Tomás Nicolás-García
@tomasnicolas.bsky.social
Scientist at University of Manchester. Exploring how tension and force activate polymers and molecular machines. #NanocarRaceII champion. Trust me, I am a chemist. #ChemSky
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The latest edition of #PeriodicGraphics by @compoundchem.com explores the smelly chemicals in skunk spray and how to get rid of the stink. cen.acs.org/biological-c...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The latest edition of #PeriodicGraphics by @compoundchem.com explores the smelly chemicals in skunk spray and how to get rid of the stink. cen.acs.org/biological-c...
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‼️ BUSCADOR | Así queda el horario de salida y puesta de sol si se acaba con el cambio de hora, municipio a municipio www.eldiario.es/1_c1d905?utm...
Así queda el horario de salida y puesta de sol si se acaba con el cambio de hora, municipio a municipio
Se ha convertido en el gran debate, pero a menudo carecemos de información sobre los efectos prácticos de poner fin al cambio de hora. Introduce el nombre de tu localidad en nuestro buscador para sali...
www.eldiario.es
October 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
‼️ BUSCADOR | Así queda el horario de salida y puesta de sol si se acaba con el cambio de hora, municipio a municipio www.eldiario.es/1_c1d905?utm...
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The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry was awarded today for the development of metal-organic frameworks, molecular sponges with applications in gas storage, water purification and more: www.compoundchem.com/2025/10/08/2...
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#ChemSky 🧪
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry was awarded today for the development of metal-organic frameworks, molecular sponges with applications in gas storage, water purification and more: www.compoundchem.com/2025/10/08/2...
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
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Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi are this year's winners of the Nobel prize in chemistry for their work on MOFs – just a few grams of these materials can have the same surface area as a football pitch. Julia Robinson with the details.
2025 chemistry Nobel prize goes to the scientists behind metal–organic frameworks
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi take top prize for discovery and development of versatile materials with a huge surface area
www.chemistryworld.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi are this year's winners of the Nobel prize in chemistry for their work on MOFs – just a few grams of these materials can have the same surface area as a football pitch. Julia Robinson with the details.
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This morning, the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry will be announced!
Here are my brief infographic explainers of the past ten years of chemistry Nobel Prizes: www.compoundchem.com/category/nob...
#ChemSky 🧪
Here are my brief infographic explainers of the past ten years of chemistry Nobel Prizes: www.compoundchem.com/category/nob...
#ChemSky 🧪
October 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This morning, the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry will be announced!
Here are my brief infographic explainers of the past ten years of chemistry Nobel Prizes: www.compoundchem.com/category/nob...
#ChemSky 🧪
Here are my brief infographic explainers of the past ten years of chemistry Nobel Prizes: www.compoundchem.com/category/nob...
#ChemSky 🧪
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John M. Martinis, Michel H. Devoret & John Clarke recount the history of their milestone discovery, which today won the Nobel Prize in Physics
go.nature.com/4gVswyS
go.nature.com/4gVswyS
Quantum Josephson junction circuits and the dawn of artificial atoms - Nature Physics
In 1985, experiments revealed the quantum behaviour of a macroscopic degree of freedom: the phase difference across a Josephson junction. The authors recount the history of this milestone for the development of superconducting quantum circuits.
go.nature.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
John M. Martinis, Michel H. Devoret & John Clarke recount the history of their milestone discovery, which today won the Nobel Prize in Physics
go.nature.com/4gVswyS
go.nature.com/4gVswyS
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This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for discovering a class of immune cells that help to prevent the body from attacking its own tissues
go.nature.com/48QDdAJ
go.nature.com/48QDdAJ
Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’
Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered cells that protect the body from autoimmune diseases.
go.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for discovering a class of immune cells that help to prevent the body from attacking its own tissues
go.nature.com/48QDdAJ
go.nature.com/48QDdAJ
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Celebrating 75 years of the Turing Test 🧠
“Can machines think?”
In 1950, at @manchester.ac.uk, Alan Turing posed the question that defined a field.
His paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence introduced the Turing Test - one of the first big steps in AI.
“Can machines think?”
In 1950, at @manchester.ac.uk, Alan Turing posed the question that defined a field.
His paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence introduced the Turing Test - one of the first big steps in AI.
October 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Celebrating 75 years of the Turing Test 🧠
“Can machines think?”
In 1950, at @manchester.ac.uk, Alan Turing posed the question that defined a field.
His paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence introduced the Turing Test - one of the first big steps in AI.
“Can machines think?”
In 1950, at @manchester.ac.uk, Alan Turing posed the question that defined a field.
His paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence introduced the Turing Test - one of the first big steps in AI.
