Solar-powered water breakthrough?💧☀️ Researchers make liquid metal-polyphenol gel that absorbs nearly all sunlight, turning boiling seawater > fresh water w/ record efficiency. Backed by Sydney Microscopy & Microanalysis + Sydney Analytical, #USYD Core Research Facilities. https://bit.ly/49ykGte

A large St Andrew's cross spider (Argiope keyserlingi), a type of orb-weaver spider native to eastern Australia The University of Sydney 7 November 2025

A marvellous jacaranda tree ! Victoria Park - next to the University of Sydney 3rd of November 2025

National Wine Centre of Australia, Adelaide Botanical Garden

A very large size white cockatoo in the neighbourhood

My son’s vine of carnivorous plants (Nepenthes) with many dangling pitchers

Reflection! Rockpool South Coogee, Sydney

Morning bath ! Sydney, Australia 25 October, 2025

“Bridge Doping Unlocks Hidden Pathways in Liquid Metal Chemistry” We discussed another marvellous property of Liquid Metals - using secondary metallic constituents to access a raft of exciting liquid state alloys pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

This is a pretty cool chemistry innovation to address an important global need. Liquid metal, tannins, and graphene combined to make a highly efficient solar thermal absorber that can be used to generate potable water by evaporative desalination.

“Liquid Metal–Polyphenol Hybrids for Solar Steam Generation” After nearly a year and a half, Nieves Flores March‘s work is out advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

This dog is just brutal !

A new recipe for transparent electronics 👓⚡ #USYD + UNSW researchers use a high-entropy liquid metal alloy to create ultrathin p-type gallium oxide sheets: highly transparent + conductive. A step toward flexible displays, LEDs & solar tech. Via Sydney Analytical CRF. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Kje73h#USYD

Another coffee !

One more coffee!

What is this one?!

What is this figure on my coffee?

A new pitcher for the small nepenthes

Our new work: "A Dynamically Stabilizing, All-Soft and Highly Stretchable Liquid Metal-Based Power Device" - A liquid metal based power source that works better and better when stretched and strained! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Sarracenia’s Amazing Flowers Carnivorous Species Sydney, 2nd October 2025

RIP - Jane Goodall, who transformed understanding of humankind by studying chimpanzees, dies at 91 www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...

Sydney researchers receive ATSE honours Professor @kouroshkalantar.bsky.social and Professor Michael Kassiou have been elected as 2025 Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion... #academicsky

Enchanted fairy house Sydney, 27 September 2025

Congrats to Prof Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh for being made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering. Sydney Analytical, a #USYD Core Research Facility, looks forward to continuing collaboration on his important work. https://bit.ly/4nFcKdA#USYD@kouroshkalantar.bsky.social

Congratulations to Professor @kouroshkalantar.bsky.social and Professor Michael Kassiou on being named as 2025 Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 👏 Read more: go.sydney.edu.au/EFCffD #USYD #ATSEFellows

A brilliant comic strip by Tom Gauld for New Scientist

Coogee Beach Sydney, Australia

This white cockatoo looked exceptionally happy 😊

A lorikeet enjoying spring flowers in Sydney

Apple has dropped a wave of new releases at once: iPhone 17, ... and now 'AirPod 3 Pro' ➡️ live language translation enabled by Apple Intelligence ➡️ includes heart rate sensing during workouts ➡️ extended battery life ➡️ better noise cancelation ➡️ better design for ears www.apple.com/newsroom/202...

Piccolo Sydney Saturday, 6th of September 2025

That’s wonderful! 🌱✨ A fully opened Nepenthes pitcher is always such a rewarding sight

“Telemetric Assessment and Comparison of Regional Colonic Metabolic Activity in Ambulant Healthy Individuals Using pH and Gas-Sensing Wireless Motility Capsules” First author Dr Phoebe Thwaites Corresponding author: Prof Peter Gibson onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Review of Nanomaterial-Enabled Flexible Energy Storage First author Ms Yiming Zhao Yiming impressively searched and analyzed the topic and implemented her thoughts into this paper Published in ACS Applied Nano Materials pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Rainbow of colours “Electroluminescent Liquid Metal Marbles for Reconfigurable Multi-Color Display” just published online First author: Ms Ruohan Yu - this is Ruohan’s last first author paper as a PhD student - we should call her Dr Yu very soon advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Variety of olives on display!

Flying above the clouds !

The Nepenthes pitcher is growing larger and more magnificent each day!

Sydney edges towards a 166-year rainfall record this August. The rain outside is unceasing as I write

Two weeks in (time between the 2 photos), and this Nepenthes pitcher is taking its sweet time to grow!

Hosting the Seagull World Cup! Sydney soccer field after more rain

How can someone possibly drive this!? Sydney, Australia 9 Aug 2025

Piccolo on Sunday morning Sydney, 27 July, 2025

Some drill into a wrong place and leave it for others to fix !

Bandgap Tuning of β-(AlxGa1-x)2O3 Nanosheets via Liquid Metal Interface Engineering Led by Cuong Ton-That First author Somayeh Rafiezadeh In Advanced Optical Materials Well done Somayeh ! advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Double Bay Marina, July 2025 Sydney, Australia

Senate spending panel would rescue the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA science funding www.science.org/content/arti...

A brilliant work by our PhD student Shih-Hao ➡️A novel demonstration of the effect of embedding liquid metal droplets in conductive polymers, enhancing their electrochromic properties ✴️Flexible, durable, and high electrochromic performance pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

As simple as: “A small increase in Earth's average temperature can lead to higher heat extremes” Ref: BBC

Australia!