Really happy to see this out! We synthesize graphene nanoribbons with zigzag edges and embedded porphyrins—creating a hybrid π–d electron system. While it may have some cool applications, I just can't get over how beautiful this molecule is. Look at the lateral strain Modulation!
rdcu.be/eBRkM
rdcu.be/eBRkM
Zigzag graphene nanoribbons with periodic porphyrin edge extensions
Nature Chemistry - Graphene nanoribbons with zigzag edges are key candidates for spintronic applications due to their tunable bandgaps and spin-polarized edge states. Now it has been shown that...
rdcu.be
August 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Really happy to see this out! We synthesize graphene nanoribbons with zigzag edges and embedded porphyrins—creating a hybrid π–d electron system. While it may have some cool applications, I just can't get over how beautiful this molecule is. Look at the lateral strain Modulation!
rdcu.be/eBRkM
rdcu.be/eBRkM
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Accelerator physicist Helen Edwards was born #OTD in 1936.
She was the lead scientist overseeing the design, construction, and operation of the Tevatron particle accelerator at Fermilab. Numerous discoveries have been made with the Tevatron, including the top quark in 1995. 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: Fermilab
She was the lead scientist overseeing the design, construction, and operation of the Tevatron particle accelerator at Fermilab. Numerous discoveries have been made with the Tevatron, including the top quark in 1995. 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: Fermilab
May 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Accelerator physicist Helen Edwards was born #OTD in 1936.
She was the lead scientist overseeing the design, construction, and operation of the Tevatron particle accelerator at Fermilab. Numerous discoveries have been made with the Tevatron, including the top quark in 1995. 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: Fermilab
She was the lead scientist overseeing the design, construction, and operation of the Tevatron particle accelerator at Fermilab. Numerous discoveries have been made with the Tevatron, including the top quark in 1995. 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: Fermilab
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hey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice)
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
May 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
hey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice)
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
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Porphyrin-based organic materials have exciting optical properties and wide applications. In this study, the authors report a B(III) complex of a new sub-m-benziporphyrin with an unusual planar tridentate 14π-aromatic network.
Read it for free 👉pubs.rsc.org/doi/D4S...
#ChemSky
Read it for free 👉pubs.rsc.org/doi/D4S...
#ChemSky
May 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Porphyrin-based organic materials have exciting optical properties and wide applications. In this study, the authors report a B(III) complex of a new sub-m-benziporphyrin with an unusual planar tridentate 14π-aromatic network.
Read it for free 👉pubs.rsc.org/doi/D4S...
#ChemSky
Read it for free 👉pubs.rsc.org/doi/D4S...
#ChemSky
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Hello––Is A River Alive? is published in the US & Canada on 20 May.
I am coming on tour––dates & locations below––& would love to speak of the book’s ideas, people & rivers to as many folk as possible while I'm out there.
Please let anyone know who you think might want to come to an event.
Cheers!
I am coming on tour––dates & locations below––& would love to speak of the book’s ideas, people & rivers to as many folk as possible while I'm out there.
Please let anyone know who you think might want to come to an event.
Cheers!
May 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hello––Is A River Alive? is published in the US & Canada on 20 May.
I am coming on tour––dates & locations below––& would love to speak of the book’s ideas, people & rivers to as many folk as possible while I'm out there.
Please let anyone know who you think might want to come to an event.
Cheers!
I am coming on tour––dates & locations below––& would love to speak of the book’s ideas, people & rivers to as many folk as possible while I'm out there.
Please let anyone know who you think might want to come to an event.
Cheers!
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anyway, I would need a lot more evidence to believe that 90% of college students in early 2023 were using ChatGPT for homework, and if we are going to berate the Youth for intellectual laziness, let's at least make sure we apply some amount of rigor to the data we're using to do it, please
May 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
anyway, I would need a lot more evidence to believe that 90% of college students in early 2023 were using ChatGPT for homework, and if we are going to berate the Youth for intellectual laziness, let's at least make sure we apply some amount of rigor to the data we're using to do it, please
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The story of biochemist Muriel Bristol aka "a lady tasting tea"! Milk or tea first? Does it matter? Can you tell? The null hypothesis was designed with that question in mind. The story is in Steeped, too. Conversations around tea also led to De Hevesy's development of isotopic tracing (Nobel 1943)
Scientific experiments run today are based on research practices that evolved out of a British tea-tasting experiment in the 1920s.
