Fire is wonderful and does so much for us. So congrats to Guo, Caruso, Pan and team for the work on the flame-synthesis of high-entropy nanomaterials! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Water-splitting devices could provide oxygen for astronauts on long-term space missions but microgravity presents an issue. One team has found that off-the-shelf neodymium magnets are a simple addition that much improves these devices' efficiency.

University chemistry departments & course closures in the UK is leading to the emergence of ‘cold spots’ - areas where the subject cannot be studied within a reasonable travel time - says @rsc.org. Students from lower SE backgrounds could be affected the most: www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemist...

My latest feature for @cenmag.bsky.social is about organic chemists' continuing quest for ultimate control over molecular structures! 🛠️⚗️🔄💊 That's right...it's... the rise of the atom-swappers! cen.acs.org/synthesis/Sk...

Come work at Nature Methods! A dream job. I know from experience 😄

It's Friday, and I haven't done a @cenmag.bsky.social thread for a while, so... First up, our editorial fellow Elizabeth Walsh had two stories published this week, and I love this one about disrupting pheromone biosynthesis to break up locus swarms. cen.acs.org/biological-c...

This is so cool.

@natcomms.nature.com is hiring! Loking for an Editor with experience in Polymer Chemistry. 📍New York, Jersey City, China Offices, Milan or Madrid ⏱️ July 5th 2025 Send me a message if you want to have an informal chat about this position. springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

Online today @natchem.nature.com - we show how to turn a deletion reaction into an insertion reaction: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

From today, every paper submitted to Nature -if published - will be accompanied by peer reviewers comments & authors rebuttal. We started the trial in 2020; we now want to open up the review process & showcase its role in shaping & improving papers 🧪 #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Wondering what's the big fuss about US fed cuts to research grant indirect costs? Very informative details & interactive map here on the big impacts nationwide. America: Your tax dollars fund these science & economic benefits and return on investment. 🧪🛟📈 Sociology demography 😷 Medsky health policy

I have poked the @rsc.org on X/Twitter a bit over the years (sorry folks...), but huge kudos to them for leaving what has become even more of a toxic and hateful platform www.rsc.org/news-events/... 👏 #chemsky

The #BethesdaDeclaration coalition expands. Let keep these numbers growing. Sign up and reach out to friends and family. @standupforscience.bsky.social

It is with great sadness that I am doing what I would once have thought unthinkable. Following Salim Abdool Karim's superb Faraday Lecture 10 days ago, i have decided to return my own Faraday prize, awarded in 2014. The silence of the Royal Society in the face of Elon Musk's rampage (a member […]

@sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, a @ucl.ac.uk chemistry professor, has returned his 2014 Michael Faraday Prize to protest the @royalsociety.org's failure to take more decisive (or any) action against Elon Musk for his attack on science. 👏

📢 chemists: annual ChemRxiv survey is now live, to better understand the community's use and perception of preprints, your thoughts and needs. americanchemical.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Survey takes about ten minutes, and you can enter a drawing for one of three $100 gift cards

🧪✨🧫 Texas A&M Chemistry's Dr. James Batteas was recently featured in New Scientist for his insights into an emerging push to use dry powders instead of traditional liquids in the lab—a shift that’s showing real promise. 🔗 www.newscientist.com/article/2479...

I'm very pleased to see this collection live – links to individual stories to follow below...

Exciting news...Nature Methods is hiring a new editor! This exciting and dynamic role will be shared with the Nature Research Cross-Journal Editorial Team. Apply here by June 1! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

Would you like to write for New Scientist? We always work with freelancers, but occasionally I put out a call like this for new writers. I'm looking for 300-700 word news stories about new discoveries. Don't pitch us press releases or the big journals, we have those covered. Pay starts at 51p/word

New study from the Women in Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) revealing the unique challenges resulting from being First Gen (first generation of a family to access Higher Education) in science and showing how these persist at every stage of a career in academia: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

What a crazy/amazing story www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nature research paper: Metal-centred planar [15]annulenes. https://go.nature.com/3YqZj70