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Benzene at 200
Celebrating the molecule that changed the world
www.chemistryworld.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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A 3D periodic table model by Enrique Barrajón (aka Boolchemist) has been submitted to LEGO 🧪🧱. If it reaches 10K votes, LEGO will consider commercialisation. Support and share to bring it to classrooms! 👉 beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
September 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A 3D periodic table model by Enrique Barrajón (aka Boolchemist) has been submitted to LEGO 🧪🧱. If it reaches 10K votes, LEGO will consider commercialisation. Support and share to bring it to classrooms! 👉 beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
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Our recent papers are now published back to back in issue 37 of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social supported by a front cover designed by @drawimpacts.bsky.social
#chemsky #openaccess
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September 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Our recent papers are now published back to back in issue 37 of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social supported by a front cover designed by @drawimpacts.bsky.social
#chemsky #openaccess
Read the papers here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #openaccess
Read the papers here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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An investigation has identified more than 1,500 research articles produced by a network of Ukrainian companies that could be one of Europe’s largest paper mills
go.nature.com/3VxA1SD
go.nature.com/3VxA1SD
Europe’s largest paper mill? 1,500 research articles linked to Ukrainian network
A group of companies has flooded 380 journals with hundreds of suspect papers since 2017.
go.nature.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
An investigation has identified more than 1,500 research articles produced by a network of Ukrainian companies that could be one of Europe’s largest paper mills
go.nature.com/3VxA1SD
go.nature.com/3VxA1SD
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Can I flip it? Yes you can!
Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!
An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !
Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485
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Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!
An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !
Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485
#chemsky
August 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Can I flip it? Yes you can!
Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!
An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !
Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485
#chemsky
Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!
An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !
Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485
#chemsky
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For the first time, researchers have created an all-carbon molecular ring that is stable in solution at room temperature, with a bit of supramolecular support. cen.acs.org/physical-che...
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![The first all-carbon ring that’s stable at room temperature
Researchers thread cyclo[48]carbon into a supramolecular assembly, rendering it stable enough to characterize](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u4u4yeik2uube2g6ov7wr35p/bafkreibilpzzg33oj5yn2awnrlyj5p43wldubhv4difpmifkahu4ggar7y@jpeg)
August 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For the first time, researchers have created an all-carbon molecular ring that is stable in solution at room temperature, with a bit of supramolecular support. cen.acs.org/physical-che...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
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Calling all chemists and polymer scientists! We are seeking your feedback on new recommendations for classifying and defining polymerization reactions—a chance to help shape the language of our field. Read the provisional recommendation here: iupac.org/recommendati...
#chemsky #polymers @iupac.org
#chemsky #polymers @iupac.org
Basic Classification and Definitions of Polymerization Reactions - IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Provisional Recommendations Abstract: This document provides recommendations addressing the long-standing dilemma of the wide variety of terms that are used to describe the two common classes of polym...
iupac.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Calling all chemists and polymer scientists! We are seeking your feedback on new recommendations for classifying and defining polymerization reactions—a chance to help shape the language of our field. Read the provisional recommendation here: iupac.org/recommendati...
#chemsky #polymers @iupac.org
#chemsky #polymers @iupac.org
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This is an excellent illustration of how useless the "Impact Factor" metric is.
The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list.
In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.
The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list.
In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.
Impact factors and citation metrics across analytical, organic, physical and medicinal chemistry.
What are the top journals in chemistry right now?
Following the recent release of journal impact factors, we round up the leading journals across 10 chemistry fields
www.chemistryworld.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is an excellent illustration of how useless the "Impact Factor" metric is.
The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list.
In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.
The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list.
In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.
Reposted by Tomás Nicolás-García
Reposted by Tomás Nicolás-García
OPINIÓN | "El Mediterráneo se calienta dos o tres veces más rápido que otros mares, al ser un mar cerrado, con mucha radiación solar y sin apenas intercambio con otros océanos", por Pedro Belmonte Espejo.
Mares tropicales
El Mediterráneo se calienta dos o tres veces más rápido que otros mares, al ser un mar cerrado, con mucha radiación solar y sin apenas intercambio con otros océanos
www.eldiario.es
July 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
OPINIÓN | "El Mediterráneo se calienta dos o tres veces más rápido que otros mares, al ser un mar cerrado, con mucha radiación solar y sin apenas intercambio con otros océanos", por Pedro Belmonte Espejo.
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Delighted to present our Collection on Mechanically interlocked molecules! #Chemsky
Congratulations and thank you to Guest Editors
@fschaufelberger.bsky.social, Jose Berna and Serena Silvi for expertly editing this Collection of exciting content.
www.nature.com/collections/...
Congratulations and thank you to Guest Editors
@fschaufelberger.bsky.social, Jose Berna and Serena Silvi for expertly editing this Collection of exciting content.
www.nature.com/collections/...
