When I wrote my latest for @natchem.nature.com on the appropriation of the quantum mechanical lexicon by scam artists, could I have imagined that the surgeon general of Florida would be peddling the woo? Alas, probably. rdcu.be/eXQL (1/3)

Why should scientists write op-eds? It's tempting to say the facts ought to speak for themselves. But the facts are largely whispering among themselves in the scientific literature. They need us to give them a voice. How? Advice in my latest @natchem.nature.com Thesis rdcu.be/eJlGL #chemsky 1/3

Well, I survived #Whamageddon in 2025 (first time ever), but the universe was pissed and so decided to give me flu, which kicked in to high gear just after the King's Speech on Xmas Day. So that was fun. Feeling slightly more human now, so might actually get dressed tomorrow.

Intriguing study…! www.nature.com/articles/s41... /cc @rorinstitute.bsky.social

At roughly this time 9 years ago I was at a banquet with the King of Sweden… #ChemSky #ChemNobel

The latest from an honored member of the Royal Society. Every week he attacks the foundations of society in the UK and the EU and @royalsociety.org is apparently too worried about retribution to do anything about it.

More than 36 years later, the #ContaminatedBlood fight goes on. One day I hope I won't have to post the same fucking thing on Dec 1st.

Oh, this is gonna be a good e-mail... 🤣

About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in. Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It's hard to believe this is real, but I think it is. And most depressingly: Tyler does not say "What the fuck are you even talking about Sam, and why are you in this job?"

Well that was a rather pleasant evening! #WineSky #Wine #Bordeaux #Yquem

Haven’t travelled to the US for a while, but it appears my towel theory still holds based on this NYC hotel room. If you wake up in a random hotel room not knowing where on Earth you are, if the biggest towel in the room is smaller than the TV, you’re probably in the US…

Nov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪

Our November issue is live!🔔 It contains the usual mix of Articles and News and Views, along with… www.nature.com/nchem/volume... #chemsky

Hey #ChemSky - if you feel like answering a social media survey, here's one 👇

Not the most difficult game of ‘find the odd one out’ that I’ve ever played…

Happy Mole Day everyone - here's my favourite thing related to the mole. 'A mole of moles' courtesy of @xkcd.com what-if.xkcd.com/4/ #ChemSky

Love this piece in @natchem.nature.com by Judy Wu: '...benzene is more than a molecule — it is a symbol of industrial revolutions, of new ways to represent molecules, and an example of the quiet forces that move science forward: kindness, conviction, and generosity.' rdcu.be/eMn4o #ChemSky

To celebrate my book being shortlisted for the 'Food & Mental Health Award' at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (the Oscars of food writing), I have cut the price of the paperback to basically the minimum possible. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739967038 #Cookbook #GourmandAward #Foodie #FoodSky #BookSky

Our October issue is now live! 🎃 Read about electrified tungsten wire lightbulb reactors, salt formation in CO2 electrolysis, artificial cytoskeleton assembly in viscoelastic confinements, and more! #ChemSky #ChemBio #Physics nature.com/natchemeng/v...

Question for the few #Jura wine geeks on here (including @winklorch.bsky.social) - this vin jaune was aged for 12 years without topping up?! Is that usual for #ganevat #vinjaune. I know Tissot does a 12 year one, but this surprised me!

Want a fantastic introduction to #jurawine? Then look no further than this excellent piece by @winklorch.bsky.social 🍷

It surprises me how poorly generative AI is at chemical structures. Google image search for "benzene" finds thousands of correct structures. Why does its generative image AI tool fail to create something that matches that training set?

‘Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth’ by @philipcball.bsky.social in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Good friends, good wine, good night!

Just had my flu jab, asked for COVID too. Told no. Been eligible every year since the pandemic, but Government changing the rules to save money, clearly. Came home and booked a private one (which I am fortunate enough to be able to do).

This wins Bluesky. Definitely today, maybe for the whole year 👏👏👏

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

There is still plenty of time to apply! Feel free to reach out to me with questions, and please mention our ad to your colleagues or trainees!

The 27th Solvay Conference on Chemistry has just been opened by Prof. Ben Feringa (2016 Nobel prize laureate), and this mornings session will be chaired by Prof. Omar Yaghi, who was awarded the Nobel prize yesterday! 🎉 What a privilege to have the Solvay Institutes in Brussels 😃 #chemsky

#chemnobel #chemsky #ozchem

This year's Nobel - commentary and background, with a few more bonus MOF pictures of my own:

Last bit of MOF stuff for the day… this is one of my very favourite cover lines from back when I was the Chief Ed of @natchem.nature.com… - was incredibly fitting for the paper too (rdcu.be/eJ4zt by @randallsnurr.bsky.social and co-workers) #chemsky 🧪

The @natureportfolio.nature.com Collection celebrating the award of the 2025 #chemnobel to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for the development of metal–organic frameworks is now live! #chemsky 🧪

Time to break out this pic of me being strangled by a future #Nobel Laureate in 2017… #Chemsky #chemnobel…

It's MOFs #ChemNobel #Chemsky

It’s #chemnobel day. For me, and for quite a few other people who spent time in the Stoddart group, it will hit somewhat differently this year. Seems the right time to share a couple of passages from the eulogy I gave at Fraser’s funeral earlier this year.

We conducted a #ChemNobel prediction poll in the group on the #NobelPrize in Chemistry Eve! (PS: we might be a little biased 😉) #chemsky #compchem #compchemsky

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

The @natureportfolio.nature.com Collection celebrating the 2025 #NobelPrize in #Physics is now live!

2012 Nobel laureate John Gurdon has died. His work was central to both the development of animal cloning and the possibility of reprogramming cells to a different state. A giant of cell and developmental biology. www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

It’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry Eve, and you know what that means - it’s time for the annual survey! Who will win this year’s chemistry Nobel? Wrong answers only.

Want to read a Comment by the three Nobel Laureates on quantum circuits? Here it is: ($) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Roberto Car and Michele Parrinello are on my #ChemNobel ballot for 2025 and for every year until they'll get it 😎

Our Collection celebrating the 2025 Physiology or Medicine #NobelPrize is now live!

Ahead of tomorrow’s #NobelPrize announcement, I went on a deep dive in search of the most obscure physics Nobel Prizes in history. That means it's time for a thread on...🧵 PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF – PART 1 (1/n)

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for discovering a class of immune cells that help to prevent the body from attacking its own tissues go.nature.com/3VNrH1s

Oops, forgot #chemsky tag…

#NobelPrize week starts tomorrow & the #chemnobel is Wednesday… used to be so much Nobel chat on Tw*tter, but that is not replicated here, alas. Anyway, for the record, I think MOFs will win at some point (maybe this year maybe not). Balasubramanian & Klenerman a good bet for next-gen sequencing too

Well, that was a night! #EnglishWine @gutterstarswine.bsky.social