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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Surely with all the advances in AI going on, Google Calendar could have "Dinner with the Speaker" not interpret "6 to 9" as "6 PM to 9 AM"? It would also be great if changing the AM to PM didn't then result in an assumed 27 h dinner.

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

To any Chemdraw professionals out there, I've had horrendously inconsistent issues with the 3D cleanup-then-flatten functions, where occasionally the object will be flattened into a weird gray/black color that refuses to turn back to standard black. Any solution?

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

How does one pronounce 'periodic acid'

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I sure hope their drinks and meals are larger than what their name would suggest

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I don't quite think that's right, Google AI

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

There's something quite strange about inheriting rbfs containing advanced intermediates/natural products stored inside, and then cleaning the glassware with acetone since the container is much more valuable to us than the compounds themselves

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

1 L toluene: $175.12 4 L toluene: $28.12 I don't get chemical vendor pricing

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

How do benzene, toluene, and p-xylene all have the same kinetic diameters of ~5.8 A?

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I think this vendor page for stir plates might want to be updated...

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Best part of inheriting 10 Welch pumps – you just got 10 free Welch pumps! Worst part of inheriting 10 Welch pumps – you learn the depths to which previous people have completely neglected pump maintenance, and you get to see alarming colors of pump oil that are various shades of the rainbow

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Apply for this fantastic opportunity!!

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Interestingly, I have never made a heterometallic copper complex

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Always nice to have tools in lab!!

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Does anyone know why this molecule is called mesityl oxide? It looks nothing like what I would expect, based on its name

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Kurtis Carsch @kcarsch.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Excited to share this work: science.org/doi/10.1126/... We showcase the rapid, reversible, and selective capture of CO2 at temperatures previously not demonstrated for any adsorbent, achieved through an insertion across a zinc–hydride bond to produce an isolable zinc–formate intermediate.

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High-temperature carbon dioxide capture in a porous material with terminal zinc hydride sites

Carbon capture can mitigate point-source carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, but hurdles remain that impede the widespread adoption of amine-based technologies. Capturing CO2 at temperatures closer to tho...

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