Writing a paper for a US-based journal, I die a little bit every time I have to write 'crystallized'

I've got a post-doctoral research position available at Curtin University (Western Australia) starting 2026. The project involves computational prediction of crystal structures, their growth, and their properties for organic minerals on Titan (moon of Saturn). staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancie...

Antipodeans - it looks like Aurora Australis will fire up tonight, from mainland Australia (where sadly the magnetic pole is tilted away from us) that would mainly be red beams (from the highest up oxygen ionization), but maybe green in Victoria and Tassie spaceaustralia.com/news/aurora-...

Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)

And here we have our Fourier transform nr. 58! As far as I'm concerned, perhaps the most enigmatic and unexpected spectrum so far... anyway, quite a spectacle! #BraggYourPattern #Fouriertransform #crystallography As always, more on behance.net/specialdefects and instagram.com/specialdefects

Started / going Here's a view of Jupiter from NASA's Juno spacecraft, now in orbit there. science.nasa.gov/mission/juno Image processed from raw data by @kevinmgill.bsky.social

They shall grow not old, As we who are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, And in the morning. We will remember them Lest we forget.

New shape just dropped, The Noperthedron - www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-... (I actually love the name, mathematicians I concede are quite good at naming things).

Are you a PhD/honours student in the Sydney area working with X-ray/Neutron techniques? Great (and very friendly) opportunity to present your work at the Australian X-ray Analytical Assoc's student day coming up on the 20th Nov www.eventbrite.com/e/axaa-nsw-s...

A bit of an #outreach win today - orders from Flinders Island, a remote island off the coast of Tasmania, for both a Crystal Explorer Kit (for their primary students) and an Elements Set (for their secondary students)! #elementsets #crystallography #ozchem #BraggYourPattern

"more than 90 per cent of the time we are indoors, be at home, office, school … so it is indoor air which is the most important for our health. "This is the problem right now — we must establish indoor air quality standards, and mandate those standards." www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Delivering on an election promise by handing over my 2008-2025 election night tie to the Museum of Australian Democracy, Old Parliament House, Canberra. When I paid $20 for it in 2008, never thought it would end up in a museum.

What a day! Congratulations India 🏆

After a string of sad news in my science life, I've just had two big bits of great news - including one AMAZING PhD student bossing her defence. Science research lyf is a rollercoaster.

If you don't stay up till 4 am to watch Australia Women loose an ODI, it doesn't happen right? #CWC25 😭

History made. Laura Wolvaardt, take a bow. #CWC25

A colleague has reminded me that the 22nd October is WORLD WOMBAT DAY. Have a very Wombatty-day all!

Attend crystal school ✅ Now it’s time to #BraggYourPattern

Time for a new 57th entry in my #Reciprocart gallery! This time we look at the frequency spectrum of a Hyperbolic tiling of triangles 📐 Unsurprisingly (for the experienced) it's a bunch of lines... but the hexagonal symmetry is visible if one looks close enough 🧐 #crystallography #Braggyourpattern

Just got an email from a 'leader' at my organisation - need to resist sending a sarky reply... need to get on with science.... but am SO. ANNOYED

With US science & research tanking, an independent CSIRO, weather bureau and medical/science grant systems in Australia are more crucial than ever. #csiro #bom #sciencesky www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Day one of our 2025 Crystallography Workshop! Featuring a special pop-up talk from @sbattenresearch.bsky.social about this year's chemistry Nobel Prize, and outreach training where everyone could make their own lolly crystal structure 🍭💎 @crystallised-cricket.com #BraggYourPattern #OzChem

Still making my mind up if this is a good #BraggYourPattern or not - nice nod to Escher, but sort of annoys me the colour fish are sitting above the tiled layer!

With a short delay in the start of SL v Eng #CWC25 match, you may way to watch up with happenings in today’s #NSWvWA game in the #WNCL - match report @crickether.com crickether.com/2025/10/11/w...