Mechanically interlocked molecules
This Collection aims to bring together the latest research on mechanically interlocked molecules, including with respect to their design, construction, ...
www.nature.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Delighted to present our Collection on Mechanically interlocked molecules! #Chemsky
Congratulations and thank you to Guest Editors
@fschaufelberger.bsky.social, Jose Berna and Serena Silvi for expertly editing this Collection of exciting content.
www.nature.com/collections/...
Congratulations and thank you to Guest Editors
@fschaufelberger.bsky.social, Jose Berna and Serena Silvi for expertly editing this Collection of exciting content.
www.nature.com/collections/...
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El Mar Menor entra en fase de alerta por la pérdida de luz en el fondo marino leer.laverdad.es/79jgp3
El Mar Menor entra en fase de alerta por la pérdida de luz en el fondo marino | La Verdad
Los científicos del IEO advierten de que «existe un elevado riesgo» para la laguna si persiste o aumenta la clorofila, que ha crecido en las últimas semanas hasta niveles
leer.laverdad.es
July 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
El Mar Menor entra en fase de alerta por la pérdida de luz en el fondo marino leer.laverdad.es/79jgp3
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Dual release with a bit of logic!
We show the release of a double cargo payload with 2 stimuli, force and water, with an AND gate mechanism.
Great work from Lei Chen, now available in #openaccess as a #HotPaper in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky
We show the release of a double cargo payload with 2 stimuli, force and water, with an AND gate mechanism.
Great work from Lei Chen, now available in #openaccess as a #HotPaper in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky
July 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Dual release with a bit of logic!
We show the release of a double cargo payload with 2 stimuli, force and water, with an AND gate mechanism.
Great work from Lei Chen, now available in #openaccess as a #HotPaper in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky
We show the release of a double cargo payload with 2 stimuli, force and water, with an AND gate mechanism.
Great work from Lei Chen, now available in #openaccess as a #HotPaper in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky
Reposted by Tomás Nicolás-García
📈 Junio de 2025, el mes más anómalamente cálido en España desde que hay registros.
→ Con una desviación en su temperatura media de 3.6 °C respecto a lo normal, supera a octubre de 2022, cuya desviación fue de 3.4 °C.
→ Fue también un mes seco.
www.aemet.es/es/noticias/...
→ Con una desviación en su temperatura media de 3.6 °C respecto a lo normal, supera a octubre de 2022, cuya desviación fue de 3.4 °C.
→ Fue también un mes seco.
www.aemet.es/es/noticias/...
July 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📈 Junio de 2025, el mes más anómalamente cálido en España desde que hay registros.
→ Con una desviación en su temperatura media de 3.6 °C respecto a lo normal, supera a octubre de 2022, cuya desviación fue de 3.4 °C.
→ Fue también un mes seco.
www.aemet.es/es/noticias/...
→ Con una desviación en su temperatura media de 3.6 °C respecto a lo normal, supera a octubre de 2022, cuya desviación fue de 3.4 °C.
→ Fue también un mes seco.
www.aemet.es/es/noticias/...
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España nunca había registrado los 46 grados en el mes de junio desde que hay series históricas de las temperaturas en el país. Hasta este sábado, cuando los termómetros marcaron en El Granado (Huelva) un dato sin precedentes a estas alturas del año
La ola de calor pulveriza el record histórico de España en junio con 46 grados en El Granado (Huelva)
La Aemet prevé que las temperaturas extremas se prolonguen hasta el martes y sigan siendo elevadas el resto de la semana
elpais.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
España nunca había registrado los 46 grados en el mes de junio desde que hay series históricas de las temperaturas en el país. Hasta este sábado, cuando los termómetros marcaron en El Granado (Huelva) un dato sin precedentes a estas alturas del año
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Prof. Stephen Wallace: “What this technology shows is that by merging chemistry and biology in this way for the first time, we can make paracetamol more sustainably and clean up plastic waste from the environment at the same time.” www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Scientists use bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol
Genetically modified E coli used to create painkillers from material produced from plastic bottles
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Prof. Stephen Wallace: “What this technology shows is that by merging chemistry and biology in this way for the first time, we can make paracetamol more sustainably and clean up plastic waste from the environment at the same time.” www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Two for one mechanophore!
4-membered ring mechanophores broken 2 ways with a rotaxane actuator for the generation/release of diverse functional molecules!
Great work from Lei Chen now as a #VIPaper in
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #OA
4-membered ring mechanophores broken 2 ways with a rotaxane actuator for the generation/release of diverse functional molecules!
Great work from Lei Chen now as a #VIPaper in
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #OA
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Two for one mechanophore!
4-membered ring mechanophores broken 2 ways with a rotaxane actuator for the generation/release of diverse functional molecules!
Great work from Lei Chen now as a #VIPaper in
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #OA
4-membered ring mechanophores broken 2 ways with a rotaxane actuator for the generation/release of diverse functional molecules!
Great work from Lei Chen now as a #VIPaper in
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #OA