Today, FutureHouse is launching the FutureHouse Platform, bringing the first-ever superintelligent scientific AI agents to scientists everywhere via a web interface and API. The Platform is launching with four agents, each with their own specialization:

Will US science survive Trump 2.0? The current US administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes & cancelled billions of dollars in grants. What are the long-term impacts for the US & the world? 🧪 #AcademicSky @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In my latest Substack post, I explore SPOCK (Suvarna et al., 2025). It's a new open-source tool that automates empirical volcano plots. It identifies true peaks, flags outliers, and can even propose novel descriptors—taking the guesswork out of catalyst design. open.substack.com/pub/bravoaba...

Only a few days left to apply! If you're interested in joining @natsynth.nature.com, please get those applications in by 2nd May. New York, Beijing or Shanghai springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...

I'm shocked I tell you....

This Nature Award, in partnership with Sense about Science, is all about standing up for science This is timely opportunity to recognise those who promote science & evidence despite adversity Hurry, deadline April 30th 🧪 #AcademicSky @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/immersive/ma...

Tennis Balls xkcd.com/3080

It's me, briefly touching on one of the craziest things in chemistry - 'disappearing' polymorphs!

Talking to Jeffrey about programming languages for doing science was a lot of fun. The questions to help you choose what to learn: - What do you mean by programming? - What are your colleagues using? - Which tools are available? - How big are your data? - Help is at hand What do you think? #RStats

The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.

There is no good time for bad news and today is no different than any day in our recent time. Nevertheless, I write this thread to chemistry faculty job seekers in the United States. #chemjobs #facultychemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️

Playing a quiz game with the family. “Which ‘H’ is a gesture that people use to signify a ‘gentleman’s agreement’” 7 yo daughter “a hug”. 🥰 Ah, the world would be a better place.

We’re hiring! Hey #Chemsky, we have an opening for an Associate or Senior Editor with experience in synthetic chemistry or materials science. 📍New York, Beijing or Shanghai 🗓️Closing date: 2nd May 2025 springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...

NSF GRFP Awards by the Year: 2021 - 2074 2022 - 2193 2023 - 2555 2024 - 2036 2025 - 1000 Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US....... @jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social

What’s true and what’s not?

This is high art

⭐ I'm hiring a new Chief editor for Nature Biomedical engineering, in New York, Beijing or Shanghai. Please apply here: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

Some disparate thoughts on the second day of the financial apocalypse iandunt.substack.com/p/some-dispa...

FRS FFS

Take a look at our new paper by Neil Razdan and Karl Westendorff as they develop an exciting new method to measure the potential of thermochemical catalysts supported on electrically insulating supports! www.nature.com/articles/s41... #chemsky #echem #echemsky

"We have developed a Python package for inserting advertisements into the space left empty by corner plots … In order to offset publication costs entirely, we recommend that authors include anywhere from 200-700 corner plots per paper" arxiv.org/abs/2503.24254 (h/t @hannahskenagy.bsky.social)

This is awful news on so many levels. The fact that it's based on falling numbers, the effect it will have on diversity in chemistry, the loss of degree apprenticeships....

Call to arms by @lisamjarvis.bsky.social for biopharma to mobilize in support of the engines that power them - federally supported biomedical research and drug evaluation

This is mortifying. It's the kind of calculation you would normally make about a dictatorship. open.substack.com/pub/christin...

"The view of council is that making judgments on the acceptability of the views and actions of fellows, particularly those that might be regarded as political, could do more harm than good." This implies that Fellows can do *anything* and not face expulsion. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Phishing is in the news, so people who attend Gordon Research Conferences should be aware that there's a whole industry of people targeting them. Check out this email that I received today. Do not replay to anything that doesn't come from GRC -dot- org. www.grc.org/_resources/c...

The Food Babe is in the news for her work with RFK Jr (www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...) so maybe it's time to remind people just what the Food Babe is selling. My piece in @slate.com from 2015. slate.com/technology/2...