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Dr Nathan Kilah
@chemistrynathan.bsky.social
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Research Chemist, Senior Lecturer, Science Communicator, Edible Gardener, Beekeeper, Anti-authoritarian, Husband, Dad. I will ❤️ your gardening posts. www.nathankilah.com/science-communication nipaluna/Hobart, lutruwita/Tasmania
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Yeah it was great. Slightly different angle.
Crowded house at the DEC. #Hobart
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The textbook had this picture, so it can't be wrong.
Star bubble.
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Lovely day for some #WBBL. Let's go Hurricanes!
A view of Bellerive oval. Sydney Sixers are batting, Hurricanes are fielding.
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Dude! Spoilers!!!
A hardcover of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis. A crying man's shadow is in the shape of a large insect, for some reason.
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I even started an Abstract with this thought.
A screengrab from a published article. The text reads "Abstract Chemistry is regarded—primarily by chemists—as the central science. Advancements in chemical ". Source: https://www.royalsoc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/152-3-06Kilah.pdf
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Glorious day for some interstate cricket in Kingston. Tassie looking dominant. Ludicrously good cricket for free admission.
A view of a green cricket field with blue skies and the Derwent River in the distance.
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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DSLR batteries are both flat, so best I can do is with my (potato) phone. It's up there, visible flickering directly above and even a strong glow to the west. #AuroraAustralis #Hobart
Aurora Australis green glow through clouds. Looking west. Green glow behind clouds.
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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That would be awesome. Pretty cloudy here today...
View from kunanyi. Image taken from webcam page: https://www.hobartcity.com.au/Things-To-Do/Kunanyi-Mt-Wellington/Kunanyi-Mt-Wellington-webcams
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Interesting low snowbow* on #Hobart's kunanyi right now.
*I don't know what this should be called.
Kunanyi from Sandy Bay. A low rainbow can be faintly seen.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Nice alignment on this one.
Two back to back skeets. First from @stilgherrian.com reads "There's 48 sleeps until Christmas". The second from @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social reads "Shut up!" screamed Toad.
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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This was mine for a while. Now I've gone corporate.
This is fine meme background for Zoom.
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Half-Life vortigaunt vibes.
Half Life vortigaunt.
November 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Two of my favourite things have been joined together in an unholy union. It makes me uncomfortable.
KFC Zinger banh mi promotion image.
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Another entry to the *nightmare-coins-that-really-shouldn't-feature-teeth* series. This one of Benedict XVI.
A private mint bimetallic coin from Cameroon. The text reads HABEMVS PAPAM BENEDICTVM XVI CAMEROUN 4500 CFA 2005.
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Balmy Hobart evening for a T20 cricket match. Let's go Australia! #AusVInd
A view of Bellerive Oval. There are players warming up on the field.
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Not sure how long Wonder Woman will keep her identity secret when her name is on her collar.
A cavoodle wearing a Wonder Woman costume. The name tag reads "Cinnamon".
October 31, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Shine Dome looking pretty tonight.
A photo of the Shine Dome at night. The roof is black, the arches illuminated in different colours, and the moat water is green. Another photo of the Shine Dome at night from another angle. The roof is black, the arches illuminated in different colours, and the moat water is green.
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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My hotel was designed by MC Escher. I took the stairs and legit got lost.
A photograph of elevator buttons. They read: Room 201-206, 3 Room 207-220, 2 Lobby, 1 Room 107-120, G
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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My one and only MOF paper! The team integrated ZnO nanoparticles into 3D printer filament and made ZIF-8 after 3D printing. The ZIF-8 material was superior than the filament or the ZnO nanoparticles for dye sorption. My contribution was to powder diffraction. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Graphical Abstract for the paper "In-situ growth of metal-organic frameworks in a reactive 3D printable material.". ZIF-8/ABS pellets 3D printed to remove malachite green from solution. Abstract reads: The additive manufacturing (3D printing) of porous materials will open unprecedented opportunities to design advanced supports for extraction and separation. Here we have fabricated a reactive ZnO nanoparticle (NP)/thermoplastic composite filament for 3D printing via fused deposition modeling. The composite filament contains a 10 wt% ZnO-NPs incorporated in the thermoplastic acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). After 3D printing with the ZnO-NP/ABS filament, crystals of the zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) are grown in-situ on the 3D printed part. In-situ ZIF-8 crystallization is achieved by a mild chemical conversion mechanism at room temperature, converting the embedded ZnO nanoparticles into ZIF-8 crystals which are subsequently expressed on the surface of the 3D printed device. The resulting ZIF-8@ZnO-NP/ABS 3D printed devices were applied to the extraction of malachite green as a model water pollutant, and delivered superior performance compared with an identical device made of pure ABS, or the precursor ZnO-NP/ABS. For comparison purposes, a ZIF-8/ABS filament was fabricated with a 10 wt% load of presynthesized ZIF-8 crystals. The in-situ ZIF-8 growth approach again showed enhanced extraction performance in comparison with materials directly loaded with ZIF-8 crystals, with an increase of 48% in the extraction of malachite green. This is the first example of ZnO to ZIF-8 chemical conversion on 3D printed devices.
October 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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A hangman who wisely has his own neck tucked in.
A photo of John C. Woods.
October 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Blood donation selfie time! Donating blood is the easiest way to save a life. Why not give it a go?
October 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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I'm not normally one to post food photos, but Ja & Jon in #Hobart delivered today. Wow. Chicken salt chips work better with a bahn mi than they should.
A crackling roast pork bahn mi with chicken salt chips.
October 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Tempting fate with a supposedly highly addictive game. And in case anyone is curious: couch > chair, physical > online.
Balatro for Nintendo switch.
October 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Went fishing and my wife caught a beautiful silver trevally with a gnarly parasite on its tail. The parasite came off and we sent the fish on its way.
Silver trevally with parasite on its tail.
September 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Your regular reminder that genAI/chatbots not trained to do chemistry are bad at chemistry.
A Copilot screengrab. The prompt is "draw caffeine". An incorrect representation of caffeine is shown. #ChemSky #OzChem
September 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM