Alex Lippert
@alexlippert.bsky.social
Professor of Chemistry at Southern Methodist University. Chemiluminescence and Molecular Machines.
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After the Royal Society meeting on the future of quantum computing at the start of the year, I took a deep dive for @physicsworld.bsky.social into the state of the industry. The piece sat for a long time in the pipeline, but here now is the first part.
physicsworld.com/a/quantum-co...
physicsworld.com/a/quantum-co...
Quantum computing on the verge: a look at the quantum marketplace of today – Physics World
Philip Ball dives into the latest developments in the quantum-computing industry
physicsworld.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
After the Royal Society meeting on the future of quantum computing at the start of the year, I took a deep dive for @physicsworld.bsky.social into the state of the industry. The piece sat for a long time in the pipeline, but here now is the first part.
physicsworld.com/a/quantum-co...
physicsworld.com/a/quantum-co...
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Here's the link to the RS meeting (video now online). It was nominally about quantum information generally, but the focus was very much on quantum computing.
royalsociety.org/science-even...
royalsociety.org/science-even...
Quantum Information | Royal Society
Royal Society conference on the future of quantum-based computing, networks and sensing systems.
royalsociety.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here's the link to the RS meeting (video now online). It was nominally about quantum information generally, but the focus was very much on quantum computing.
royalsociety.org/science-even...
royalsociety.org/science-even...
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Get double out of your dye! Learn how we add bambusuril receptors as an alternative to cyanostar to bring two cyanine dyes into bright orange dimers! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#fluorescence #crystals #supramolecularchemistry
#fluorescence #crystals #supramolecularchemistry
Bambusuril Small-Molecule Ionic Isolation Lattices for Exciton Coupled Dimers and Dicationic Fluorophores
Ionic self-assembly of molecular fluorophores is a promising avenue to program properties into optical materials. Controllable optical energies, lifetimes, exciton hopping and energy transfer have bee...
pubs.acs.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Get double out of your dye! Learn how we add bambusuril receptors as an alternative to cyanostar to bring two cyanine dyes into bright orange dimers! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#fluorescence #crystals #supramolecularchemistry
#fluorescence #crystals #supramolecularchemistry
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Scientists crafted glow-in-the-dark #succulents that recharge in sunlight. Injected with light-emitting phosphor, the plants can shine as bright as a small night light. cell.com/matter/fullt...
@cp-matter.bsky.social
#SCAU Shuting Liu & colleagues
@cp-matter.bsky.social
#SCAU Shuting Liu & colleagues
September 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Scientists crafted glow-in-the-dark #succulents that recharge in sunlight. Injected with light-emitting phosphor, the plants can shine as bright as a small night light. cell.com/matter/fullt...
@cp-matter.bsky.social
#SCAU Shuting Liu & colleagues
@cp-matter.bsky.social
#SCAU Shuting Liu & colleagues
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In this piece for Aeon, I argue that, while nanotechnology is now a very real and mature field, a popular early vision of it was an example of what I am calling an "oneiric technology": a fantasy of the sort that Silicon Valley loves.
aeon.co/essays/no-su...
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No suffering, no death, no limits: the nanobots pipe dream | Aeon Essays
Thirty years ago, nanotech was about to change everything. Let’s not get tricked again by Silicon Valley’s magical thinking
aeon.co
September 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
In this piece for Aeon, I argue that, while nanotechnology is now a very real and mature field, a popular early vision of it was an example of what I am calling an "oneiric technology": a fantasy of the sort that Silicon Valley loves.
aeon.co/essays/no-su...
aeon.co/essays/no-su...
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Winning team of chem trivia at ACS chem social:) loving the ACS and C&EN swag:) #ACSFALL2025
August 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Winning team of chem trivia at ACS chem social:) loving the ACS and C&EN swag:) #ACSFALL2025
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Introduction: Molecular Motors | Chemical Reviews pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Introduction: Molecular Motors
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August 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Introduction: Molecular Motors | Chemical Reviews pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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New preprint + thread 🧵
#Psychedelics induce the formation of new synapses, but where do they connect?
Our rabies tracing study reveals that #psilocybin shifts connectivity across specific cortical networks.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/12
#Psychedelics induce the formation of new synapses, but where do they connect?
Our rabies tracing study reveals that #psilocybin shifts connectivity across specific cortical networks.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/12
August 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New preprint + thread 🧵
#Psychedelics induce the formation of new synapses, but where do they connect?
Our rabies tracing study reveals that #psilocybin shifts connectivity across specific cortical networks.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/12
#Psychedelics induce the formation of new synapses, but where do they connect?
Our rabies tracing study reveals that #psilocybin shifts connectivity across specific cortical networks.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/12
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🔥Hot of the press: Chiral induction and chiral memory via host-guest binding now published in
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social! One of my favourite projects and a super rewarding collaboration with @sidlereric.bsky.social, Yohan and @feringalab.bsky.social!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social! One of my favourite projects and a super rewarding collaboration with @sidlereric.bsky.social, Yohan and @feringalab.bsky.social!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Chiral Induction and Memory via Supramolecular Deracemization
The helical chirality of a dynamic crown-ether switch can, by light- or redox-switching to a prochiral state, be erased and subsequently stereoselectively re-formed by relaxation in the presence of a...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🔥Hot of the press: Chiral induction and chiral memory via host-guest binding now published in
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social! One of my favourite projects and a super rewarding collaboration with @sidlereric.bsky.social, Yohan and @feringalab.bsky.social!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social! One of my favourite projects and a super rewarding collaboration with @sidlereric.bsky.social, Yohan and @feringalab.bsky.social!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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This week in Science, researchers report an artificial molecular motor that can twist a molecular thread to form a mechanically interlocked molecule. The approach creates opportunities to fabricate mechanically interlocked molecules with precise structural control.
Learn more: scim.ag/40FboGP
Learn more: scim.ag/40FboGP
July 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This week in Science, researchers report an artificial molecular motor that can twist a molecular thread to form a mechanically interlocked molecule. The approach creates opportunities to fabricate mechanically interlocked molecules with precise structural control.
Learn more: scim.ag/40FboGP
Learn more: scim.ag/40FboGP
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Dispatch: The Neurobiology of Psychedelics Gordon Research Conference — Circuitry, Consciousness, and Clinical Horizons (Part 2)
Reporting by @jasteralaina.bsky.social.
The entire Dispatch is now free to read.
psychedelicalpha.com/news/dispatc...
Reporting by @jasteralaina.bsky.social.
The entire Dispatch is now free to read.
psychedelicalpha.com/news/dispatc...
Dispatch: The Neurobiology of Psychedelics Gordon Research Conference — Circuitry, Consciousness, and Clinical Horizons (Part 2) - Psychedelic Alpha
In this second Dispatch from the inaugural Neurobiology of Psychedelics Gordon Research Conference, Dr. Alaina Jaster recaps Days 2 through 4, highlighting cutting-edge research on neuroplasticity…
psychedelicalpha.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Dispatch: The Neurobiology of Psychedelics Gordon Research Conference — Circuitry, Consciousness, and Clinical Horizons (Part 2)
Reporting by @jasteralaina.bsky.social.
The entire Dispatch is now free to read.
psychedelicalpha.com/news/dispatc...
Reporting by @jasteralaina.bsky.social.
The entire Dispatch is now free to read.
psychedelicalpha.com/news/dispatc...
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My take on the head-twitch response to test #psychedelic drugs in animals:
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open.substack.com/pub/zendudes...
My opinion on animal models of psychedelic drug actions
It's complicated
open.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My take on the head-twitch response to test #psychedelic drugs in animals:
open.substack.com/pub/zendudes...
open.substack.com/pub/zendudes...
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Comment on @gracegdhan.bsky.social recent work on energy storage molecules in @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/energy/solar...
cen.acs.org/energy/solar...
Curved molecule bottles sunlight and releases it as heat
Liquid anthracene morphs into high-energy isomer to store solar heat for use on demand hours later
cen.acs.org
July 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Comment on @gracegdhan.bsky.social recent work on energy storage molecules in @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/energy/solar...
cen.acs.org/energy/solar...
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A long time in the making but finally delighted to share our efforts to understand how slight differences in the monomers can affect the properties of resulting COFs.. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Effects of a Single Atom Substitution on the Physical Properties, Excited State Dynamics, and Iodine Capture Performance of Emissive Covalent Organic Frameworks
Emissive urea/thiourea-based covalent organic frameworks: A single-atom alteration causes distinct variations in charge transfer characteristics and I2 adsorption kinetics.
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A long time in the making but finally delighted to share our efforts to understand how slight differences in the monomers can affect the properties of resulting COFs.. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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My department at Colgate University is hiring a tenure-stream assistant professor in Organic Chemistry this fall. Please feel free to reach out with questions, and please repost. We're an undergraduate university with a strong focus on research. @chemjobber.bsky.social
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July 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My department at Colgate University is hiring a tenure-stream assistant professor in Organic Chemistry this fall. Please feel free to reach out with questions, and please repost. We're an undergraduate university with a strong focus on research. @chemjobber.bsky.social
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The delta Aquariid and Perseid meteor showers are ramping up towards the end of July, producing overlapping displays in the sky.
