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Keep this in mind when everything we do has to be PURPOSE driven. This is not how innovation works. It is often about curiosity. It can be silly.

Nytt nummer av SU:s nyhetsbrev: Läs om Vasaskeppets lillasyster Falken, donation på 40 milj till forskning om film och teater, ny teknik som avslöjar strukturen hos färgämnet karmin, Tovetorps forskningsstation, semestertips och tips för att en skön ledighet. Läs & prenumerera: www.su.se/nyhetsbrev

I hope you enjoyed my little #tiling voyage a few weeks ago 😊 Now you can admire some of the protagonists in this contribution to @iucrj.iucr.org Newsletter, along with some thoughts inspired by me being an irredeemable #PatternSeeker ❄️ www.iucr.org/news/newslet... #BraggYourPattern

Interested in how surface layers can impact photocurrents from illuminated semiconductors? This is illustrated in MOF-coated semiconductor photoelectrodes. Check it out, open access in @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10....

Getting a small-molecule crystal structure of a sixty-year-old drug should be no problem, right?

Definitely the most surprised I've been upon acquiring a powder X-ray diffraction pattern, and then looking at the beatiful crystals in an electron microscope! 🔍💎

Using advanced electron crystallography techniques, researchers at Stockholm University have succeeded in determining the structure of the red pigment carmine. It turns out that the substance, used today in products such as candy and paint, has a complex porous structure. www.su.se/english/news...

Carmine is a red pigment used since antiquity to color textiles, in paintings by Rembrandt and Van Gogh, and today as a food coloring agent (E120). Very excited that @esvenssongrape.bsky.social finally reveals the crystal structure of carmine by #3DED! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Turn-on Conductivity with Proton-Coupled Electron Transport in Metal–Organic Frameworks https://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-h4f9w?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss

Exicted about our new work on the really unusual (and highly informative) water capture properties of the SU-102 MOFs. A shoutout to @keninge.bsky.social and his group for ongoing work with this awesome series! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pocket guide to materials discovery calculation methods (repost from the other place)

CAU-52: An Iron Metal–Organic Framework Containing Furandicarboxylate Linker Molecules http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c00184

Electron transport through redox-conducting MOFs is not all diffusion, but emerging electric fields cause migration that has been overlooked until now. It can be measured by steady-state experiments. Collaboration with Ben Johnson pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Lungfish xkcd.com/3064

The CCDC team are saddened to learn that George Sheldrick has passed away. His impact in #Crystallography was immense; from the SHELX software used globally, to teaching, structures, journals, and more. More by the ECA here: ccdc-info.com/41gvV3M

*tries to put my one egg in multiple baskets*

I have learned from several sources that NIH staff tried to find out how to transfer F31-diversity applications to other program announcements for funding but were not able to do this. I don't know whether this was technical (regulations) or ideological. 1/n

Postdoctoral position in Valencia (Spain)

We often talk about open data, but what's in it for the scientists. Read about the opinions and experience of some of or author on our just published viewpoint #opendata #openscience 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Now out in Nature Water, "Stories of data sharing", a Viewpoint article where recent authors in the journal (including me) share some thoughts on the value of making research data publically available. rdcu.be/d6qG3 #chemsky

Greetings new Bluesky friends, excited to kickoff here by sharing our NSF CAREER has been recommended for funding! Thank you reviewers!! We’ll be looking for a postdoc interested in the SFG spectroscopy of porous colloidal interfaces—a vast, open, and fascinating landscape

OK #chemsky do your thing. I have an immediate PhD vacancy working on a MOF / crystallography / electron diffraction project with Syngenta. Home fees and stipend are covered. Spread the word!