In honour of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, we’ve curated a collection of impactful articles from across RSC journals on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) 🏆 Free to read until the end of November 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S. Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world. www.nobelprize.org

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

Congratulations to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi! For more reaction, follow our live blog.

Humphry Davy Lecture 2025 - Burlington House, London 📅 Thursday, 23 October 🕕 18:00 for 18:30 start 🍽️ Buffet dinner follows 🎤 Speaker: Katherine Mathieson, Director of The Royal Institution “The application of science to the common purposes of life” 🔗 Register by 14 Oct: rsc.li/4mJwg7P #ChemSky

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

A remarkable transformation in @rsc.org prizes. 30% of prizes recognise teams rather than individuals (up from 5%). 36% of prize-winners are early-career (up from 4%) 38% of prize winners are women (up from 25%) Twice as many prizes for work outside universities. www.rsc.org/policy-and-c...

🔬 Submit your abstract for BMCS Postgraduate Symposium XIX! 📅 Event: 8 Jan 2026, Manchester ❗ Deadline: 7 Nov 2025 Open to PhDs/postdocs in bio/med chem. 📧 Send to: [email protected] 🔗 Info: www.rscbmcs.org/events/psxix/

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

In honour of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology/Medicine, we’ve curated a collection of impactful articles from across RSC journals on peripheral immune tolerance and regulatory T cells🏆 Free to read until the end of November👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/... #NobelPrize

Beautiful art by a real life artist!

📢 The Sustainable Laboratories Grant 2025 is still open for applications! Could you increase understanding in sustainable laboratory practices? Our grant will offer up to £10,000 to help you achieve this goal. CLOSING SOON - Apply by 6 October: rsc.li/sustainable-labs-grant #ChemSky

Trump is threatening punitive tariffs on patented and branded medicines, unless they build US manufacturing plants. That might look like an attempt to coerce multinationals to invest but that view belies the complexity of the industry and its supply chains. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/trum...

If you hate the Pope because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.

May we all be difficult women - in my experience all it takes is to have an opinion.

On 12 November we will be hosting the prestigious Stone Symposium here in Bristol. Paul Pringle (Bristol) is this year's Stone Lecturer, with further talks from Liam Ball (Bristol), Michelle Ma (@kclchemistry), and J. Derek Woollins (St. Andrews) Find out more and register: t.co/KgxZq0DgjK

The Panorama investigation about the Met confirms my argument that all the racists know they are racists. They happily talk about it to other racists. We should ignore their faux outrage when being called out.

🗣️ Last chance to submit your oral abstract for the RSC CNN Annual Symposium 2026! 📅 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025 📍 12–13 Jan, Burlington House, London 🔗 rsc.org/events/detail/81692 #chemsky #nanosky

We’re delighted to announce Professor Derya Baran as the winner of this year’s EES Lectureship! Huge congratulations Derya, from everyone in the Energy & Environmental Science (EES) editorial board & editorial office. Read her latest work 👉 https://rsc.li/42H542r @ees-journals.rsc.org #ChemSky

🏆 Nominate now for the 12th Capps Green Zomaya Memorial Award in med/computational chemistry! 🎯 For outstanding contributions to medicine discovery 📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025 💷 £2,000 prize 🔗 Info: www.rscbmcs.org/awards/capps...

“We celebrate the long-lasting bond between President Donald J. Trump and his ‘closest friend,’ Jeffrey Epstein,” a plaque at the bottom of the...bronze installation reads. A permit from the National Park Service will allow the statue to stay on the National Mall grounds through 8pm on Sunday.'

Isotopes in mammoth teeth evidence migrations ☺️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #geologia #paleontologia #paleontology #paleobiologia #paleobiology

What everyone at the UN is thinking right now 👇

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins? He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions. So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

First it's removing 'illegal' small boats migrants. Then it's removing legal migrants with indefinite leave to remain. Then it'll be removing freedoms of minorities - religious, LGBT+, disabled. Then it'll be persecuting anyone who thinks differently (labelled 'leftists') for opposing 'patriotism'.

As a Benefice, we are three churches praying for the priest who will lead Marsden and Slaithwaite further on their journey of faith. Spreading the word about the community. 🥰 @leeds.anglican.org @billbraviner.bsky.social @canonrachel.bsky.social

Retrospectively removing indefinite leave to remain would be immoral and economically damaging. It would tear families apart. Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point. Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.

I wish the Greens or Lib Dems got the same breathless coverage from all sides every time they announced some inane, populist policy, but apparently only Reform get that perk.

My whole career has been a lie

I’ve played nice. I’ve held my tongue. But no more. The lie that vaccines are dangerous is killing people. We have lives to protect. Vaccines are safe, effective, and essential. Enough of the fear-mongering.

A lovely and spontaneous trip to @englishheritage.bsky.social Audley End and took some lovely pics. Definitely taking the boy soon to collect conkers.

Today the Church of England remembers Theodore of Tarsus, second Archbishop of Canterbury, who had never set foot in these isles before being appointed, and who had to learn the local tongue on the journey here. There would be no British Christianity without immigrants.

Today I #WearOrange to honor the survivors of gun violence and remember those we have lost. Follow @everytown.bsky.social & @giffords.org to take a stand against an issue our leaders continue to do nothing about.

Reminder: The existence of these in most Scottish supermarkets and corner shops is proof that anyone shilling for the notion that multiculturalism can't work on this island is a charlatan

Unbelievable story, a must read for every chemist and also non-chemists interested in #PFAS. Everything‘s in there, how it started, analyses, the overwhelming spreading of PFOS in blood samples already at early days, mechanisms of distribution and behaviour of CEOs.

If we’re going to have Chinese style autocracy in the US, I’d also like the renewable energy infrastructure, high speed rail, electric vehicles, investment in science, and good food.

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

In London, hate will never win.

Queen

Do you want to stay ahead of developments in AI and learn first-hand experiences of applying them in your chemistry work? Join leading experts to discuss best practice tips for working across disciplines. Register now: https://rsc.li/4m2xzOU #ChemSky

On 1 September, TPO – a chemical in gel nail polish – was banned in the EU after animal studies suggested it could be toxic to human reproduction. The news has prompted a lot of concern - this explainer tells you what you need to know: www.chemistryworld.com/news/why-has... @chemistryworld.com

Get noticed at the Faraday Community poster symposium 2025. PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and early-career scientists working in industry, gain experience and get feedback at an event dedicated to you. Submit your poster abstract today: https://rsc.li/4mRH8RT #ChemSky

The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned. And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized. I refuse to sanitize him.

Political violence is abhorrent. I have not celebrated Kirk's death. But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

It shouldn’t have to be said, but the act of dying doesn’t magically convert a bad person into a good one, or wipe away the harm they caused while alive. Political violence must be condemned, but the media and politicians presenting the victim as some sort of hero/saint is just plain wrong.