo Hinestroza matches nanotechnology with fashion design
This materials scientist creates garments that can change color, filter pollutants, or detect explosives
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nadie quita lo bailado #abuelawisdom
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Make your prediction for the 2026 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, and tell us why your pick deserves a call from Stockholm this year. #chemsky 🧪
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Poll: Who will win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2026?
Make your prediction for the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and tell us why your pick deserves a call from Stockholm this year.
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Eusebio Juaristi has spent a career thinking about molecules in 3D This physical organic chemist has also contributed to the development of organic chemistry in Latin America. #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪
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Eusebio Juaristi has spent a career thinking about molecules in 3D
This physical organic chemist has also contributed to the development of organic chemistry in Latin America
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Nature @nature.com · 25/09/2026
A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices go.nature.com/4z2zuKu
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Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers
A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.
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Carl Prothman | Photography @carlprothman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Two hours of stars over Mount Rainier, compressed into one minute. 🌌 I photographed this from the White River area as the Milky Way moved across Little Tahoma Peak toward Mount Rainier. Airplanes, satellites, and even a searchlight crossed the frame.
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The 3rd Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry (ABCChem) will gather chemistry professionals from across North, South, and Central Americas, Europe, and Africa to collaborate on multidisciplinary chemistry topics in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 6–9. #chemsky 🧪
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What you need to know to register for ABCChem
The Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry will take place Dec. 6–9 in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, and focus on chemistry for global impact
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Carl Sagan summarizes the 2,000+ year history of books in 2 minutes: Video Credit: Cosmos Studios
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 180 tenure-track positions and 16 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪
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The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love ‘A Love Supreme’
Ahead of John Coltrane’s centennial, listen deeply to his 1965 spiritual jazz masterpiece as Ravi Coltrane, Lalah Hathaway and other musicians and writers reflect on its legacy.
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century
The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Joel Yuen-Zhou uses light and mirrors to fuel reactions and is making science more inclusive: #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪
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Joel Yuen-Zhou harnesses photons to control chemical reactions and properties
This theoretical chemist uses light and mirrors to fuel reactions and is making science more inclusive
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Make your prediction for the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and tell us why your pick deserves a call from Stockholm this year. #chemsky 🧪
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Poll: Who will win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2026?
Make your prediction for the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and tell us why your pick deserves a call from Stockholm this year.
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
¡Qué viva Pénjamo! #15Sep #FiestasPatrias
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sri Lankan tea is the best #SriLanka
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ok, even if Iowa wins, I am feeling good about the new #Cyclones
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Check out our latest work in ACS Energy Letters! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Valorization of Nitrate and Carbon Dioxide into Ammonia and Urea under Visible Light
AbstractThe energy-intensive manufacture of nitrogen-based fertilizers such as ammonia (NH3) and urea consumes a significant fraction of the global energy
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Nature @nature.com · 07/09/2026
Book review 📚 Isaac Newton’s remarkable year — and the plagiarism accusations that followed go.nature.com/4d1yGg4
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Isaac Newton’s remarkable year — and the plagiarism accusations that followed
A deep dive into Newton’s major work, Principia Mathematica, reveals his hate of hypotheses and a habit of courting controversy.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 07/09/2026
Who will be awarded the Nobel Prize this year? Stay tuned because in just one month we will start to reveal this year's laureates! Save the date so you can keep track of the 2026 Nobel Prize announcements. #NobelPrize
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
‘Go Get Your Kicks’: The Europeans Obsessed With a U.S. Highway www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/b...
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‘Go Get Your Kicks’: The Europeans Obsessed With a U.S. Highway
As Route 66 turns 100, tourists in search of Americana try to keep war, inflation and politics in the rearview.
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Photographer Captures The Breathtaking Beauty Of Mexico’s Indigenous Communities
Diego Huerta's goal is to document all of the indigenous groups in the country.
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Opinion | Summer Has Gotten Much Hotter. See How Bad It Is Where You Live.
The notion of enduring the summer rather than embracing it has spread far beyond the Sun Belt.
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Cyclones have a team #hope
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
More nonsense, this site thinks my jarocho Spanish makes me Andaluz #whereisyourSpanishfrom
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
ESL here but gave it a try anyways #nonsense
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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The Happiest Cities of 2026
A study mined data on emotional, physical and financial health, as well as community and environmental factors, to find the happiest Americans.
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Rest in peace #DollyParton www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2T...
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Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You (Live)
YouTube video by ShoutFactoryVEVO
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
mexiconewsdaily.com/gulf-coast/z... #zarzaparrilla #Teocelo
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The story of Zarzaparilla, an Indigenous root beer from Veracruz
Zarzaparilla, or sasparilla as it became known in the "Old West," is a traditional specialty in the Veracruz mountain town of Teocelo.
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States
Our favorite choices for seafood from Sonora, carnitas from Michoacán, chalupas from Puebla and so much more.
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Opinion | I’m a Former Dean of Admissions. Colleges Shouldn’t Be Paying Rich Kids to Enroll.
We can do better than this. We have to.
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
EVs save lives...262,000 and counting just in China! Internal Combustion Engine autos burn oil and cause pollution that globally sickens and kills millions. China's electrification of heavy-duty trucks will cut diesel burning and save many more lives. electrek.co/2026/06/08/c... #energysky.
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China's EV shift cut pollution enough to prevent 262,000 deaths
China's rapid switch to electric vehicles cut urban air pollution enough to prevent an estimated 262,000 premature deaths, new study reports.
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Buena tendencia, violencia a la baja #MX www.reforma.com/violencia-le...
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Violencia letal
'Vamos muy bien en nuestra estrategia porque se están atendiendo las causas que originaron la violencia, vamos muy bien'. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 18.10.2019 La presidenta Sheinbaum celebró aye...
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#IA
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Piés para qué los quiero, si tengo alas para volar #Frida www.clarin.com/internaciona...
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La frase de hoy, de Frida Kahlo: "Pies, ¿para qué los quiero si tengo alas para volar?"
El accidente en colectivo que dejó a la pintora mexicana postrada y el origen de su lema. La historia de superación de Frida Kahlo y Diego Rivera marcada por el dolor y las cirugías.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 29/07/2026
Batteries based on sodium ions are entering mass production. Nature reports how some researchers say they could ultimately be a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium in electric cars and other energy applications. 🌎🧪
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Beyond lithium: how sodium-ion batteries could change the world
Batteries based on sodium ions are entering mass production. Some researchers say they could ultimately be a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium in electric cars and other energy applications.
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
¡Felicidades a todos los Españoles por ganar el mundial! #Worldcup
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Rare Pair of Improbably Light ‘Super-Puff’ Planets Is Discovered
They’re less dense than cotton candy, and they will help astrophysicists better understand the most unusual ways giant planets can form.
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike Planet
It’s the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system.
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Prashant Kamat @kamat.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
From Automated to Autonomous Laboratory: Are We There Yet? | ACS Energy Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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From Automated to Autonomous Laboratory: Are We There Yet?
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Javier Vela @javiervela.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
¡Felicidades a todos los españoles por el triunfo de su selección! #Spain #Worldcup
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