I did confirm it is not chiral! Pictured below is the same creation arranged to show it is its own mirror image. It is flipped and rotated but otherwise untouched. I'm also pretty sure it has a four-fold improper rotation axis so I'm 90% confident its point group is S4

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

Husband: the temperature outside is 27°C and inside is 26°C. You should shut the door Me: I don’t want to Husband: it’s only going to warm up the inside Me: yes, yes, I understand the thermodynamics. I don’t WANT to 😆

Applications are still open for 2 PhD positions in our group (Deadline: June 30). See links below for details and how to apply jobs.uni-siegen.de/job/Research... jobs.uni-siegen.de/job/Research...

I'm really pleased this is now out. Here's a SharedIt link, for anyone who does not have full access to @natrevcleantech.nature.com: rdcu.be/fpVUE

I kind of sincerely hope this is all made up

This is interesting. Ignoring the "rank your papers!" framing, it's something to think about.

Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.

We're excited to announce the winners of our 2026 RSC Prizes! More than 60 talented individuals and teams from around the globe are being celebrated today for their work on everything from solar energy and drug discovery to materials chemistry and AI. 👉 https://rsc.li/3SgSapw #RSCPrizes #ChemSky

Delighted to highlight our Volunteer Recognition Award winners today - some truly inspirational people who have done so much for our community. www.rsc.org/standards-an...

One frustration I have about my work as a prof is there very little reward for good pedagogy (beyond knowing it is the right thing to do and students getting a valuable experience). For example, I teach first-year chemistry and I incorporate an information literacy project in the Spring quarter.

I don't usually post about my day job, but the University of Sheffield is planing a restructure and compulsory staff redundancies within Chemistry. 20% of staff are under threat. You can sign an open letter opposing this decision here #SaveSheffieldChemistry savesheffieldchemistry.netlify.app

Beyond the Google map and Google spreadsheet the #MOF Universe now has an interactive 3D companion. MOF Universe 3.0 renders all 444 research locations on a rotating globe with colour-coded pins, and a built-in search. → Launch MOF Universe 3.0 here: crystalsymmetry.github.io/mof-universe/

🔥 New and HOT in Chemical Science! 🔥 “Design of a site selective heterochromic bimetallic lanthanide coiled coil with nanometre-scale control” by @peacockgroup.bsky.social et al. from @uobchemistry.bsky.social Read it for free here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Frontier Molecular Orbitals... Never underestimate the fear factor! #chemsky #chemchat #chemistry

Yes, but hear me out: My favorite faculty profile pic is the one where I brought a probe with me and refused to put it down for one single shot, so they had to use it on the website.

The trees have clouds for leaves

Been training for this moment my whole life.

SCAFFOLD REMOVAL👷‍♂️💎 In the past years we developed a #MOFs synthetic approach inspired by #architecture & applied it at the molecular scale. We've been asked many times whether we could remove these molecular scaffold/falseworks. Yes, we can! Fresh off the press in @natchem.nature.com

My decades-old save twitch has become useful once again, it seems.

I’m in England, in a field of Barley. Today, I’m going to collect wild yeast under that tree back there, and I’m going to show how to feed and grow it until it’s ready to bake with. We are going to start at the very beginning, and end at the end. (this is an experiment in thread transfer)

Our new paper in @digital-discovery.rsc.org - Chemist Eye: A Visual Language Model-Powered System for Safety Monitoring and Robot Decision-Making in Self-Driving Laboratories pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @liverpooluni.bsky.social

Today's odd little moment of University governance query was "how much academic data sovereignty do we have in a major Canadian university" I have reached out to a colleague, but with the far reaches of the CLOUD act - I suspect very little. Most of our systems are delivered by US subsidiaries.