How a Cup of Tea Laid the Foundations for Modern Statistical Analysis
Scientific experiments run today are based on research practices that evolved out of a British tea-tasting experiment in the 1920s.
wrd.cm
March 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The story of biochemist Muriel Bristol aka "a lady tasting tea"! Milk or tea first? Does it matter? Can you tell? The null hypothesis was designed with that question in mind. The story is in Steeped, too. Conversations around tea also led to De Hevesy's development of isotopic tracing (Nobel 1943)
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1+1=2? Not always! Topology matters to boost the Reverse Intersystem Crossing in extended #INVEST compounds. Thanks to Gaetano Ricci, Yoann Olivier, and Alessandro Landi for this nice work published in Advanced Optical Materials #theochem #compchem #OLEDs #theochemsky #compchemsky #chemsky
Enhancing Reverse Intersystem Crossing with Extended Inverted Singlet–Triplet (X−INVEST) Systems
Extended systems with an inverted singlet–triplet gap (X-INVEST) are designed by merging two INVEST cores in a Uthrene-like architecture. The energy proximity characterizing the four lowest excited s....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:44 PM
1+1=2? Not always! Topology matters to boost the Reverse Intersystem Crossing in extended #INVEST compounds. Thanks to Gaetano Ricci, Yoann Olivier, and Alessandro Landi for this nice work published in Advanced Optical Materials #theochem #compchem #OLEDs #theochemsky #compchemsky #chemsky
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Such a gorgeous cover this month 😍
Our March issue is live! 🔊 It contains the usual mix of Articles and News and Views, along with…
www.nature.com/nchem/volume...
#chemsky
www.nature.com/nchem/volume...
#chemsky
March 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Such a gorgeous cover this month 😍
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Highly recommend this moderation list which mutes or blocks anyone who follows more than 10k accounts. It takes out most of the resistance bot accounts as well as lots of low quality followback farmers.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
March 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Highly recommend this moderation list which mutes or blocks anyone who follows more than 10k accounts. It takes out most of the resistance bot accounts as well as lots of low quality followback farmers.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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To feel a better after listen to Casimir Pulaski Day, listen and watch this one:
youtu.be/ltH3rI-G4n8?...
youtu.be/ltH3rI-G4n8?...
March 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
To feel a better after listen to Casimir Pulaski Day, listen and watch this one:
youtu.be/ltH3rI-G4n8?...
youtu.be/ltH3rI-G4n8?...
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This is right up there with the saddest songs of them all. Absolutely gorgeous, also.
Was just reminded that it’s Casimir Pulaski Day (observed) and you know what that means: it’s time to WEEP, BITCHES
Casimir Pulaski Day
YouTube video by Sufjan Stevens - Topic
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is right up there with the saddest songs of them all. Absolutely gorgeous, also.
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🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A small human (6?) with a Bluey backpack and an oversized pink baseball cap steps off a school bus and walks straight into her mum's outstretched arms. A big warm hug and an excited recounting of the day follows as they wander home.(1)
A small human (6?) with a Bluey backpack and an oversized pink baseball cap steps off a school bus and walks straight into her mum's outstretched arms. A big warm hug and an excited recounting of the day follows as they wander home.(1)
February 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A small human (6?) with a Bluey backpack and an oversized pink baseball cap steps off a school bus and walks straight into her mum's outstretched arms. A big warm hug and an excited recounting of the day follows as they wander home.(1)
A small human (6?) with a Bluey backpack and an oversized pink baseball cap steps off a school bus and walks straight into her mum's outstretched arms. A big warm hug and an excited recounting of the day follows as they wander home.(1)
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We are on the road for democracy and justice | Bernie Sanders
We are on the road for democracy and justice | Bernie Sanders
What we are fighting for is not ‘utopian’ or unachievable. Trumpism can and must be defeated
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We are on the road for democracy and justice | Bernie Sanders
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This thread: not bullshit
This is a mega-thread of all Microsoft problems related to topological qubits.
