tiny glassware makes me so happy

Setting out today on a road-trip with the prototype 'Crystal-A-Con in a box', all you need to keep 50 exciable primary school kids #Crystallographically entertained and informed for an hour at a time??? Wish us luck!!

Wikipedia: ▫️Free ▫️Sources at the bottom ▫️Full edit history ▫️Discussion page to check controversies ▫️Openly stated editing policies Academia: "This isn't trustworthy!!" AI: ▫️Literally none of the above and, usually, the complete opposite Academia: "I guess we have to embrace this!"

"Good day Sir, here are today's options. Would you like anisotropic peak broadening, diffuse streaks, superstructure peaks, or twinning?" "Yes, please" #Crystallography #totalscattering #TheCuteLittleCrystal

The #Braille periodic table is such a cool project. #chemistry #ACSFall2025 #accessibility

Wanna learn #Crystallography? Base in Australia or NZ? Worth noting that you've got another week or so to apply for this year's crystallography school

Nice demo originally proposed by J D Bernal and first demonstrated by W L Bragg at the RI. Gravity acts like a bonding force keeping the balls together and the flat faces occur because of maximum packing of the balls. see also www.iucr.org/__data/asset...

It's #ScienceWeek here in Australia, and in an update we're doing fabulously in sending out our crystal explorer kits to primary schools over Aus and NZ. If you know a school that might like one - direct them to braggyourpattern.com/crystal-expl... today!

Researcher in Aus and want to (peak) sharpen up your crystallography skills. Then register for the upcoming Crystallography Workshop www.ansto.gov.au/whats-on/cry... #ECR #crystallography

Big Buckyball’s back baby! #MonashOpenDay

Come work with me! The synchrotron is hiring a *permanent* MX beamline scientist with chemical crystallography experience. If you like crystals and fixing things, this is the job for you! 👩‍🔬🔧💎🤖 australian-nuclear.contactrh.com/jobs/12/4355...

Hmmm. Maybe I should do a version with interpenetrating networks? Could be really cool...

The ARC has “announced” an update on the proposed changes to its grant schemes. Key changes, in response to “nearly 350” submissions” (!) on their proposal, are 👇 More here: www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...

This review by Lindoy et al. explores recent advances in building heteronuclear nanocages with tailored properties and functions. Prof Lindoy was recently appointed Officer of the Order of Australia for his outstanding contributions to chemistry. #AustJChem www.publish.csiro.au/ch/pdf/CH19279

Another little article on the #elementsets project, this time from the great Alice Motion in @chemistryworld.com. #outreach #ozchem Helping remote schools be in their element www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/help...

Welp, it's official. I don't get to see AC/DC's last tour of Australia because I wanted to take my wheelchair-bound daughter along too. If I'd have just ditched her and gone with just my son I would have had tickets last week. #disabilitylife

#BraggYourPattern | Montreal 2024

Have a kid in a wheelchair, wanted to take her to AC/DC at the MCG. Ring the "accessibility hotline". Kicked off that, have to fill in the "accessibility form", so do that. Two days later 150K have tickets but we've heard nothing and have almost certainly missed out. Shitty, tiresome and typical.

Wonderful to talk to David Astle @dontattempt.bsky.social tonight on the chemistry of winter, including frost, wood fires, toasting marshmallows and chemical hand warmers. Read more about the chemistry of frost in this article from ABC Lifestyle. #OzChem #ChemSky

Chemists from ANU and the University of Manchester have engineered a new type of molecule that can store information at temperatures as cold as the dark side of the moon at night, with major implications for the future of data storage. science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

Delighted to announce the publication of our work in @nature.com, in collaboration with @nfchilton.bsky.social's group, on a dysprosium compound with magnetic memory at 100 Kelvin. Congrats to all authors inc. @gemmagransbury.bsky.social, @jeffjefftyjeff.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very interesting analysis of JIF trends…

New paper out today, a really nice summary of structural science education and outreach project from around the globe, with a whole section on @braggyourpattern.bsky.social 😍 doi.org/10.1063/4.00...

New open access collaborative paper with my colleagues from the @acastructuralsci.bsky.social 2024 Transactions Symposium on 'Advances in structural science: Education, outreach, and research applications'! pubs.aip.org/aca/sdy/arti...

Great write up of Larissa's work searching for a co-crystal between pyridine and diacetylene, and what implication it could have for Saturn's moon Titan. www.ainse.edu.au/how-saturns-...

There are now boxes of #CrystalExplorer kits ready to go, a FREE resource for Primary Schools in Australia and NZ. We're targeting regional and remote schools (so far reaching from Tom Price to the Chatham Islands), head to BraggYourPattern.com to sign up for one

The first 50 Crystal Explorer Kits are packaged and off to the post office! Long day yesterday getting the sets finalised, but very exciting to get the first lot out of the door. #BraggYourPattern

Now with page numbers! Destined to be my favourite uncited publication...! 😆 rdcu.be/eqWMt

Support the Periodic Tower of Elements Lego project! ideas.lego.com/s/p:8b77f7bc...

Congratulations to Len Lindoy, just recognised with an AO in the Kings Birthday Honours List! Very well deserved. #ozchem #chemsky

Week 2 of sign ups for our #CrystalExplorerKits going to primary school and we are containing to do well in covering regional and remote Australia/New Zealand!

We're currently reaching out to schools via email and facebook group - but any contacts very welcome! Drop us a DM if you are from a regional or remote primary school in Aus and NZ and would like this free resource! [Photo credit Jun Aisima]

Many in the #Crystallography community will remember this (and may have helped put part of it together). Our record breaking diamond structure built at the 2023 IUCr congress in Melbourne [Photo credit Jun Aishima]

Not to 'Bragg' but we have a VERY exciting project brewing and looking forward to getting the word out. Our crystal explorer kits are nearly ready for launch. Check back on Monday to find out more.... #BraggYourPattern

Just out online in @natrevchem.nature.com - my article on the #elementsets project. Read all about the journey from crazy and naive late night thought bubble to 1.5 million better student lessons on the periodic table here: rdcu.be/el2F4. #ozchem #outreach

Volume 4 hardcopies are finally here, use the following links if you want to order some. If you’re in Germany: www.patreon.com/c/immaterial... If you’re anywhere else: immaterialscience.etsy.com

Wow. So dead here.