#astronomy #space #meteorshower
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/scie...
#astronomy #space #meteorshower
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See fireballs and meteors crisscross the night sky over the next month - The Weather Network
The Perseid and delta Aquariid meteor showers are both ramping up towards the end of July.
www.theweathernetwork.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The delta Aquariid and Perseid meteor showers are ramping up towards the end of July, producing overlapping displays in the sky.
#astronomy #space #meteorshower
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/scie...
#astronomy #space #meteorshower
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/scie...
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Very grateful I had the opportunity to attend the first #GRCPsychedelics and connect with others in the field!
July 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Very grateful I had the opportunity to attend the first #GRCPsychedelics and connect with others in the field!
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Had several great discussions at my poster #GRCPsychedelics
Looking forward to building future collaborations :)
Looking forward to building future collaborations :)
July 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Had several great discussions at my poster #GRCPsychedelics
Looking forward to building future collaborations :)
Looking forward to building future collaborations :)
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Excited to attend Neurobiology of Psychedelics GRC this week! Looking forward to deep dives into the mechanism of action of psychedelics and how they modulate neuroplasticity, cognitive flexibility, and adaptive decision-making—across behavior and neural dynamics. 🧠🍄
#GRCPsychedelics
#GRCPsychedelics
July 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Excited to attend Neurobiology of Psychedelics GRC this week! Looking forward to deep dives into the mechanism of action of psychedelics and how they modulate neuroplasticity, cognitive flexibility, and adaptive decision-making—across behavior and neural dynamics. 🧠🍄
#GRCPsychedelics
#GRCPsychedelics
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So happy the first #GRCPsychedelics was such a success. It was great to see everyone and share all the amazing science and community. Thank you to all the speakers and congratulations to the travel awardees!!
July 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So happy the first #GRCPsychedelics was such a success. It was great to see everyone and share all the amazing science and community. Thank you to all the speakers and congratulations to the travel awardees!!
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Had a blast at the first ever #GRCPsychedelics - thanks so much to Chairs @alexkwan.bsky.social @vyazovskiy.bsky.social & Vice Chairs @melissaherman.bsky.social @viditavaidya.bsky.social for bringing our community together 🫶
Per usual, I took no pics - but luckily Missy had it covered for me 😂
Per usual, I took no pics - but luckily Missy had it covered for me 😂
July 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Had a blast at the first ever #GRCPsychedelics - thanks so much to Chairs @alexkwan.bsky.social @vyazovskiy.bsky.social & Vice Chairs @melissaherman.bsky.social @viditavaidya.bsky.social for bringing our community together 🫶
Per usual, I took no pics - but luckily Missy had it covered for me 😂
Per usual, I took no pics - but luckily Missy had it covered for me 😂
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EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT #PSYCHEDELICS AND THINGS YOU NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT!
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
The polypharmacology of psychedelics reveals multiple targets for potential therapeutics
Jain et al. profiled 41 classical psychedelics across 318 GPCRs, revealing activity
at serotonin, dopamine, and adrenergic receptors. All compounds activated multiple
5-HT2AR signal transduction pathw...
www.cell.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT #PSYCHEDELICS AND THINGS YOU NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT!
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
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Attending the first psychedelic GRC organized by @alexkwan.bsky.social & @vyazovskiy.bsky.social was surreal. The internationally representative panels ensure we are collectively/efficiently advancing our understanding of psychedelics. Special thanks to
@mayoonthebrain.bsky.social for bringing me ❤️
@mayoonthebrain.bsky.social for bringing me ❤️
July 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Attending the first psychedelic GRC organized by @alexkwan.bsky.social & @vyazovskiy.bsky.social was surreal. The internationally representative panels ensure we are collectively/efficiently advancing our understanding of psychedelics. Special thanks to
@mayoonthebrain.bsky.social for bringing me ❤️
@mayoonthebrain.bsky.social for bringing me ❤️
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So happy I got to attend the first #GRCPsychedelics conference. Such an amazing opportunity to connect with other researchers & learn about the newest findings in the field.
July 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So happy I got to attend the first #GRCPsychedelics conference. Such an amazing opportunity to connect with other researchers & learn about the newest findings in the field.