Australian Chemist @rosieyoung.bsky.social bakes #MOF cake to celebrate #NobelPrize - how amazing is that!

A proper #WNCL classic today at Cricket Central, enjoy the report here @crickether.com #NSWvWA

My feed is 50 % Australian Chemists excitedly shouting ‘WOAH’ and 50 % Australian cricket fans despairingly going ‘WOAH’ #NobelPrize #CWC25

I'm really happy to see that MOFs got the Nobel prize, & that they picked these 3 scientists, who really drove the field. Especially Richard Robson, whose visionary paper showed the first synthesis & predicted the design & functionality of these materials #ChemNobel #Chemsky @rsc-pormat.bsky.social

CRICKET: Tasmanian opening bat Lizelle Lee has fallen just short of setting a new innings record for the WNCL, dismissed for 187 (141) in today’s match against Victoria, 3 off Meg Lanning’s 190. Lee owns the WBBL highest score (150*). 📸 Getty/Kelly Defina

Just spied the live #VICvTAS score in today's #WNCL match - Tas on their way to another HUGE total, Lee a major contributor with 187

Someone in Verona decided to make "phonon-ish manhole covers" - Approved 👌🏻 #Braggyourpattern

Indian batters just before the gassing break.

Not sure this was intended as a materials discovery sign... but it is now #chemsky #compchemsky

Had a lovely wander round the Blue Mts Grand Canyon track today, had this wee passenger on my hat for a little bit - a black squeaker cicada 🪲😁

As the final of #MinCup25 draws to a close - can you all join me in a round of applause and thanks to @mikamckinnon.bsky.social and team behind the comp - a most welcome and edifying distraction. Long may #MinCup continue 👏 👏👏👏👏

Well… that was quite THE way to bring up that milestone. Well done Mellie #CWC25

FYI, if you’re in Australia, the World Cup is available to stream for FREE through Amazon Prime. No subscription necessary. #CWC25 🏏 www.aboutamazon.com.au/news/enterta...

I’ve seen a lot written about how ‘others’ are closing the gap with Australia in ODI format - but not a lot of evidence to back it up. Still, I guess we will find out over the next 6 weeks #CWC25

Cricket's longest running world championship returns for a 13th edition. 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Match 1 - India v Sri Lanka Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati SL win the toss and bowl. #CWC25 www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/...

Semi-final 2 of this year's #MinCup25 - and here are two structures I've not posted about yet! Hands down for me the winner should be #dioptase (left image), simple (only Si, O and H) but creates a beautiful framework structure brimming with potential.

Ooooo it's nice too - v fancy

I don't expect to sway a lot of votes with less than an hour to go, but this is why I voted for #kyanite.

Now at the pointy end of the #MinCup25, with the first of the semi-finals. I implore you all to vote for #Kyanite in this match up, I admit not my fave crystal structure ever, but lots more too it than silly RUST

🏏 Rounding out a cracking cricket weekend with match report posted on @crickether.com crickether.com/2025/09/28/w... - Carey in full bowling flight leading an impressive TAS bowling attack #SAvTAS #WNCL

Start of play delayed to 10:30 at Karen Rolton oval for #SAvTAS #WNCL, South Australia have won the toss and will be batting first. Team talks and plans are brewing

Proud of @deep-twilight.bsky.social, following his 2024 Solar System category win in the Malin awards (Australia's premier Astrophoto comp) with another in 2025. This time for a beaut sequence of Saturn through equinox.

As we’re tied with 3 hours to go in this round, the orthorhombic structure of #Perovskite was discovered by Irish X-ray crystallography pioneer Helen Dick Magaw. So a vote for Perovskite is not only a vote for this amazing mineral, but also showers honor on this wonderful #WomanOfSTEM. #MinCup25

A skyscraper of a total put on by South Australia was too much for Tasmania - my first match report for this year’s #WNCL season #SAvTAS