NOTE: I skip the numerous news reports and press releases, this thread is for serious _scientific_ and procedural materials
First retraction: Quantized Majorana Conductance, from Nature
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
NOTE: I skip the numerous news reports and press releases, this thread is for serious _scientific_ and procedural materials
First retraction: Quantized Majorana Conductance, from Nature
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Quantized Majorana conductance - Nature
In a step towards topological quantum computation, a quantized Majorana conductance has been demonstrated for a semiconducting nanowire coupled to a superconductor.
www.nature.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This thread: not bullshit
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is your market cap 3 trillion?
February 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
is your market cap 3 trillion?
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I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
February 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
After years of watching @floriangadsby.bsky.social make pots I had a chance to make one of my own. Absolutely loved it!
February 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
After years of watching @floriangadsby.bsky.social make pots I had a chance to make one of my own. Absolutely loved it!
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The International Day of #Women and Girls in #Science highlights equality and diversity in research. ETH Zurich also aims to highlight the achievements of female scientists through various initiatives and campaigns. ethz.ch/staffnet/en/...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science recognizes the importance of equality and diversity in research and innovation. At ETH Zurich, this day of action is also intended to raise awarenes...
ethz.ch
February 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The International Day of #Women and Girls in #Science highlights equality and diversity in research. ETH Zurich also aims to highlight the achievements of female scientists through various initiatives and campaigns. ethz.ch/staffnet/en/...
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The ACS has deleted its website on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Respect. And with that move, have shown they are worthy of none of the latter.
People ask why no-one stands up to fascists, this is why - they are too worried about their own standing to challenge it.
www.acs.org/about/divers...
People ask why no-one stands up to fascists, this is why - they are too worried about their own standing to challenge it.
www.acs.org/about/divers...
www.acs.org
February 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The ACS has deleted its website on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Respect. And with that move, have shown they are worthy of none of the latter.
People ask why no-one stands up to fascists, this is why - they are too worried about their own standing to challenge it.
www.acs.org/about/divers...
People ask why no-one stands up to fascists, this is why - they are too worried about their own standing to challenge it.
www.acs.org/about/divers...
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"The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ science, STEM education more inclusive." www.science.org/content/arti... @meredithwadman.bsky.social reports
Science | AAAS
www.science.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ science, STEM education more inclusive." www.science.org/content/arti... @meredithwadman.bsky.social reports
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Again a case of data manipulation in chemistry with > 40 flagged papers over 14y
Again a broken review process
Again little/no editor reaction in some journals
Again diffusion of responsibility
...time for change
#chemsky, #researchintegrity
Again a broken review process
Again little/no editor reaction in some journals
Again diffusion of responsibility
...time for change
#chemsky, #researchintegrity
‘The fraud was not subtle’: Chemist blames students after ten papers retracted
‘The fraud was not subtle’: Chemist blames students after ten papers retracted
Suman L. Jain While reviewing a manuscript for the Journal of Organic Chemistry, Caroline Kervarc-Genre and her colleague, Thibault Cantat, researchers at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic…
retractionwatch.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Again a case of data manipulation in chemistry with > 40 flagged papers over 14y
Again a broken review process
Again little/no editor reaction in some journals
Again diffusion of responsibility
...time for change
#chemsky, #researchintegrity
Again a broken review process
Again little/no editor reaction in some journals
Again diffusion of responsibility
...time for change
#chemsky, #researchintegrity
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Interested in an exciting PhD project working in a stimulating environment in the Centre for Designer Quantum Materials, combining cutting-edge experiments, bespoke instrumentation, complex data analysis and numerical modelling? Any questions get in touch, apply at www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pgr/home.htm.
February 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Interested in an exciting PhD project working in a stimulating environment in the Centre for Designer Quantum Materials, combining cutting-edge experiments, bespoke instrumentation, complex data analysis and numerical modelling? Any questions get in touch, apply at www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pgr/home.htm.