Squirrel riding invisible Tron bike:

Another guessing game - what #mineral I found here? And what I didn’t find in the bottle?But that is simple. #chemsky #chemchat #crystallography

DeCOFpose is an automatic #fragmentation tool for covalent organic #frameworks - whether you want to analyse, fragment, or reconstruct them! Great work with @chemwedding.bsky.social and @michelle-ernst.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

In this map @undertheraedar shows us the current UK centre of population. Several ways to define the centre point: BBOX centre = UK bounding box geometric centre Land Centre = centre based only on UK land Pop Centre = population weighted centre of the UK Source: buff.ly/sT7MqPi

We’ve had lots of fun messing about with non-thermal plasma for chemistry…like anything, it’s not magic, but high energy/low temp combo opens very interesting possibilities. Needs to be understood & controlled better via interdisciplinary collaboration! It’s got huge potential (pun intended 😅)

Just out on ChemRxiv our new preprint, “Can We Automate Scientific Reasoning in Closed-Loop Experiments using Large Language Models?” @liverpooluni.bsky.social @aichemyhub.bsky.social chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....

#ChemSky if you're considering which science conferences to attend this year, take a look at the Faraday Discussion series. Organised by @rsc.org, Faraday Discussions are unique scientific meetings where most of the meeting is devoted to discussion and debate. www.rsc.org/our-events/a...

It's new annual conference budget time! I've updated the public, filterable Chemistry Conference Database with hundreds of new conferences. There are currently 564 conferences in the list. supersciencegrl.co.uk/conferences #chemsky #chemchat

Lauren Hatcher uses time-resolved crystallography to understand how photoactive molecules change structure when exposed to light.

This is very clever! Put a MOF particle on an AFM tip, dunk it in polymer solution, then see how sticky the tip now is - repeat and you can get a polymer uptake isotherm on a single particle. Love the idea.

It's the most wonderful time of year #MASC2025

all academic applications should have consolation prizes. doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020” or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”

Funded PhD position: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... This is an interdisciplinary project where you get to do coordination chemistry with bismuth and zinc, as well as some microbiology and some computational chemistry - all in the name of combatting antimicrobial resistance. Currently UK only.

In the latest publishing madness, I had a manuscript returned to me because it scored >15% in a 'similarity test'. On careful inspection, it was mostly matching the published thesis of one of the authors containing the results, and our own previous related study published in the same journal.

They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)

From memes to valuable methods in chemistry. Reminiscent of the halcyon days of chemtwitter. Culminating in a very useful bit of knowledge if you ever find yourself with spare POCl3 #ChemChat

#chemchat i need your best inorganic memes. Go

In the spirit of #ChemChat, here is one of my favourite bits of physical chemistry out in the real world: the 4th century Roman Lycurgus Cup. Green in reflection, red in transmission, due to gold/silver nanoparticles in the glass, I finally got to see it for real a few weeks ago. Beautiful.

I have recently added #ChemChat as a feed thanks to @stephy.bsky.social (and to @chemjobber.bsky.social for the concept) If that's your sort of thing, here it is: bsky.app/profile/did:... I warn you though, mere moments in and I'm considering bread concepts (again). Enter at your own risk.

After a break over summer, we finally managed to reinstate baking for group meetings. Thanks to Emily for the chocolate cake! #ScienceFuel

Google Scholar has introduced a 'Sh-index' metric that scores papers higher if you are first or last author. Apart from the fact metrics are generally bad, this one explicitly punishes PIs who often collaborate, publishing with 2 or 3 equal PIs at the end of the list. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is quite the collection of papers on #MOFs and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 by @natureportfolio.nature.com, and it was a delight to see our review among the resources on offer. www.nature.com/collections/... There's around 100 papers to peruse, I'll be recommending them to my group 😀

#TalkLikeAPirateDay Pirate goes to the dermatologist "How can i help you, Captain?" "Well doc, arr! arrr! I be 'avin' some moles on me back, see?" Doctor "Well, I've examined them. And they're benign" "Arrr! Arrr! Count again, ye Scurvy Doc! There be Ten"