I am looking at a publication and wonder if some of the images are manipulated/manifactured. Does anyone have a good image checking tool? In days of AI such a thing should exist... (me: academic in Sweden, if that helps with licenses) THANKS!

Increase a band: The Rolling Diamonds

Ah yes, meritocracy...

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Hello, I’m participating in the #YoungScientistNetworking to share my career path. I am a first generation undergraduate, and come from a financially disadvantaged background. I am a cis, straight, white woman. So, despite financial adversity, I certainly had privilege. @quantumtessera.bsky.social

Hi everyone, my name is Brendan, creator of ChemScrapes. Very excited to be asked to contribute to #YoungScientistNetworking to share about my career in chemistry. Will be sharing more about my days job and my background, and hopefully have some useful messages along the way. Let's start 😊

SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web. chemsymposia.com

One by one www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

2024 AI/ML Publication Trends in Science: 📈 Strong growth across domains continues! This is from all your hard work - these numbers reflect one aspect of our collective progress. Now, let's look at the data: 🚀 Materials Science: +20.9% yoy ✨ Physics: +12.4% yoy 🔬 Chemistry: +11.9% yoy

“Columbia was just such a warning,” he said. “I just became very worried because I didn’t see a strong enough reaction in other universities .... I see Yale trying not to be a target. That’s a losing strategy.” Yale Professor who Studies Fascism Flees to Canada www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Awww seeing you guys together always makes me happy ☺️

Met up with these #CASFutureLeaders legends on my first day of #ACSSpring2025. Thanks for making me look like a giant, @chemfunman.bsky.social and @finetraces786.bsky.social!

I am interested in learning about faculty development in Spanish universities. If anybody could help me find connections in this area, please let me know. Me gustaría aprender cómo funciona el desarrollo profesional de la facultad en universidades españolas. Conocen a alguien que me pueda ayudar?

Apparently Francium wants it back. #chemsky

Yase's work on the Lewis-base-catalysed asymmetric allylation of isatins is now online, congrats! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

I guess US conferences are a no go for most international scientists now! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

My friend created this silly but really fun website telling you how everything is "four" allesisvier.com?lang=en

To get around the jargon, imagine a knife that would cut through an apple but not a peeled banana🔪🍎🍌 In @science.org this week the Leonori and Ruffoni groups show photoexcitation of nitroarene reagents selectively cleaves aryl C=C bonds over olefins chemsky 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

To the surprise of none! www.dw.com/en/how-germa...

What does your core value of inclusion and belong have to say about the topics shown below, I'm sure #ChemSky would like to know? Your website used to include such information, but now it seems to have mysteriously disappeared...

Hey global non-US chemists! Anyone teach inorganic chemistry content and want to see if we can have our students learn together as part of a global learning experience sometime in the future? Let me know and we can apply to a little grant together.

I got to write about ibuzatrelvir (aka Paxlovid 2.0) for this week's issue of @cenmag.bsky.social, in which my colleagues and I contemplate chemistry and the next 5 years of COVID-19. My story is linked here, but I recommend you read the whole package. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...

Did anyone ever made a review on Boron chemistry and called the paper "The Fifth Element"? I would do it only for the title!

The advocacy group Do No Harm is suing the American Chemical Society (ACS), arguing that its Scholars Program discriminates against applicants who are of white and Asian heritage.

My first "big" feature is out in C&EN! It highlights how open educational resources are hard to find for advanced chemists, but there *are* chemists who are committed to creating these free resources for others. #ChemSky👇 💡 cen.acs.org/education/gr...

Please help out the amazing @finetraces786.bsky.social with her survey on #InvisibleWork in chemistry academia

The USA chemicals industry is the same size as the 'tech' industry....

Lots of FDA scientist/reviewers in this NYT article, including friend of the blog Tony Maiorana www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/h... chemsky 🧪⚗️

Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded & what’s next Once upon a time leaders believed that science was essential to nation’s security, to better health, to more jobs, to a higher standard of living & to cultural progress 🧪 #academicSky @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Apparently I'm not terrible at shooting! #GSports

According to one current NSF employee, yesterday's mass firings cost the agency "decades of experience." From @cenmag.bsky.social: Here's what we know about the recent layoffs at federal agencies and the ripple effects they're expected to have on US science. cen.acs.org/careers/empl...

BTW: We're doing our best to cover what we can, but could use your help! How has your research program or company been affected by recent policy changes? Do you have info about developments we should cover? Check out to learn how to contact our newsroom: cen.acs.org/policy/Edito...

I've always been a fan of cheesy email sign offs, but autocorrect changing "cheers" to "cheddar" was totally unexpected!

Tomorrow, I'm giving away a free copy of my latest 'little book of sunshine', which collects >100 new recipes and reflections on how we survive in difficult times. To be in the draw, just repost this! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739967038 #BookGiveaway #Cookbook #FoodSky #BookSky #HomeCooking #ChemSky

Found these delights on my dad’s bookshelf this morning, and accidentally learnt a little more about the history of CAS in the process. #ChemSky (www.acs.org/education/wh...)

I have opinions about the NIH and the Philadelphia Inquirer published them. Last July I was diagnosed with a progressive, incurable neurodegenerative disease. Writing an equation on the blackboard had become impossible, tying my shoes a challenge. 1/ 3 🧵

Maybe with all that is going on in the states no one noticed, but in the Netherlands the university of Twente has fired 46 people from the chem department. One of them is Jeroen Cornelissen. A giant in the field #chemsky www.utoday.nl/news/75215/p...

I deeply hope cis people start paying attention to how this government is beginning to interact with us. In an official capacity.

Final hospitalized selfie!!! Very Happy Valentine's day to me, indeed!

Roses are red Violets are blue Dear academic crush I'd love to collab with you!

3500 scientists, biologists and experts in human sexual development write to the US government saying that sex isn't binary www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...

Happy International day of women in science! If there's any year when this day matters it's today!

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a reminder to not close your eyes and turn away from what is happening in the US right now. Fascism is an assault on scientific integrity, knowledge, and innovation. www.chron.com/news/space/a...

Say what? apnews.com/article/trum...

Some end of January pieces out of ACS News in @cenmag.bsky.social: 🔹 Volunteer Voices: Joseph Houck chats about the chemistry olympiad (cen.acs.org/people/Volun...)

I know world news are bleak but this week I choose to be happy because it's my last week hospitalized!